Roofing for Bonneau homes: replacement, leaks and storm damage. In Bonneau, 0% of the 232 homes went up before 1940. Any permit the job needs is ours to pull.
Bonneau runs to about 3.0 square miles and roughly 581 people. It sits about 37 miles north of downtown Charleston. The community dates back to 1911. We cover ZIP code 29431.
No completed roof in Bonneau is logged in our job records yet.
A small town on the east shore of Lake Moultrie at the western edge of the Francis Marion National Forest, with US 52 running through it.
From this stretch of building, houses in Bonneau sit on plywood or OSB, were first roofed in three-tab shingles, and are mostly on their second roof now. Trouble tends to be at the penetrations rather than across the field: the rubber collar on a pipe boot splits years before the shingles give out, and it is the leak we trace most often. Ridge vents were hit and miss in these decades, and OSB that stays damp for a season softens in a way plywood does not, something you feel underfoot rather than see from the yard.
Bonneau has 232 homes in the Census Bureau's count and a median year built of 1984. None of them went up before 1940 — one of the five lowest pre-1940 shares of the 28 places on this site — and 57 (25%) in 2000 or later. The 1980s were the busiest decade, adding 73 of today's homes (31%). That is below Berkeley County's 1%.
About 20 years is the usual service life of an asphalt shingle roof, by the figure in HUD's Residential Rehabilitation Inspection Guide. On that yardstick the 175 homes in Bonneau built before 2000 (75%) have outlived at least one roof, and 25% (57 homes) go back before 1970, two roof lives and more. The 30 homes from the 2000s are where first replacements come up now, while the 27 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with. At that age it pays to know whether the last roof was torn off or laid over the one before it, because a second layer hides the deck.
By building type: 176 detached houses (76%), 0 attached (0%). The count also takes in 56 mobile homes, which are a different kind of roof job. 165 of 215 occupied homes (77%) are lived in by their owners. On a housing mix like this, the likely work is first replacements on 2000s builder-grade shingles.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 8 | 3% | |
| 1950s | 19 | 8% | |
| 1960s | 30 | 13% | |
| 1970s | 32 | 14% | |
| 1980s | 73 | 31% | |
| 1990s | 13 | 6% | |
| 2000s | 30 | 13% | |
| 2010s | 21 | 9% | |
| 2020 or later | 6 | 3% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 232 homes, 215 occupied. Survey estimates.
From 2016 through 2025, NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center recorded one report of hail of 1 inch or more within 5 miles of Bonneau’s center. The stone was 1.5 inches, on February 15, 2017, about 2.7 miles west of the center. A report needs someone to see the hail and send it in, so the count is a floor, not a full tally.
If that storm crossed your street and nobody has been on the roof since, a storm inspection photographs what it did.
Bonneau publishes no rule either way on a like-for-like re-roof, so we ask the building department before we start and pull whatever it wants.
Bonneau does not publish the code edition it currently enforces, so this page does not name one. Worth asking any contractor which edition they are building to.
We could not find a published number for the building department, so this page does not print one. The town's building permit worksheet says a Building Official reviews each application and contacts the applicant; the town does not name the official.
Wind design changes with location across greater Charleston: the published ultimate design wind speeds run 133–150 mph, and the building department can say which figure applies to a given address. See the roofing code guide for what it governs.
Bonneau borders Lake Moultrie and Francis Marion National Forest.
Also in Berkeley County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneau | Not published | Not published | 1984 |
| Unincorporated Berkeley County | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
| Daniel Island | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
| Goose Creek | Yes | 2021 IRC | 2002 |
| Hanahan | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1986 |
| Ladson | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1990 |
| Moncks Corner | Not published | 2021 IRC | 2007 |
All 10 Berkeley County cities side by side →
Bonneau does not publish a clear answer either way. We confirm it with the building department before starting and pull whatever is required.
Older than most people guess: the Census puts 75% of Bonneau's homes before 2000 and 25% before 1970, with a median year built of 1984 (2020–2024 estimates). A roof usually lasts about 20 years, so the deck and the layers get checked before any quote.
Yes, once in NOAA's records: the one report of hail 1 inch or larger within 5 miles of Bonneau's center from 2016 through 2025 was 1.5 inches on February 15, 2017.
Not yet: no completed roof in Bonneau is in our job records, so this page shows no job count.
Researched 2026-10-24; housing, Census ACS 2020–2024; hail, NOAA SPC. Sources: web.archive.org · web.archive.org · form.jotform.com · berkeleycountysc.gov · en.wikipedia.org · www.masc.sc · hub.catalogit.app · www.scstatehouse.gov · www2.census.gov · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
