Siding & Roofing

A Safe Home roof in South Carolina is a roof designed to higher wind resistance standards per the SC Department of Insurance. With pre-approval through the program a homeowner can be given a grant to help offset the cost of these hurricane fortification improvements. To do a Safe Home you need: grant pre-approval, to use a Safe Home contractor such as Carolina Bays Homes and to meet the prescriptive nature of the program for the roof such as roof deck reinforcements, secondary water protection, roof to wall connections, high wind resistance shingles and gable reinforcement. The program is only available for certain home types such as single family residences and standard construction types. Contact Carolina Bays for more info on getting approved.

New roof warranties are called “Limited Lifetime” as a standard, but this ultimately means the protection period is limited to 25 or 30 years and is prorated over that timeframe based on age. Carolina Bays is a Shingle Master for Certainteed Roofing products and offers a 50 year NON-prorated warranty when using Certainteed products. Additionally this warranty includes high wind protection and full material and labor replacement in the event of a product failure.

Siding needs to be replaced when chipping, warping or becoming dislodged due to structural deficiencies. In the event of termite intrusion with wood siding it may require replacement. For older vinyl siding that is showing severe fading or damages, a full replacement may be appropriate.

A shingle roof will typically last 18 to 23 years. However it can be longer or shorter due to specific conditions on site such as shading or storms. A metal roof will typically last longer with warranties in the 30 to 40 year ranges. Tile roofs will have a long age span as well.

A roof repair may be a good idea when the roof shingles are not significantly aged and damages to the roof are minimal and consolidated to a few small areas. When shingles are older or damages are sprinkled throughout the roof, a full replacement is better due to the proper water proofing and for the better investment since an older roof will not last long even with repairs.

Near the ocean, it is advised to not use wood siding products due to the high humidity and salt water. A better alternative are high quality vinyl siding products or fiber cement siding such as James Hardie siding. If close to the ocean, stainless steel fasteners make an appropriate selection for installation.