What a storm claim looks like on Johns Island roofs.
A tropical system coming up the Stono and Bohicket hits Johns Island with open-water wind first, on the marsh-front streets in Kiawah River, Swygert's Landing and Headquarters Plantation, and then with oak limbs on the interior lots along River Road and Brownswood.
We photograph every slope, separate storm damage from the wear on a 2000s Stonoview roof or a third-cycle farmhouse shingle, and meet your adjuster on the roof to show them what we found. A barn or a detached garage that took damage gets its own photos in the report, so nothing on the property is missed.
First 48 hours on Johns Island: ground photos of the house and every outbuilding, the storm date written down, the wind claim opened, and the flood claim opened separately if the Stono or Bohicket came up on a marsh-front lot in Kiawah River or Swygert's Landing. Choose your own contractor; a Stonoview first-cycle roof is the storm-chaser's favorite target because it is young enough to look totaled and cheap enough to shingle fast.
On the rural side, the storm report has to cover every roof on the property. A Brownswood or Cane Slash farmstead that lost house shingle, barn metal and a carport roof in one storm has three roofs to document, each with its own photos and its own line on our written estimate. A storm replacement on the house is also the moment to fix the low-slope addition tie-in that has leaked for years.
2000s to 2020s builder subdivisions on their first roof cycle along the Maybank Highway corridor and River Road: Stonoview, Fenwick Hall, Whitney Lake, The Villages in St. Johns Woods and Swygert's Landing, mostly two-story architectural shingle with attached garages and porch roofs; 1990s and 2000s larger homes in Headquarters Plantation and the Legend Oaks area; 2010s and 2020s custom Lowcountry homes with standing-seam roofs in Kiawah River; older farmhouses, ranches and manufactured homes on multi-acre lots off Brownswood, Grimball and Cane Slash roads, many on their second or third roof with low-slope additions, carports and metal barns.
Thirty-five minutes from Mount Pleasant by way of Highway 17, Main Road and Maybank Highway, with James Island, Kiawah and Seabrook on the same Sea Islands dispatch run.
(843) 284-6333
Jeff Ramsden, founder. 5+ years as a VP at Reimagine Roofing, 1,000+ roofs overseen.
Call (843) 284-6333Every Johns Island storm damage job starts with a free inspection. We look at the roof, photograph what we find, and give you a written price before any work starts.
What is included in every Johns Island job.
Asked in Johns Island.
How much does storm damage repair cost on Johns Island?
The damage inspection and photo report are free. On Johns Island, storm repairs run $850 to $4,950 and replacement starts at $13,350, priced the same whether insurance pays or you do. The claim is yours, and we never pay your deductible. We meet your adjuster on the roof. Rural lots raise the scope, because a Brownswood or Cane Slash farmstead can lose house shingle, barn metal and a carport roof in one storm, and each structure gets its own photos and its own line on the written estimate.
If my Johns Island house is outside the City of Charleston, who issues the roofing permit?
Charleston County Building Inspection Services, which issues building permits for unincorporated Charleston County. If your address is inside the City of Charleston, the permit goes to the City instead, and the City's residential re-roof guideline calls for Type H asphalt shingles unless otherwise specified. The two offices use different applications and inspectors. Johns Island is split between the two, sometimes across a single road, so we check your parcel before we file and pull the permit from the right office under your order.
Will a claim raise my premium?
Ask your agent. Every insurance company treats weather claims differently. We give you the photos either way.
How long do I have to file after a storm?
Your policy sets the deadline. Get the damage photographed within a few weeks, before the weather wears it down.
Do you waive deductibles?
No. The deductible is yours. We never pay it. Same price whether insurance pays or you do.
How fast can you get out after a storm?
Inspections within 48 hours, sooner when a storm has come through. You get a written, photo-documented damage report either way.
Will you handle my insurance claim?
The claim is yours. We meet your adjuster on the roof, show them what we found, and give you a written repair price.