The median home in Liberty Township was built in 1974; there are 519 of them. Below: what the code asks of a replacement here, the permit, and the town’s own records.
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Permit
The state code does not cover a reroof that changes no structure (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). Whether Liberty Township wants a permit is in its own ordinance; ask the township code office before the old roof comes off.
Source: 34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)
Layers
IRC R908.3.1.1 forbids roofing over two existing layers, over slate or tile, or over a water-soaked roof. 60% of Liberty Township’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). Liberty Township’s answer is with the township code office.
Rules as read on October 24, 2026. Code edition, permit and contract rules for the whole state: roof replacement in Pennsylvania.
88% of the occupied homes in Liberty Township are lived in by their owners: 354 households, the people this line is for. By year built, 22% before 1940, 35% before 1960, 60% before 1980; 13% went up in 2000 or later. (ACS 2020–2024.)
By building type: 74% detached houses, 24% manufactured homes.
24% of homes in Liberty Township are manufactured homes (123). A roof on a manufactured home is its own kind of job; tell the person on the line that it is one.
16% of the homes in Liberty Township 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.
Of the 18 Susquehanna County municipalities on this site, Liberty Township has the 6th largest share of homes built before 1980: 60%, against a county range of 44% to 87%.
ZIP codes: 18822
| Place | Median built | Before 1980 | Owners | Row, twin | Hail days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township, Susquehanna County | 1974 | 60% | 88% | 2% | 20 |
| Silver Lake | 1978 | 53% | 88% | 0% | 18 |
| Hallstead | 1949 | 71% | 63% | 0% | 15 |
| Great Bend | 1978 | 53% | 84% | 0% | 15 |
| Bridgewater | 1980 | 49% | 77% | 1% | 13 |
| Montrose | 1938 | 87% | 58% | 3% | 11 |
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 20 separate days within 10 miles of Liberty Township; the largest was 2 in on June 29, 2019. The most recent was July 3, 2025.
That is more hail days than 93% of the places in the state on this site.
Federal major-disaster declarations for storms in Susquehanna County since 2006: 5, most recently DR-4815, Tropical Storm Debby, declared September 2024. (OpenFEMA.)
A report says hail fell near Liberty Township, not that it damaged a roof. When wind or hail damage means a new roof.
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; 74% 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; 22% here predate 1940 | Sound slate can be reused (R908.5); broken slate cannot |
| Flat roof: EPDM or TPO | 15 years | Porches, additions, low-slope rears | Seams at walls and drainage |
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 Liberty Township and look it up.
The price side is in what a new roof costs in Pennsylvania; the paperwork side in checking a roofing contractor.
Ask Liberty Township first. The state code does not cover a reroof that changes no structure (34 Pa. Code § 403.1(b)(8)). Whether Liberty Township wants a permit is in its own ordinance; ask the township code office before the old roof comes off.
IRC R908.3.1.1 forbids roofing over two existing layers, over slate or tile, or over a water-soaked roof. 60% of Liberty Township’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 Liberty Township was built in 1974, 60% of homes were built before 1980, 88% are owner-occupied.
Hail of 1 inch or larger was reported on 20 days within 10 miles of Liberty Township from 2006 through 2025 (NOAA Storm Prediction Center). A report means hail fell nearby, not that a roof was damaged.
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 Liberty Township and look it up.
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.