Roofing
Residential Roofing in Clinton, MS
Residential Roofing for Clinton and Hinds County, with an owner on every job.
On the roof
Residential Roofing for Clinton Homes
Clinton's housing has a shape to it. The median home was finished in 1982, and the single biggest cohort, 3,097 houses, went up in the 1970s. That one decade accounts for more of the city than everything built since 2000 combined.
Just under half the city, 45.6 percent, predates 1980. The other 54.4 percent does not, so this is not a town of uniformly old houses. It is a town with a very large 1970s core and a steady build-out around it, and those two groups need different conversations.
We install Owens Corning, Tamko, Eagle and DECRA. Which one goes on depends on the deck, the pitch and the exposure, decided after the inspection rather than before it.
We set expectations up front and we do not over-promise. You approve every dollar before it becomes a bill.
Credentials
Licensed through the Mississippi State Board of Contractors, license 25203-MC. BBB accredited with an A+ rating since 2018. Home Builders Association and Rankin County Chamber members.
A 1970s House Has Usually Been Roofed Twice
On a house that has stood for fifty years, the question is rarely whether the roof needs replacing. It is what previous roofers left behind. Two layers of shingle, a valley shingled over rather than lined, a chimney flashing patched with sealant, a vent reused past its life.
Clinton's adopted code takes a harder line on this than the modern one. The 2006 residential code bars a new covering over a roof that already carries two applications, bars it over wood shake, and bars asphalt re-cover outright in areas of moderate or severe hail exposure. The 2018 code kept only the first of those three.
We tear off to the bare deck every time, which settles the question and finds soft sheathing rather than covering it. Where the inspection found bad decking, it is priced in the quote. If there is more underneath than anyone could see from above, we stop and talk to you before spending your money.
Good News About the Ground Under Most of Clinton
The reflex across this metro is that every house sits on Yazoo clay and every foundation is moving. In Clinton that is mostly not true, and we would rather tell you so than sell against a problem you do not have.
USDA soil survey data puts about 53 percent of Clinton on Loring soils, which are loess, with low shrink-swell right through the profile. Add Oaklimeter, Riedtown, Providence and Grenada and roughly 95 percent of the city is low shrink-swell loess and floodplain silt.
The exception is the eastern edge, toward the Jackson line, where the Siwell and Byram soils sit. Under about two and a half feet of ordinary topsoil those carry horizons running 60 percent clay, with the highest shrink-swell class the survey records. On a house over there, movement at the flashing and the roof-to-wall joints is a live question. On most of the rest of Clinton it is not.
Either way the state's own geologists give the same advice, and it is about your roof. Ground should slope away from the foundation enough that drainage from roof eaves and gutter spouts does not collect near it. We look at gutter capacity, downspout runs and where the water actually lands.
Ventilation in a House That Predates the Rules
Attic ventilation requirements have moved on considerably since the 1970s, and a lot of Clinton attics were never brought up to them. An under-ventilated attic in this climate cooks the shingle from the back face, curls the edges, takes years off the roof, and voids most manufacturer warranties while it does it.
We measure intake and exhaust rather than eyeballing them. Where the balance is wrong, correcting it sits in the quote where the inspection found it, because a new roof over a ventilation problem only resets the clock on the same failure.
Nearly seven in ten Clinton homes are owner-occupied, which is a high share for this metro. It usually means the person paying for the roof is the person who will still be under it in fifteen years, and that changes which tradeoffs are worth making.
On the job
Tear-Off to Finished Roof
Three frames from Dickerson jobs of this kind, in the order the work happens.
Photographs from Dickerson Contracting jobs.
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Common questions
How old is the typical Clinton roof?
The median Clinton home dates to 1982 and the largest single group was built in the 1970s. On a house that age the real question is what previous roofers left on the deck, not whether it needs replacing.
Is my Clinton house on Yazoo clay?
Probably not. Soil survey data puts roughly 95 percent of the city on low shrink-swell loess and floodplain silt. The expansive clay is confined to the eastern edge toward Jackson, and we check your address rather than assume.
Can you go over my existing shingles?
Clinton enforces the 2006 code, which is stricter here than the current edition. It bars re-cover over two existing layers, over wood shake, and bars asphalt re-cover outright in areas of moderate or severe hail exposure. We tear off to the deck regardless.
Do you replace bad decking?
When we find it, yes. It is priced in the quote where the inspection found it, and anything beyond that gets discussed with you before we spend your money.
Don't know where to start?
Call the office, or tell us about the job online and get one written quote.