Affordable Roofing
- Roofing Contractor serving Kingsport, Tennessee — based at 362 Emmett Rd, Bristol, TN 37620.
- Typical jobs: roof inspection, emergency repair, roof replacement, storm damage repair, roof repair.
Services Offered
Checking Affordable Roofing against the Tennessee record
in Tennessee the Board for Licensing Contractors licenses contractors and publishes each license, with its status and expiration date Official lookup: Tennessee license lookup (verify.tn.gov).
- 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.
- Open the registry and search by license number first, business name second.
- The registry name, the contract name and the truck lettering should all agree; the status should be active.
Hail and wind history for Kingsport, Sullivan County
Add up the hail reports NOAA logged for Sullivan County since 2017 and you get 12. Reports of 1 inch or larger cover 9 days. No day logged golf-ball size (1.75 inches). The largest stone was 1.5 inches, close to a ping-pong ball. The latest golf-ball day on file falls in 2014.
Tennessee ranks only counties with 30 or more reports, and Sullivan County is not among them, so no density rank is shown.
Reports cluster in May (50 percent of the total); April through July account for 71 percent. In 7 months of the year, hail is close to absent in the record.
The same record has 1 tornado, with EF1 the highest rating.
Date your photos after each hail day and keep them. A written inspection from Affordable Roofing or any other roofer is worth asking for before work starts.
Within 25 miles of Kingsport, the last 90 days produced 0 NOAA hail reports.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Days at 1.75 inches or more | 0 |
| Tornadoes on file | 1 |
| Days with hail at 1 inch or more | 9 |
| Peak month | May |
| Largest stone, inches | 1.5 |
| Share of reports in April to July | 71% |
The single largest day was July 27, 2014: a 2.75-inch stone, about the size of a baseball, reported near Springdale.
| Year | Hail reports | Top size, in |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
The homes under these roofs
Half the homes in Kingsport were built before 1974; the typical house is about 52 years old. A mid-range asphalt replacement at $9,787 equals 5 percent of the median home value of $203,000. Pre-1980 construction makes up 58.1 percent of homes in Kingsport. That is long enough for roughly 2 asphalt roof cycles, so replacement, not first install, is the usual job.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Housing units | 27,525 |
| Single-family share | 67.2% |
| Median home value | $203,000 |
| Median household income | $50,436 |
| Homes older than 1980 | 58.1% |
Roof prices 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. The county holds 13 roofing establishments with employees, per the Census. 46.2 percent of them have fewer than 5 employees.
| Material | Lifespan | Cost per year | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete Tile | 40 to 50 yr | $410 | $18,270 |
| Clay Tile | 50 to 100 yr | $370 | $27,840 |
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles | 15 to 20 yr | $460 | $8,048 |
| TPO / EPDM (Flat) | 15 to 25 yr | $520 | $10,440 |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles | 25 to 30 yr | $390 | $10,658 |
| Standing Seam Metal | 50 to 70 yr | $460 | $27,840 |
Common questions, Kingsport
- What is a roof replacement price in Kingsport?
- Budget $6,090 to $13,485 for asphalt shingles on a 2,000 square foot roof here, about $9,787 in the middle. Other materials are in the cost table.
- Where can I look up the license for Affordable Roofing?
- The Tennessee lookup shows status and expiry. Set both beside the contract and ask the roofer for proof of insurance.
- How big does hail get near Kingsport?
- NOAA's biggest since 2017 entry for the county is 1.5 inches, comparable to a ping-pong ball, with 0 golf-ball days.
- Does hail damage have to be fixed right away?
- Photograph the roof, note the date, and schedule a written inspection quickly. Many policies have a claim window.
- What time of year does Kingsport get hail?
- 71 percent of the county's hail entries fall from April to July, and May alone has 50 percent.
- What is the typical house age in Kingsport?
- Median year built is 1974, which gives 52 years. A roof is younger than the house if it was replaced.
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