Carpet in Fulshear, TX

Fulshear's story has two speeds. For about 180 years it moved slowly. Then it did not.

The slow part starts on July 16, 1824, when Churchill Fulshear Sr., one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, received his land grant. His family farmed cotton, corn, rice and pecans. In 1888 the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway came through, and the town was platted with a post office in 1890. The Methodist church founded in 1894 still stands downtown as First Fulshear Methodist Church. By 1898 there were about 250 residents and eleven stores. Then the Depression hit and the population fell to around 100 by 1933. Fulshear did not incorporate until 1977, and as late as 2000 it had 716 residents.

The fast part is the one you are probably living in. The 2010 census counted 1,134 people. The 2020 census counted 16,856, an increase of more than 1,300 percent. The 2025 estimate is over 64,000. Most of that growth went into master-planned communities. Cross Creek Ranch, about 3,200 acres, began development in 2006 and opened to the public in 2008; Johnson Development took it over in 2012, and in 2026 the last newly built home in the community sold, a house in Bonterra, its 55-and-over neighborhood. Century Communities opened Polo Ranch in 2019. D.R. Horton's Tamarron, Fulbrook on Fulshear Creek and Jordan Ranch are part of the same picture. The Texas Heritage Parkway, which broke ground in June 2020, ties Interstate 10 to FM 1093 and the Westpark Tollway, and it has only made the area easier to reach.

So what does that mean for floors? It means most Fulshear homes we walk into are somewhere between brand new and fifteen years old, and the questions are different from those in older suburbs.

The builder package is the starting point. New homes are usually delivered with an entry-level flooring package: carpet in bedrooms, game rooms and on stairs, and tile or a basic vinyl plank in the kitchen and wet areas. That package is designed to get a house sold, not to last a family for twenty years. Within a few years many owners want the carpet off the stairs, one continuous floor across the downstairs, and something more durable in the rooms the dogs live in.

New slabs are a gift and a caution. A modern slab is usually flat and true, which makes for faster and cleaner installs. But concrete keeps giving off moisture for a long time after it is poured, and the Houston area's clay soils move as they wet and dry. That is why we moisture-test before installing wood, use proper underlayment and vapor barriers, and recommend engineered hardwood over solid boards on a slab. For tile, crack isolation underneath is cheap insurance against hairline cracks working their way up.

Upstairs and downstairs need to match. Two-story plans are common here, and a frequent request is new wood upstairs that lines up with the floor downstairs, or stairs reworked with new treads and nosing so the whole staircase reads as one piece. Getting the color, plank width and transitions right is detail work, and it is the kind of work we enjoy.

The 55-and-over homes in Bonterra raise their own priorities: smooth transitions without trip edges, slip resistance in baths, and a floor that is quiet and comfortable underfoot.

We are based in Richmond, and Fulshear is well inside our regular service area. There is no store to visit on a weekend. We bring samples to your home, show them in your light against your cabinets and paint, and measure every room. The estimate is free and can be booked Monday through Saturday, and our installation work is backed by our Lifetime Installation Guarantee. Call (346) 396-6398.