Mabrey Roofing and Construction has completed 18 roofs in Sanford, Lee County, 17 full replacements and 1 repair, in Carolina Lakes, Asbury, and Owls Nest. Sanford is also the town where the April 2011 tornado reached EF3 strength as it tore through. Lee County is one of North Carolina's ten fastest-growing counties, its population climbing from just over 62,000 in 2020 past 70,000 by 2025, and Carolina Lakes alone has grown to roughly 1,700 homes since it broke ground in 1986. We work the lake-community architectural shingles and the older homes around the 1895-to-1930 Downtown Sanford Historic District with the same documented inspection.
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Mabrey Roofing and Construction has completed 18 roofs in Sanford, Lee County, 17 full replacements and 1 repair, in Carolina Lakes, Asbury, and Owls Nest. Sanford is also the town where the April 2011 tornado reached EF3 strength as it tore through.
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Lee County is one of North Carolina's ten fastest-growing counties, its population climbing from just over 62,000 in 2020 past 70,000 by 2025, and Carolina Lakes alone has grown to roughly 1,700 homes since it broke ground in 1986. We work the lake-community architectural shingles and the older homes around the 1895-to-1930 Downtown Sanford Historic District with the same documented inspection.
share one Central Intake Permitting office, so the paperwork is the same whether the address is inside city limits or in the surrounding county.
that later hit Raleigh first tore through Sanford at up to 160 mph, and severe-thunderstorm warnings here get a documented follow-up inspection, not a skipped one.
which means steeper pitches and decking that need a careful look before a re-roof, not a stock tear-off quote.
Sanford is where the April 16, 2011 outbreak turned deadly. A supercell that formed over Moore County dropped a tornado that strengthened into an EF3 as it crossed into Lee County, tore through Sanford with winds up to 160 miles per hour, destroyed a Lowe's Home Improvement store, and kept going for 66.8 miles before it finally lifted in Wake County. Six people were killed and the storm caused $172,075,000 in damage, making it one of the most destructive single tornadoes in modern North Carolina history. It remains the reference event for what a violent, long-track tornado does to a roofline here, and it is why we take every severe-thunderstorm warning in Lee County seriously enough to follow up with a documented inspection.
Mabrey Roofing documents damage and works with your insurer. We are not a public adjuster and do not negotiate claims or guarantee coverage.
Water coming in now? We answer around the clock and tarp the breach fast to stop the damage.
We photograph and document every area of damage with detailed photos and drone footage, no obligation.
We meet your insurance adjuster on-site and walk them through every item of damage, and work with your insurer.
Sanford's housing runs from the 1895-to-1930 Downtown Sanford Historic District, 53 contributing buildings in Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Art Deco styles around the Union Passenger Depot, out to the lake-community architectural shingles of Carolina Lakes, a roughly 1,700-home development that has been building out since 1986. Asbury and Owls Nest fill in with more conventional 2000s-era construction. With the City of Sanford approving more than 12,000 residential units between 2021 and 2026, a large share of the newer roofs here are still inside their first decade, while the historic downtown core carries the steeper pitches and older decking that come with buildings pushing 130 years old.
Sanford runs Central Intake Permitting out of one joint office, the City of Sanford/Lee County Inspections Division at the Buggy Company Building on Chatham Street, so a city address and a county address file through the same door. We apply through the CSS online portal, pull the permit, and schedule the required inspection for you.
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Both go through the same office. The City of Sanford/Lee County Inspections Division runs Central Intake Permitting for the city and the surrounding county out of the Buggy Company Building on Chatham Street. We file through the CSS online portal and schedule your inspection as part of the job.
Yes. On April 16, 2011, an EF3 tornado with winds up to 160 miles per hour tore through Sanford, destroyed a Lowe's Home Improvement store, and kept going for 66.8 miles before it lifted in Wake County. Six people were killed and it caused over 172 million dollars in damage. It is the storm every Lee County roofer measures severe weather against.
It depends on when your section was built. Carolina Lakes has been growing since 1986 and now has roughly 1,700 homes, so the ages of original roofs vary widely across the community. A free documented inspection tells you honestly whether your shingles are early, mid, or late in their service life.
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