Roof replacement, leak repair and hail & storm damage for homes in Ravenel. In Ravenel, the 2021 IRC is in force and 67% of the 1,063 homes were built before 2000. It starts with a free inspection that photographs every slope.
Ravenel runs to about 13.2 square miles and roughly 2,615 people. It sits about 17 miles west of downtown Charleston. The community dates back to 1949. We cover ZIP code 29470.
No completed roof in Ravenel is logged in our job records yet.
Ravenel is a small town in western Charleston County on U.S. Route 17, with the town of Hollywood along its southern edge.
Housing from this stretch in Ravenel sits on plywood or OSB decking and was largely first roofed with three-tab shingles. Most are on their second covering by now. The things worth checking are the penetrations rather than the field: pipe boots from this era are the single most common leak we trace, because the rubber collar splits long before the shingles wear out. Ridge venting was inconsistent through these years, and OSB that has been damp for a season goes soft in a way plywood does not — you find it with your feet, not from the ground.
Ravenel has 1,063 homes in the Census Bureau's count and a median year built of 1993. 8 of them (1%) went up before 1940 — 19th of 28 places on this site for pre-1940 share — and 348 (33%) in 2000 or later. The 1990s were the busiest decade, adding 246 of today's homes (23%). That is below Charleston County's 5%.
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 715 homes in Ravenel built before 2000 (67%) have outlived at least one roof; 254 of them (24%) predate 1970, old enough for two replacements already. First replacements are arriving on the 147 homes built in the 2000s, while the 201 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with.
70% of homes in Ravenel are single-family detached houses (739) and 1% attached ones such as townhouses (6). 13 (1%) in buildings of ten units or more, where a resident rarely gets to choose the roofer. The count also takes in 302 mobile homes, which are a different kind of roof job. 858 of 992 occupied homes (86%) are lived in by their owners. With houses like these, the jobs we expect most are first replacements on 2000s builder-grade shingles and hail checks on newer roofs that look fine from the driveway.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 8 | 1% | |
| 1940s | 49 | 5% | |
| 1950s | 150 | 14% | |
| 1960s | 47 | 4% | |
| 1970s | 82 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 133 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 246 | 23% | |
| 2000s | 147 | 14% | |
| 2010s | 162 | 15% | |
| 2020 or later | 39 | 4% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 1,063 homes, 992 occupied. Survey estimates.
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center logged no reports of hail 1 inch or larger within 5 miles of Ravenel’s center from 2016 through 2025. That is a gap in the reports rather than proof that no hail fell: reports come from spotters and the public.
Ravenel's building department (CC&I) says South Carolina's building code requires a permit before anyone builds, alters, repairs or replaces part of a building, and roofing is not on its list of work that needs no permit. Ordinary repairs that do not cut into walls or structural parts need no permit. Residential permits cost $4.75 per $1,000 of job value, and fees double if work starts before the permit is issued.
Ravenel enforces the 2021 IRC. CC&I, which handles Ravenel's building permits, lists the 2021 South Carolina Residential Code (the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications) as the code in force since January 1, 2023, adopted statewide by the South Carolina Building Codes Council.
The published number is 864-586-6111. Building permits and inspections are handled by CC&I Services under contract with the town; the town's Planning and Zoning Department handles zoning permits. The department page is here.
The design wind speed a roof in Ravenel is built to depends on where the house stands: across greater Charleston the published ultimate design wind speeds run 133–150 mph. The building department can confirm the figure, and the code guide explains what it governs.
Ravenel borders Hollywood. Our pages for them:
Also in Charleston County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenel | Not published | 2021 IRC | 1993 |
| Hollywood | Not published | 2021 IRC | 2003 |
| Adams Run | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1984 |
| Awendaw | Yes | 2021 IRC | 2001 |
| Charleston | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1995 |
| Unincorporated Charleston County | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
| Edisto Island | Yes | 2021 IRC | — |
All 22 Charleston County cities side by side →
Ravenel's building department (CC&I) says South Carolina's building code requires a permit before anyone builds, alters, repairs or replaces part of a building, and roofing is not on its list of work that needs no permit. Ordinary repairs that do not cut into walls or structural parts need no permit. Residential permits cost $4.75 per $1,000 of job value, and fees double if work starts before the permit is issued.
Ravenel enforces the 2021 IRC. CC&I, which handles Ravenel's building permits, lists the 2021 South Carolina Residential Code (the 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications) as the code in force since January 1, 2023, adopted statewide by the South Carolina Building Codes Council.
Older than most people guess: the Census puts 67% of Ravenel's homes before 2000 and 24% before 1970, with a median year built of 1993 (2020–2024 estimates). A roof usually lasts about 20 years, so the deck and the layers get checked before any quote.
Not yet: no completed roof in Ravenel 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: www.townofravenel.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · www.cciservicesllc.com · ravenel.portal.iworq.net · www.charlestoncounty.gov · llr.sc.gov · en.wikipedia.org · www.scstatehouse.gov · www2.census.gov · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
