Robinson Roofing
Kernersville, NC
5.0(82 Google reviews)
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Winston-Salem roofs live with the Triad’s weather. See how Forsyth County’s storm record and Winston-Salem’s housing compare with the rest of North Carolina, how the state licenses roofers, and every roofer across the county.
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Forsyth County sits in the Triad. From 2016 through 2025, NOAA’s Storm Events Database logged 18 hail reports and 189 damaging thunderstorm-wind reports there — fewer hail reports than Wake County’s 125. Its tropical-storm and hurricane entries name Hermine, Michael, Zeta and Ian.
| County (region) | Hail reports | Largest hail | Thunderstorm-wind reports | Tornadoes | Named-storm entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth (the Triad) | 18 | 1.75 in. | 189 | 0 | Hermine, Michael, Zeta, Ian |
| Wake (the Triangle) | 125 | 2.75 in. | 322 | 5 | Hermine, Florence, Michael, Dorian, Isaias, Ian |
| Mecklenburg (the Charlotte region) | 34 | 1.75 in. | 110 | 5 | Zeta, Ian, Helene |
| Guilford (the Triad) | 41 | 2 in. | 169 | 3 | Michael, Zeta, Ian |
| New Hanover (the coast) | 12 | 1 in. | 48 | 16 | Hermine, Matthew, Florence, Elsa, Colin, Ian |
| Buncombe (the mountains) | 27 | 2.5 in. | 53 | 1 | Zeta, Helene |
Roofers are licensed the same way everywhere in North Carolina. The NC Licensing Board for General Contractors requires a license when a project costs $40,000 or more — a threshold set by G.S. 87-1 and raised from $30,000 in October 2023 — and roofing is licensed under the Board’s S(Roofing) specialty classification as well as its Residential and Building classifications.
Every license carries a project limit: up to $750,000 for a Limited license, $1.5 million for Intermediate, no cap for Unlimited (G.S. 87-10). The Board’s public search works statewide, so a Wilmington roofer working a Raleigh job looks up exactly the same way.
What changes with the city is everything local: permit counters, historic-district reviews and HOA covenants. The permit statute is statewide (G.S. 160D-1110); the people applying it are not.
The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey puts Winston-Salem’s median year built at 1981, with 8% of homes built before 1940 and 25.4% since 2000. Older houses tend to hide more under the shingles — extra layers, tired decking; newer ones bring a wave of first replacements.
| City | Median year built | Built before 1940 | Built before 1980 | Built 2000 or later |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem | 1981 | 8% | 48% | 25.4% |
| Raleigh | 1997 | 2.5% | 23.1% | 45.1% |
| Charlotte | 1995 | 2.5% | 27.9% | 42.6% |
| Greensboro | 1985 | 5.9% | 42.6% | 27.4% |
| Wilmington | 1989 | 8.9% | 38.1% | 32.9% |
| Asheville | 1982 | 18.5% | 47.6% | 30.4% |
Winston-Salem roofers work the whole county, so this list covers the Forsyth County roofing companies in our directory, highest-rated first. Narrow it to your town.
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Statewide licensing, storm and cost pages, on the National Roofing Directory.