Best Roofing Exterior Contracting Services
- Roofing Contractor serving Kingsport, Tennessee — based at 550 New Beason Well Rd, Kingsport, TN 37660.
- Work covered: roof repair, storm damage repair, emergency repair, roof inspection, roof replacement.
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How to check Best Roofing Exterior Contracting Services on the Tennessee record
Tennessee's Board for Licensing Contractors issues contractor licenses, and every one of them can be looked up on the state's public license search Official lookup: Tennessee license lookup (verify.tn.gov).
- Match the name, the city and the status. The record should read active or in good standing.
- Search the registry by number, then by name, because spellings differ between sources.
- Look at the expiration date and compare it with the dates in your contract.
- Request a current certificate of insurance from the insurer; licenses and insurance are checked separately.
Hail and wind history for Kingsport and Sullivan County
Sullivan County, the county around Kingsport, has 12 NOAA hail reports on file since 2017. 9 different days brought hail of at least 1 inch. No day logged golf-ball size (1.75 inches). The biggest stone was 1.5 inches, near a ping-pong ball. The latest golf-ball day on file dates to 2014.
Thunderstorm wind peaked at 81 mph in the record.
In the last 90 days NOAA logged 0 hail reports within 25 miles of Kingsport.
If a storm does come through, take dated photos of the roof first. Whoever you hire, Best Roofing Exterior Contracting Services included, should put the inspection findings in writing.
Most hail here arrives in spring and summer: 71 percent from April to July, 50 percent in May. 7 months of the year are nearly hail-free on file.
1 tornado shows up in the file too, strongest rated EF1.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Tornadoes on file | 1 |
| Top gust, mph | 81 |
| Top month | May |
| Days with hail at 1 inch or more | 9 |
| Biggest stone, inches | 1.5 |
| Reports in April to July | 71% |
The largest single day in the record is July 27, 2014: a 2.75-inch stone, about the size of a baseball, reported near Springdale.
| Year | Entries | Biggest stone, in |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 2.75 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1.5 |
Who lives under these roofs
Kingsport's median year built is 1974, which makes the typical home 52 years old. 58.1 percent of homes in Kingsport were built before 1980. That is long enough for roughly 2 asphalt roof cycles, so replacement, not first install, is the usual job. Set a typical $9,787 asphalt job beside the $203,000 median home value and the roof comes to 5 percent.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Homes lived in by owners | 62.2% |
| Median year built | 1974 |
| Homes older than 1980 | 58.1% |
| Typical home value | $203,000 |
| Housing units | 27,525 |
Budgeting a roof in Kingsport
Prices in Kingsport run about 13 percent below our national basis, so asphalt shingles land at $6,090 to $13,485. Divide price by years of life and the ranking changes: see the last column. BLS puts the median annual roofer wage for the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Metro Area at $39,720.
| Material | Installed range | Service life | Per year of life |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles | $7,830 to $13,485 | 25-30 yrs | $390 |
| Cedar Shake | $12,180 to $22,620 | 20-30 yrs | $700 |
| Metal Shingles | $12,180 to $20,880 | 35-50 yrs | $390 |
| TPO / EPDM (Flat) | $6,960 to $13,920 | 15-25 yrs | $520 |
| Standing Seam Metal | $20,880 to $34,800 | 50-70 yrs | $460 |
| Clay Tile | $20,880 to $34,800 | 50-100 yrs | $370 |
Questions about roofing in Kingsport
- How old are homes in Kingsport?
- Census data puts the typical build year at 1974. Asphalt roofs wear out in 15 to 30 years, so many roofs there have been replaced at least once.
- Does hail damage have to be fixed right away?
- Take dated photos first, then book an inspection. Hail bruises can look minor from the ground, and insurers often set a filing deadline.
- How do I check Best Roofing Exterior Contracting Services's license?
- Search the Tennessee record by license number, check the name and status, and note the expiry before you sign anything.
- When is hail season in Kingsport?
- Hail clusters in May (50 percent), and April through July add up to 71 percent of the record.
- How big does hail get near Kingsport?
- NOAA's biggest since 2017 entry for the county is 1.5 inches, close to a ping-pong ball, with 0 golf-ball days.
- How often does hail hit Kingsport?
- The county file counts 12 hail entries since 2017. 9 of them reached 1 inch, and May tops the calendar.
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