Half of the 4,846 homes in Lackawaxen were built before 1988. Below: what the code asks of a replacement here, the permit, and the town’s own records.
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Permit
Pennsylvania’s code leaves residential alterations without structural change to local ordinance (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). So the township code office in Lackawaxen is the one to ask before work starts.
Source: 34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)
Layers
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). 32% of Lackawaxen’s homes were built before 1980; many have been reroofed before.
Ice barrier
Whether an eave membrane is a code item depends on the climate table the municipality filled in when it adopted the code (IRC R905.1.2, Table R301.2). Ask the township code office or the contractor what Lackawaxen’s says.
Checked against the code text on October 24, 2026. Everything else the state requires: roof replacement in Pennsylvania.
Of 2,100 occupied homes in Lackawaxen, 2,025 (96%) are owner-occupied. Counting by decade, 18% before 1960, 32% before 1980 of the housing was in place, and 30% dates from 2000 on. (ACS 2020–2024.)
The housing is 89% detached houses, 8% attached single-family houses (rowhouses, twins and townhouses).
52% of the homes in Lackawaxen are seasonal or occasional-use homes (ACS 2020–2024). If yours is one of them and you live elsewhere, the call still has to come from you as the owner.
30% of homes here were built in 2000 or later. HUD’s useful-life table gives an asphalt-shingle roof 20 years, so roofs on houses from the early 2000s are reaching that age.
Of the 12 Pike County municipalities on this site, Lackawaxen has the 9th largest share of homes built before 1980: 32%, against a county range of 15% to 76%.
ZIP codes: 18405 · 18425 · 18428 · 18435 · 18457
| Place | Median built | Before 1980 | Owners | Row, twin | Hail days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lackawaxen | 1988 | 32% | 96% | 8% | 8 |
| Palmyra Township, Wayne County | 1982 | 46% | 82% | 0% | 9 |
| Berlin | 1982 | 47% | 86% | 0% | 9 |
| Blooming Grove | 1985 | 36% | 91% | 0% | 9 |
| Shohola | 1976 | 59% | 88% | 1% | 7 |
| Palmyra Township, Pike County | 1979 | 52% | 84% | 4% | 13 |
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.
Since 2006 the National Weather Service has logged hail of 1 inch or larger on 8 separate days within 10 miles of Lackawaxen; the largest was 1.75 in on August 21, 2014. The most recent was July 13, 2023.
Pike County has had 3 federal major-disaster declarations for storms since 2006; the latest was DR-4099, Hurricane Sandy (January 2013). (OpenFEMA.)
Storm reports are what observers logged, not a measure of damage to any roof. When wind or hail damage means a new roof.
HUD’s useful-life figures are for planning; a warranty is a separate promise. For Lackawaxen’s houses: 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; 89% 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 | A complete standing-seam system may go over the old roof (R908.3.1) |
| Slate | 75 years | Older and historic houses | Can’t be roofed over; check the framing for the weight |
| Flat roof: EPDM or TPO | 15 years | Additions and porch roofs | Seams at walls and drainage |
A contractor who does $5,000 or more of home improvement work a year must be registered with the Pennsylvania Attorney General, and the number has to be on every contract and estimate (HICPA § 3, § 6). Ask for it before anyone starts on a roof in Lackawaxen, and search it.
Contracts, deposits and the right to cancel: checking a roofing contractor. What moves the price: new roof cost in Pennsylvania.
Ask Lackawaxen first. Pennsylvania’s code leaves residential alterations without structural change to local ordinance (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). So the township code office in Lackawaxen is the one to ask before work starts.
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). 32% of Lackawaxen’s homes were built before 1980; many have been reroofed before.
By the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), the median home in Lackawaxen was built in 1988, 32% of homes were built before 1980, 96% are owner-occupied.
Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported on 8 days within 10 miles of Lackawaxen from 2006 through 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center). A report means hail fell nearby, not that a roof was damaged.
A contractor who does $5,000 or more of home improvement work a year must be registered with the Pennsylvania Attorney General, and the number has to be on every contract and estimate (HICPA § 3, § 6). Ask for it before anyone starts on a roof in Lackawaxen, and search it.
The full list: before you call.
Checked October 24, 2026. Laws and code editions change; the date says when these were last read at the source.