Cookeville, TN
Roof Replacement in Cookeville, Tennessee
35 roofing companies are based within 12 miles of Cookeville, 9 of them holding a current Tennessee licence. Below: who may legally take the job, whether Cookeville wants a permit for it, what it costs, and what the hail record says about why roofs here get replaced.
Who may legally replace a roof in Cookeville
Putnam County is not one of the nine Home Improvement counties, so the state requires a licence only when the job reaches $25,000. A replacement quoted at $25,000 or more also needs a contractor licence whose monetary limit covers the contract. Of the 9 licensed roofers near Cookeville, 7 hold a contractor licence and 7 of those carry a limit of $100,000 or more; the other 2 hold the Home Improvement licence, which stops at $24,999. The limit is printed on every listing.
What a replacement costs
Published figures for the same Tennessee city differ by more than double, because they assume different roof sizes. One national estimator prices a Nashville shingle roof at $6,509 to $8,290 for 1,282 square feet; a Nashville roofing company says most homes there run $20,000 to $30,000. Both work out to roughly $5 to $7 a square foot for architectural shingles. Measure your roof, then read what a roof replacement costs in Tennessee for the arithmetic and the things that move the price.
Why roofs get replaced around Cookeville
Hail is the usual reason a roof here is replaced before it wears out. The Weather Service has logged 29 hail reports within 12 miles since 2016, 17 of them an inch or larger, peaking in July, May, June. The largest was 1.75 inches.
| Date | Hail | What the spotter logged |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2017 | 1.75 in | no narrative filed |
| Jul 20, 2018 | 1.75 in | Facebook reports indicated golfball size hail fell near Algood Elementary School. |
| Jul 20, 2018 | 1.5 in | no narrative filed |
| Jun 7, 2022 | 1.5 in | Twitter report and photo indicated silver dollar size hail fell on Willow Avenue in Cookeville. Hail was very jagged with spikes. |
Roofers for a replacement near Cookeville
The 9 nearest of 9 licensed roofers based within 12 miles, by business address. All 35 roofing companies near Cookeville →
- Allen'S Roofing & Exteriors, Inc.931-526-7663 · 526roof.com · BC
- Fitts & Company LLC615-512-5353 · BC-21
- Chc Mechanical Contractors, Inc.931-528-5514 · chccompanies.com · BC-21
- Elite Gutters And Sunrooms931-510-4038 · eliteguttersandsunrooms.com · BC-A
- Henry Brothers Roofing & Siding Inc931-854-1027 · henrybrothersroofing.com · BC-A
- Modern Roofing Group931-644-3940 · modernroofing-group.com · BC-21
- Risher Roofing(931) 559-7663 · risherroofing.com · Home Improvement
- Harkins Roofing Company931-520-7663 · harkinsroofing.com · BC-A
- Rosco Enterprises DBA Apex RoofingHome Improvement
Also nearby, listed from their own Google profile
- American Roofing Company(800) 385-0781 · roofyou.com
- Bennett Roofing Since 1938(931) 432-7663
- Cookeville Sheet Metal Works(931) 432-7663
- Custom Fireplaces & More(800) 264-8181 · customfireplacesandmore.com
- Gilliam roofing.(931) 341-9211 · gilliamroofing.com
- Moores Roofing(931) 310-0659
- Onyx Roofing & Construction(931) 444-0424 · onyxtn.com
- Roof Pros TN LLC(931) 255-2536
Listed from each company's own Google Business Profile. We found no Tennessee licence under these exact names, and in Putnam County none is required for a job under $25,000, so that is not a mark against them. For a roof quoted at $25,000 or more, ask for the contractor licence number and check it.