Three Very Different Kinds of Roof in One Small Town
Mount Pleasant had 1,671 residents at the 2020 count, which makes it the smallest town we cover and one of the most varied to work in. The center of town, where Mount Pleasant Road meets NC 73, holds a National Register historic district: 98 contributing buildings along North and South Main Street and East and West Franklin Street, in Victorian, Colonial Revival and Craftsman styles, listed in 1986. Two minutes away sits the old Collegiate Institute campus, where the 1855 Main Building houses the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society Museum next to the 1853 Lentz Hotel, the oldest commercial building in Cabarrus County.
Drive five minutes out and it is a different world. Properties along Moose Road and Fink Road average close to fourteen acres apiece, and the houses on them average a mid-1970s build date. Those are the farmhouses and brick ranches that make up most of our work here, and a lot of them are on a roof that was put up in the late nineties or early two-thousands. Then there is the third category: Brighton Park, the Niblock Homes community near the NC 73 and NC 49 junction, and Green Acres from Smith Douglas. Those roofs are new and will not need us for years. The estate lots on Steeplechase Drive fall somewhere in between.
Acreage Changes the Logistics, Not Just the Price
Here is something an out-of-county roofer will not think about. Because the town's sewer capacity is limited and service outside town limits requires voluntary annexation, most of the 28124 zip code is on septic. Drain fields do not appreciate a loaded shingle delivery or a full dump trailer parked on top of them. Before we schedule out here we ask where the field is and plan the staging around it, along with the long gravel drives that are the other constant. It is a small thing that separates a clean job from a repair bill having nothing to do with your roof.
Older Homes Take Longer, and They Should
A farmhouse added onto twice has porch roofs, shed roofs and a main gable meeting at different pitches, and every transition is a place water wants in. Some have metal over the porch and shingle everywhere else. We can replace just the shingle portion and detail the tie-in rather than ripping off metal that is doing its job. In the historic district the concern shifts to steep pitch and decorative dormers, and we take the time those deserve.
What Owners Here Typically Spend
Rather than invent a local price band, we point people to the numbers we already publish in our guide to new roof costs in Concord: roughly $10,000 to $25,000 for an asphalt shingle replacement, with the typical single-family home between $13,000 and $20,000. A Mount Pleasant house finds its own place inside that. A single-story ranch or farmhouse with one continuous roof plane and a straightforward layout belongs at the lower end. The farmhouses that have been added onto twice climb, because porch roofs, shed roofs and a main gable meeting at three different pitches create transitions that have to be flashed one at a time. Steep pitch and decorative dormers in the historic district do the same thing, and so does an old covering that turns out to be two layers deep. The variables we price on are roof size in squares, pitch, the count of planes and valleys, layers to be removed, the condition of the decking once the old shingle is off, and material grade. We will not name your number until we have driven out, walked the roof and measured it, and that visit is free. If financing helps, 0% APR financing is available for qualified homeowners, and approval and terms are set by the lender.
Smaller Fixes Are Still Worth a Phone Call
Chimney flashing on an old farmhouse, a valley that has worn through, a few shingles off after a windy night: those are repairs, and we will treat them as repairs. Jason has been doing this over twenty years and has no interest in selling a full replacement to somebody who does not need one yet.
Gutter Runs on Rambling Rooflines
Additions create odd, disconnected gutter runs and a lot of water dumping in the wrong places. Because we fabricate seamless gutter on site, we run long unbroken lengths along a farmhouse elevation and route downspouts away from a crawl space entry.
The Drive Out
It is twelve miles from Concord, about fourteen to twenty minutes, running east on Mount Pleasant Road or looping around on NC 49. Estimate appointments are Monday through Friday, and we answer the phone at any hour.
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