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Kingsport, TN

Roof Replacement in Kingsport, Tennessee

40 roofing companies are based within 12 miles of Kingsport, 10 of them holding a current Tennessee licence. Below: who may legally take the job, whether Kingsport 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 Kingsport

Sullivan 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 10 licensed roofers near Kingsport, 9 hold a contractor licence and 8 of those carry a limit of $100,000 or more; the other 1 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 Kingsport

Hail is the usual reason a roof here is replaced before it wears out. The Weather Service has logged 25 hail reports within 12 miles since 2016, 24 of them an inch or larger and 1 two inches or larger, peaking in May, July, March. The largest was 2 inches.

DateHailWhat the spotter logged
May 19, 20222 inno narrative filed
May 19, 20221.75 inno narrative filed
May 19, 20221.5 inno narrative filed
May 19, 20221.5 inno narrative filed

Roofers for a replacement near Kingsport

The 10 nearest of 10 licensed roofers based within 12 miles, by business address. All 40 roofing companies near Kingsport →

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, and in Sullivan 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.