In Moncks Corner, the 2021 IRC is in force and the median home was built in 2007. We replace and repair roofs here and inspect after hail, starting with a free, photographed inspection.
Moncks Corner runs to about 11.5 square miles and roughly 15,485 people. It sits about 29 miles north of downtown Charleston. The community dates back to 1885. We cover ZIP codes 29461 and 29430.
No completed roof in Moncks Corner is logged in our job records yet.
That includes Foxbank Plantation and Perry Hill. Housing age and construction shift across Moncks Corner, sometimes by decades within a few streets, which is why we look at the roof before we quote rather than after.
The Berkeley County seat, just south of Lake Moultrie, with town limits that reach east to the West Branch of the Cooper River. The town grew around an 1856 railroad depot, is home to Santee Cooper's headquarters, and includes the planned community of Foxbank Plantation.
Newer construction in Moncks Corner generally has OSB decking, architectural shingles and a proper ridge vent, so the roofs themselves start in better shape. The catch is what the shingle was: a great deal of the building through the 2000s went on with builder-grade shingles carrying a nominal warranty far longer than their real service life, and those are reaching the end now. Hail is the other factor — a newer roof is not a hail-proof roof, and a bruised mat can look perfect from the driveway for two years and then start failing all at once. If yours has never been looked at after a storm, that is the reason to have it looked at.
By the Census Bureau's estimate there are 5,482 homes in Moncks Corner, with a median year built of 2007. 172 of them (3%) went up before 1940 — 13th of 28 places on this site for pre-1940 share — and 3,255 (59%) in 2000 or later. The 2010s were the busiest decade, adding 1,694 of today's homes (31%). (Berkeley County as a whole: 1% before 1940.)
The rule of thumb in HUD's Residential Rehabilitation Inspection Guide is a service life of about 20 years for an asphalt shingle roof. By that measure, 41% of Moncks Corner's homes — the 2,227 built before 2000 — are past their first roof; 883 of them (16%) predate 1970, old enough for two replacements already. First replacements are arriving on the 765 homes built in the 2000s, while the 2,490 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with.
By building type: 4,233 detached houses (77%), 243 attached (4%). 489 homes (9%) sit in two- to nine-unit buildings and 164 (3%) in buildings of ten units or more, where the roof is usually a landlord's or an association's decision. The count also takes in 353 mobile homes, which are a different kind of roof job. Owners live in 74% of the 5,194 occupied homes. On a housing mix like this, the likely work is first replacements on 2000s builder-grade shingles and hail checks on newer roofs that look fine from the driveway.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 172 | 3% | |
| 1940s | 131 | 2% | |
| 1950s | 182 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 398 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 347 | 6% | |
| 1980s | 422 | 8% | |
| 1990s | 575 | 10% | |
| 2000s | 765 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 1,694 | 31% | |
| 2020 or later | 796 | 15% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 5,482 homes, 5,194 occupied. Survey estimates.
Between 2016 and 2025 there were 8 reports of 1-inch-plus hail within 5 miles of Moncks Corner’s center in the records of NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, on 4 separate days. 2 of them were 1.75 inches or larger. The largest, 1.75 inches, came on April 6, 2022, about 1 miles southwest of the center. Counts follow people as much as storms, since every report is a spotter’s or a resident’s.
| Latest reports | Size | From center |
|---|---|---|
| April 6, 2022 | 1.75 inches | 1 mi SW |
| April 6, 2022 | 1 inch | 1 mi SW |
| December 30, 2021 | 1 inch | 1.4 mi W |
| May 11, 2021 | 1 inch | 0.8 mi SE |
| May 11, 2021 | 1.75 inches | 1 mi SW |
If one of those storms crossed your street and nobody has been on the roof since, a storm inspection photographs what it did.
Moncks Corner publishes no rule either way on a like-for-like re-roof, so we ask the building department (843-719-7914) before we start and pull whatever it wants.
Moncks Corner enforces the 2021 IRC. Moncks Corner enforces the codes adopted through the South Carolina Building Codes Council, including the 2021 International Residential Code, 2021 International Building Code, 2021 International Existing Building Code, 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, 2020 National Electrical Code and 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. The town's code of ordinances (Section 8-163) carries its own IRC Table R301.2(1).
The published number is 843-719-7914. The building official on record is Robert Bruno, Chief Building Official. The department page is here.
Design wind here is set by location, not one figure for the whole area: across greater Charleston the published ultimate design wind speeds run 133–150 mph, depending on where a house stands. The building department for Moncks Corner can tell you which figure applies. What it does to a roof is in the roofing code guide.
Moncks Corner borders Cooper River.
Also in Berkeley County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moncks Corner | Not published | 2021 IRC | 2007 |
| Unincorporated Berkeley County | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
| Bonneau | Not published | Not published | 1984 |
| Daniel Island | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
| Goose Creek | Yes | 2021 IRC | 2002 |
| Hanahan | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1986 |
| Ladson | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1990 |
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Moncks Corner publishes no rule on it. We ask the building department first and pull whatever it requires.
Moncks Corner enforces the 2021 IRC. Moncks Corner enforces the codes adopted through the South Carolina Building Codes Council, including the 2021 International Residential Code, 2021 International Building Code, 2021 International Existing Building Code, 2021 International Property Maintenance Code, 2020 National Electrical Code and 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. The town's code of ordinances (Section 8-163) carries its own IRC Table R301.2(1).
Median year built 2007, by the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 estimates. Of 5,482 homes, 2,227 were built before 2000 and 172 before 1940, so most roofs in Moncks Corner are not the first one the house has had.
The last report near Moncks Corner of hail 1 inch or bigger came on April 6, 2022; NOAA's records hold 8 of them within 5 miles since 2016.
The building official on record is Robert Bruno, Chief Building Official. The department's own number is on this page, beside its name.
It can. Moncks Corner has Cooper River Historic District. Inside a designated district, changing a visible roof material or color can need preservation review before the permit is issued. Like-for-like replacement usually raises fewer questions, but we check before quoting.
Not yet: no completed roof in Moncks Corner 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: monckscornersc.gov · web.archive.org · web.archive.org · library.municode.com · en.wikipedia.org · www.scencyclopedia.org · hub.catalogit.app · schpr.sc.gov · en.wikipedia.org · tourism.berkeleycountysc.gov · geocoding.geo.census.gov · www.scstatehouse.gov · www2.census.gov · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
