Roof Replacement in Hegins, PA

Half of the 1,510 homes in Hegins were built before 1961. The rules below decide how much of the old roof has to come off and what goes under the new one.

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This number connects homeowners who are planning a new roof or a full roof replacement with independent local roofing contractors. It is not for leak repairs or patch jobs. The call must come from the homeowner who decides on the roof. Calls may be recorded.

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The rules for a reroof in Hegins

Permit

Local ordinance, not the state

The state code does not cover a reroof that changes no structure (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). So the township code office in Hegins is the one to ask before work starts.

Source: 34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)

Layers

Two layers means a tear-off

A new roof may go over one existing layer; with two or more, or over slate, clay or cement tile, everything comes off to the deck (IRC R908.3.1.1). 81% of Hegins’s homes were built before 1980, so count the layers before comparing quotes.

Source: IRC 2021, Chapter 9 (Pennsylvania edition, UpCodes)

Ice barrier

Hegins’s climate table decides

IRC R905.1.2 calls for an ice barrier where Table R301.2 says so; in Pennsylvania the municipality completes that table. Hegins’s answer is with the township code office.

Source: IRC 2021, Chapter 9 (Pennsylvania edition, UpCodes)

Rules as read on October 24, 2026. Everything else the state requires: roof replacement in Pennsylvania.

Homes and roofs in Hegins

Owners live in 1,279 of Hegins’s occupied homes, or 90%. By year built, 32% before 1940, 49% before 1960, 81% before 1980; 7% went up in 2000 or later. (ACS 2020–2024.)

By building type: 86% detached houses, 4% attached single-family houses (rowhouses, twins and townhouses), 6% manufactured homes.

On a house built before 1940, ask what the deck is (boards or plywood) and whether slate sits under the later layers: slate can’t be roofed over.

Of the 41 Schuylkill County municipalities on this site, Hegins has the 21st largest share of homes built before 1980: 81%, against a county range of 42% to 97%.

ZIP codes: 17938 · 17983

Hegins and the towns around it

Place	Median built	Before 1980	Owners	Row, twin	Hail days
Hegins	1961	81%	90%	4%	2
Porter Township, Schuylkill County	1948	80%	84%	13%	1
Tower City	1938	93%	74%	21%	3
Tremont	1938	93%	75%	41%	4
Williamstown	1938	97%	63%	15%	3
Williams Township, Dauphin County	1950	83%	86%	4%	4

Median built: median year the homes were built. Before 1980: share of homes built then. Owners: share of homes that are owner-occupied. Row, twin: share of homes that are rowhouses, twins or townhouses. Census ACS 2020–2024. Hail days: days with hail of 1 inch or larger within 10 miles, 2006–2025, NOAA Storm Prediction Center.

Storm record around Hegins

Since 2006 the National Weather Service has logged hail of 1 inch or larger on 2 separate days within 10 miles of Hegins; the largest was 2 in on May 28, 2019.

That is fewer than most places in the state on this site (median 12 days).

Remnants of Hurricane Ida (DR-4618, September 2021) is the latest of 5 federal storm declarations covering Schuylkill County since 2006. (OpenFEMA.)

A report says hail fell near Hegins, not that it damaged a roof. When wind or hail damage means a new roof.

What goes on the roof next

Lifespans come from HUD’s capital-needs table, not from a brochure. More in the guides to shingles, metal, slate and flat roofs.

Material	HUD useful life	Fits a house like	Watch for
Asphalt shingles	20 years	Most pitched roofs; 86% of homes here are detached	Wind class set by the design wind speed (IRC Table R905.2.4.1)
Metal (standing seam, panels)	50 years	Simple roofs with long, unbroken slopes	Standing seam that carries its own loads can skip the tear-off (R908.3.1)
Slate	75 years	Older houses; 32% here predate 1940	Never a base for a new layer (R908.3.1.1); heavy
Flat roof: EPDM or TPO	15 years	Porches, additions, low-slope rears	Seams at walls and drainage

Checking a contractor in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s home improvement law (HICPA § 3, § 6) requires registration with the Attorney General from $5,000 a year of such work and puts the number on every estimate; ask for it in Hegins and look it up.

The price side is in what a new roof costs in Pennsylvania; the paperwork side in checking a roofing contractor.

Questions about a new roof in Hegins

Is a permit required for a new roof in Hegins, PA?

Local ordinance, not the state. The state code does not cover a reroof that changes no structure (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). So the township code office in Hegins is the one to ask before work starts.

Is a roof-over allowed in Hegins, or is it a tear-off?

How old are the houses in Hegins?

By the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), the median home in Hegins was built in 1961, 81% of homes were built before 1980, 90% are owner-occupied.

Does Hegins get hail that damages roofs?

Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported on 2 days within 10 miles of Hegins from 2006 through 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center). A report means hail fell nearby, not that a roof was damaged.

How do I check a roofing contractor in Hegins?

What they will ask on the phone

Where the house is: the Hegins address or ZIP
One story or two (or more), detached or attached
What is on the roof now (asphalt shingles, metal, slate, tile, or a flat membrane) and roughly how old it is
How many layers are on it, if you know
That the job is a full replacement or a new roof, and your timing
Any historic-district or HOA rules on the house in Hegins
That the house is yours and the decision is yours

The full list: before you call.