Lee Roofing
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+1 423-589-1792- Roofing Contractor serving Chattanooga, Tennessee — based at 5950 Lee Hwy, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
- Work covered: roof repair, emergency repair, roof inspection, storm damage repair, roof replacement.
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Looking up Lee Roofing in Tennessee
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.
- Match the name, the city and the status. The record should read active or in good standing.
- Open the registry and search by license number first, business name second.
- Request a current certificate of insurance from the insurer; licenses and insurance are checked separately.
Hail and wind history for Chattanooga and Hamilton County
For Hamilton County, the NOAA record since 2017 shows 19 hail reports. Hail of quarter size or bigger fell on 11 different days. Golf ball hail or bigger came on 2 days. The top size logged was 1.75 inches, comparable to a golf ball. Golf-ball hail was last logged in the file in 2023.
Reports cluster in May (35 percent of the total); April through July carry 70 percent. 7 months of the year are nearly hail-free on file.
Date your photos after each hail day and keep them. A written inspection from Lee Roofing or any other roofer is worth asking for before work starts.
Hamilton County has too few reports for a fair density rank inside Tennessee, so read the counts above as a floor.
The same record has 2 tornadoes, with EF3 the highest rating.
In the last 90 days NOAA logged 1 hail report within 25 miles of Chattanooga.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Largest stone, inches | 1.75 |
| Share of reports in April to July | 70% |
| Top gust, mph | 90 |
| Days at 1 inch or more | 11 |
| Tornadoes on file | 2 |
| Top month | May |
The record's top day is March 1, 2017: a 1.75-inch stone, about the size of a golf ball, reported near Chickamauga.
| Calendar year | Hail reports | Biggest stone, in |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1.75 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
The housing stock in Chattanooga
Chattanooga's median year built is 1975, which makes the typical home 51 years old. Pre-1980 construction makes up 56.2 percent of homes in Chattanooga. Against a median home value of $259,200, a $9,900 mid-range asphalt roof is 4 percent of the house.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Typical household income | $61,028 |
| Owner-occupied | 53.1% |
| Built before 1980 | 56.2% |
| Homes counted | 87,138 |
| Median home value | $259,200 |
Roof prices in Chattanooga
Prices in Chattanooga run about 12 percent below our national basis, so asphalt shingles land at $6,160 to $13,640. 29 payroll roofing businesses are registered in the county, by Census count. 65.5 percent of them have fewer than 5 employees. For the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area, the BLS median roofer wage is $45,530 a year.
| Material | Price range | Cost per year | Midpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Tab Asphalt Shingles | $6,160-$10,120 | $470 | $8,140 |
| Concrete Tile | $13,200-$23,760 | $410 | $18,480 |
| Metal (Steel/Aluminum) | $14,960-$26,400 | $380 | $20,680 |
| Architectural Asphalt Shingles | $7,920-$13,640 | $390 | $10,780 |
| Metal Shingles | $12,320-$21,120 | $390 | $16,720 |
| Cedar Shake | $12,320-$22,880 | $700 | $17,600 |
Common questions, Chattanooga
- Has Hamilton County had large hail?
- NOAA's biggest since 2017 entry for the county is 1.75 inches, close to a golf ball, with 2 golf-ball days.
- Does Chattanooga get a lot of hail?
- 19 entries since 2017, 11 days at 1 inch or larger, and the busiest month is May.
- Is the license for Lee Roofing on a state list?
- 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 Chattanooga?
- Hail concentrates in May (35 percent), and April through July total 70 percent of the record.
- Is Chattanooga an older housing market?
- Census data puts the typical build year at 1975. Asphalt roofs wear out in 15 to 30 years, so many roofs there have been replaced at least once.
- What should I budget for a new roof near Chattanooga?
- Budget $6,160 to $13,640 for asphalt shingles on a 2,000 square foot roof here, about $9,900 in the middle. Other materials are in the cost table.
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