Roofing
Roofing Company in Pearl, MS
Roofs for Pearl and Rankin County, with an owner running every job.
On the roof
Roofing Company Serving Pearl, MS
Pearl treats a roof as a design decision rather than a commodity, and unlike its neighbors it puts that in writing. If you are hiring a roofer here, that is the first thing worth understanding.
Dickerson Contracting is licensed through the Mississippi State Board of Contractors, number 25203-MC, insured, BBB accredited and 5 star rated across more than 100 Google reviews. Jacob or Jordan runs every job with a superintendent on site, and the roof is built by one of the two crews we have trusted for over nine years.
Every job starts with an inspection on the roof and in the attic, photographs you keep whether you hire us or not, and one written price before anything comes off.
There is no sales team here. You talk to Jacob or Jordan directly, and a superintendent runs every job.
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.
In the field
Pearl Asks About Your Roof on the Permit Application
In October 2023 Pearl adopted an architectural review ordinance, and one clause in it is unusual enough to matter to anyone re-roofing here. For any new building, or any alteration or addition to an existing one, the application has to include a description of the roof: its pitch, its roofline, its shape and design, and the materials used in its construction that are visible from every side.
Pearl also has a Board of Architectural Review, made up of the Planning Commission members and advised by a licensed architect appointed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. Most of the city outside single-family R-1 sits inside a designated architectural control district.
Before that sounds alarming, read the limits the same ordinance puts on itself. The board and the aldermen on appeal are barred from adopting or imposing any specific architectural style, though they still weigh compatibility and continuity of style. No structure or alteration may be found in violation based on personal preference, taste or choice of architectural design. And if the city does not disapprove a single-family plan within 30 days, the permit issues.
What it means practically is that a Pearl roof quote should arrive with the pitch, profile and material already settled and documented, rather than being sorted out at the counter. That is how we write them.
Reading Pearl’s Storm History Correctly
There is a quirk in the federal storm record here that changes what you find when you look Pearl up. Of the storm reports whose plotted coordinates actually fall inside Pearl city limits, roughly half are labelled Flowood by the National Weather Service. Only about fifteen percent carry a Pearl tag.
So the honest way to read Pearl's weather is from the narratives rather than the labels. In February 2008 an EF1 tornado touched down near Trustmark Park and ran east-southeast for almost three and a half miles. Between the ballpark and Pearson Road it snapped many trees and damaged shingles on several homes, then crossed Pearson Road causing roof damage to several businesses, then moved through the Pine Park, Patton Place and McLaurin Heights subdivisions where a number of homes suffered significant loss of roofing material. A downburst measured at 100 miles an hour followed it through the heart of the city the same day.
In December 2010 another tornado strengthened as it moved into Pearl, with the highest estimated winds in Rankin County, 110 miles an hour, occurring here. It damaged the roofs of a cinema and a supermarket and tore the roof completely off a car wash. In June 2017 a 69 mile an hour wind event caused roof damage and blew out third storey windows at a home on South Pearson Road.
Across the county the record holds 548 thunderstorm wind reports since 1996, 77 of them at 69 miles an hour or higher, and 123 hail reports at an inch or larger.
Water Has a Street-by-Street Record Here
About 15 percent of Pearl sits in a FEMA special flood hazard area, which the city's own comprehensive plan puts at 16 percent. The other 85 percent is Zone X. Both halves of that sentence matter, and we are not going to pretend otherwise to sell a gutter.
What Pearl does have is an unusually well documented flash flooding record, street by street and date by date. Old Whitfield Road near Fire Academy Drive, Old Brandon Road, South Pearson Road and Highway 468 south of town all went under in July 2021. Country Place on Spring Lake Drive flooded in August 2022. Pine Park Drive took water into homes in April 2020. Fox Hall Road has closed more than once. In September 2018 several rounds of rain left numerous streets impassable across Pearl.
On a roof job that translates into caring where water goes once it leaves the shingles. Gutter capacity, downspout runs and grading are part of the conversation here rather than an upsell after it.
Storm Damage and Insurance Claims
Plenty of Pearl re-roofs start with weather rather than a plan. We photograph the damage, meet your adjuster on the roof, and handle the supplement if the carrier scope comes up short. On a covered claim, you pay your deductible. That is it.
Read how we handle storm damage and insurance claims, or request a free inspection.
On the job
Tear-Off to Finished Roof
Three frames from Dickerson jobs, in the order the work happens. Every photograph on this page is theirs, shot on site by the crew.
Photographs from Dickerson Contracting jobs.
Get a Written Price on Your Pearl Roof
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Roofing Services in Pearl
Residential Roofing in Pearl, Commercial Roofing in Pearl, Roof Repair in Pearl, Metal Roofing in Pearl. Not sure which one fits? Request a free quote and we will tell you after the inspection, not before it.
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Common questions
Does Pearl really review the roof on a permit application?
The 2023 architectural review ordinance requires a description of the roof with the application, covering pitch, roofline, shape and design, and the materials visible from every side. We supply that as part of the job rather than leaving you to it.
Can the city reject my roof because they do not like it?
The same ordinance bars the review board and the aldermen from imposing any specific architectural style, and bars a violation finding based on personal preference or taste. The review is about documented criteria, not opinion.
Do I need a permit to re-roof in Pearl?
Pearl adopted the 2018 international codes and the Community Development Department issues all building permits. We confirm what your specific job requires with the department on Old Brandon Road rather than guess, and pull whatever is needed.
Will insurance cover a storm-damaged roof?
On a covered claim, you pay your deductible. That is it. We document the damage, meet your adjuster on site and handle the claim paperwork alongside the work.
Don't know where to start?
Call the office, or tell us about the job online and get one written quote.