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Roofers in Stewart County, Tennessee
No state-licensed roofing contractor has a published address within 12 miles of a Stewart County town. A state contractor licence is required here only for jobs of $25,000 or more; smaller re-roofs need none.
Who has to be licensed here
- $25,000 and up
- Tennessee contractor licence with the BC-21 roofing classification (or a building classification that includes it), for the prime contractor and for any roofing subcontractor whose share is $25,000 or more.
- $3,000 to $24,999
- No state licence required in Stewart County. The Home Improvement licence applies only in Bradley, Davidson, Hamilton, Haywood, Knox, Marion, Robertson, Rutherford, Shelby.
- Under $3,000
- No state licence in any county.
Source: Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors. The licence rules in full →
Storm history in Stewart County
The National Weather Service logged 83 roof-relevant storm reports in Stewart County between 2016 and 2026 (2026 is partial): 12 hail, 69 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports — about 8 a year. The largest hail reported was 3 in (baseball-sized), and 9 of the hail reports were an inch or larger, the size at which asphalt shingles start losing granules. The strongest wind logged was 85 mph. The strongest tornado rated EF2. Reports cluster in May, July and April, and 2016 was the busiest year with 12 reports.
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reports | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
The reports that matter for a roof
| Date | Event | Size or speed | What the spotter logged |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2024 | Hail | 3 in hail | Estimated three inch hail was reported from a severe thunderstorm in Bumpus Mills. |
| Mar 28, 2020 | Hail | 1.75 in hail | A Facebook report indicated golf ball size hail fell near Dover. |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Hail | 1.5 in hail | A severe thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Cumberland City. |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Hail | 1.5 in hail | A severe thunderstorm in Indian Mound produced estimated ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 10, 2016 | Hail | 1 in hail | Quarter size hail was reported in Cumberland City. |
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, hail, thunderstorm wind, high wind and tornado events for Tennessee, county-level events for Stewart County. Retrieved 2026-09-17. A report is what a spotter, cooperative observer or emergency manager sent the Weather Service; counties with more spotters log more storms. None of this says whether a particular roof was damaged.
Licensed roofers based in and around Stewart County
Placed by the business address the state holds, within 12 miles of a Stewart County town, never by a claimed service area. A Tennessee licence is valid statewide, so roofers further out can work here too; these are the closest.
No licensed roofer has a published address within 12 miles of a Stewart County town. Roofers from neighbouring counties can still work here; the licence is statewide.