Southpaw Roofing
- Roofing Contractor serving Augusta, Georgia — based at 525 Pleasant Home Rd, Augusta, GA 30907.
- Typical jobs: roof replacement, roof repair, emergency repair, roof inspection, storm damage repair.
Services Offered
Looking up Southpaw Roofing in Georgia
Georgia roofing-license requirements are not yet covered by our verification program — confirm licensing and insurance with your city or county building department
- Ask for a certificate of insurance sent straight from the insurer. A registry listing does not prove coverage.
- 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.
- Write down the expiry and make sure it outlasts the job.
Hail record for Augusta, Richmond County
Richmond County, the county around Augusta, has 25 NOAA hail reports in the record since 2017. Quarter-size stones or larger showed up on 7 days. Golf-ball hail or bigger came on 1 days. The top size logged was 2 inches, about the size of a hen egg. Golf-ball hail shows up last in the record in 2022.
Reports cluster in May (25 percent of the total); April through July account for 64 percent. 5 months of the year are nearly hail-free on file.
Date your photos after each hail day and keep them. A written inspection from Southpaw Roofing or any other roofer is worth asking for before work starts.
Richmond County has too few reports for a fair density rank inside Georgia, so read the counts above as a floor.
1 hail report fell within 25 miles of Augusta over the past 90 days.
Thunderstorm wind peaked at 100 mph in the record.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Busiest month | May |
| Hail reports, all years | 28 |
| Days at 1 inch or more | 7 |
| Days at 1.75 inches or more | 1 |
| Hail reports since 2017 | 25 |
| Share of reports in April to July | 64% |
The record's top day is May 6, 2022: a 2-inch stone, about the size of a hen egg, reported near National Hills.
| Year | Entries | Top size, in |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 2018 | 7 | 1.25 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 |
Who lives under these roofs
Median year built in Augusta is 1980, a typical house age of 46 years. Set a typical $9,675 asphalt job beside the $162,900 median home value and the roof comes to 6 percent. Homes of that age usually carry a first or second replacement roof, about 2 cycles at 25 years apiece. 50.3 percent of homes in Augusta were built before 1980.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied share | 50.9% |
| Detached and attached houses | 64.5% |
| Homes older than 1980 | 50.3% |
| Median build year | 1980 |
| Housing units | 90,901 |
Replacement costs in Augusta
The Augusta multiplier is below 1, about 14 percent lower than the national basis, giving $6,020 to $13,330 for asphalt shingles. Labor is part of the bill: the BLS median for roofers in the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area is $41,430 a year. Census County Business Patterns counts 7 roofing firms with payroll in the county. 42.9 percent of them have fewer than 5 employees.
| Material | Price range | Per year of life | Middle of range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) | $14,620 - $25,800 | $370 | $20,210 |
| Metal Shingles | $12,040 - $20,640 | $380 | $16,340 |
| Standing Seam Metal | $20,640 - $34,400 | $460 | $27,520 |
| Concrete Tile | $12,900 - $23,220 | $400 | $18,060 |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles | $7,740 - $13,330 | $380 | $10,535 |
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles | $6,020 - $9,890 | $450 | $7,955 |
Asked about roofing in Augusta
- What should I do after a hailstorm?
- Do not wait for a leak. A short inspection after the storm documents the damage while the date is fresh.
- How old are homes in Augusta?
- The median home was built in 1980, so it is 46 years old. Roof age tracks the house unless a replacement happened, and 25 years is a common asphalt life.
- Is the license for Southpaw Roofing on a state list?
- Look up the Georgia record by license number, compare the name and status, and note the expiry before you sign anything.
- How big does hail get near Augusta?
- Hail since 2017 topped out at 2 inches, about a hen egg; golf-ball hail or bigger came on 1 days.
- What time of year does Augusta get hail?
- Spring and early summer carry most of it: 64 percent of reports come between April and July, May first at 25 percent.
- Does Augusta get a lot of hail?
- NOAA lists 25 hail entries for Richmond County since 2017, on 7 days with stones of 1 inch or more. May is the busiest month.
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