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Smyrna, TN

Roof Repair in Smyrna, Tennessee

A repair is the job most likely to fall under every threshold: usually no permit, and under $3,000 no licence anywhere in Tennessee. That makes the checks you do yourself matter more, not less.

Permits for a roof repair in Smyrna

We have not found Smyrna's rule for roof repairs stated on the building department's own page, so nothing is asserted here.

Licensing for a repair

Under $3,000, no state licence is required in any county. Over $3,000 in Rutherford County the roofer needs a Home Improvement or contractor licence, which covers most repairs that involve decking or a whole slope. Ask for the certificate of insurance and call the agent named on it; a fall from your roof by an uninsured crew is your problem.

What breaks roofs around Smyrna

Wind does more repair work than hail. The Weather Service has logged 153 damaging-wind reports within 12 miles since 2016, 72 of them at 60 mph or more, topping out at 85 mph, plus 11 tornado reports. Lifted tabs, missing ridge caps and creased shingles after a gust front are repairs; bruised shingles across a whole slope after hail are usually not.

DateWindWhat the spotter logged
Jun 21, 201985 mph
$15K damage
A large and intense downburst affected northern Rutherford County from I-840 near Hickory Grove Road southeastward across Mona Road and Powells Chapel Road to around Walterhill. Dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted, power lines and poles were blown down, and fences and outbuildings damaged.
Mar 1, 201782 mph
$10K damage
The roof was blown off and doors blown out of a hangar at the Smyrna Airport. Five other hangars and the fire station also suffered minor damage. FAA wind equipment on the nearby control tower measured an unofficial wind gust of 71 knots or 79 mph.
Jul 29, 202481 mph
$750K damage
A swath of intense damaging winds up to 80 mph occurred across central Murfreesboro from around the Stones River to downtown. Damage consisted of many trees down or uprooted, many branches snapped off, and some structural damage, primarily due to trees or branches falling. There was some minor roof
May 20, 202581 mph
$50K damage
An intense downburst caused damage near Blackman Road, west of I-24 and northwest of Murfreesboro. These estimated 80 mph winds caused numerous downed trees and powerlines as well as minor structural damage. Damages are a rough estimate.

Roofers for a repair near Smyrna

The 12 nearest of 29 licensed roofers based within 12 miles, by business address. All 79 roofing companies near Smyrna →

Also nearby, listed from their own Google profile

Listed from each company's own Google Business Profile. We found no Tennessee licence under these exact names. In Rutherford County a residential job over $3,000 needs one, and a company may hold it under a different legal name, so ask for the licence number and check it before you sign. This is not a finding that any of them is unlicensed.