Journey Home Restoration
- Roofing Contractor serving Lorain, Ohio — based at 1820 Iowa Ave, Lorain, OH 44052.
- Jobs on the listing: storm damage repair, roof inspection, roof repair, emergency repair, roof replacement.
Services Offered
How to check Journey Home Restoration on the Ohio record
Ohio roofing-license requirements are not yet covered by our verification program — confirm licensing and insurance with your city or county building department
- Request a current certificate of insurance from the insurer; licenses and insurance are checked separately.
- Look at the expiration date and compare it with the dates in your contract.
- Start the lookup with the license number; use the business name only if the number fails.
- Compare the registry name with the name on the contract, and read the status line.
Storm record for Lorain and Lorain County
NOAA's storm database contains 23 hail reports for Lorain County since 2017. 12 distinct days brought hail of at least 1 inch. Golf-ball hail or bigger came on 2 days. The top size reported was 1.75 inches, about the size of a golf ball. The most recent golf-ball day on file falls in 2026.
Ohio ranks only counties with 30 or more reports, and Lorain County is not among them, so no density rank is shown.
Date your photos after each hail day and keep them. A written inspection from Journey Home Restoration or any other roofer is worth asking for before work starts.
Reports cluster in May (38 percent of the total); April through July carry 66 percent. 4 months of the year are nearly hail-free on file.
Within 25 miles of Lorain, the last 90 days produced 4 NOAA hail reports.
9 tornadoes show up in the file too, strongest rated EF1.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Biggest stone, inches | 1.75 |
| Share of reports in April to July | 66% |
| Days at 1.75 inches or more | 2 |
| Tornado reports on file | 9 |
| Hail events since 2017 | 23 |
| Peak month | May |
The single largest day was August 23, 2023: a 1.75-inch stone, about the size of a golf ball, reported near Elyria.
| Calendar year | Entries | Largest stone, in |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 1.75 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
The housing stock in Lorain
Lorain's median year built is 1961, which makes the typical home 65 years old. Set a typical $10,237 asphalt job beside the $123,500 median home value and the roof comes to 8 percent. Before 1980, 79.9 percent of the housing stock went up.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median household income | $45,799 |
| Homes lived in by owners | 55.8% |
| Built before 1980 | 79.9% |
| Detached and attached houses | 74.3% |
| Median home value | $123,500 |
What a new roof costs in Lorain
Local pricing in Lorain sits roughly 9 percent under the national basis; asphalt shingles on 2,000 square feet cost $6,370 to $14,105. For the Cleveland, OH Metro Area, the BLS median roofer wage is $55,690 a year. Per year of service, metal often costs less than shingles even at a higher price; the last column of the table shows it.
| Material | Typical life | Per year of life | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles | 25 to 30 yr | $410 | $11,148 |
| Cedar Shake | 20 to 30 yr | $730 | $18,200 |
| Metal Shingles | 35 to 50 yr | $410 | $17,290 |
| TPO / EPDM (Flat) | 15 to 25 yr | $550 | $10,920 |
| Clay Tile | 50 to 100 yr | $390 | $29,120 |
| Standing Seam Metal | 50 to 70 yr | $490 | $29,120 |
Questions about roofing in Lorain
- How old are the roofs in Lorain?
- Census data puts the typical build year at 1961. Asphalt roofs wear out in 15 to 30 years, so many roofs here have been replaced at least once.
- Can I confirm Journey Home Restoration is licensed?
- The Ohio lookup shows status and expiry. Set both beside the contract and ask the roofer for proof of insurance.
- When is hail season in Lorain?
- 66 percent of the county's hail entries fall from April to July, and May alone has 38 percent.
- What is the biggest hail on record for Lorain County?
- NOAA's biggest since 2017 entry for the county is 1.75 inches, close to a golf ball, with 2 golf-ball days.
- Does hail damage have to be fixed right away?
- Do not wait for a leak. A short inspection after the storm documents the damage while the date is fresh.
- Does Lorain get a lot of hail?
- Since 2017 the county has 23 entries; hail of 1 inch or more came on 12 of those days, mostly in May.
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