Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Kersey, CO?

Roofing questions — Kersey, CO

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Kersey, CO?

Required.

Is ice & water shield required in Kersey, CO?

Not required — Kersey Municipal Code § 18-45(13) fills in IRC Table R301.2(1) and prints, in its single data row, "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required: No" (the full row reads "30psf 115 No B Severe 30 in. Slight to Moderate 1 No * 1000 45°F"). That is the Town's own adopted, codified instrument and it governs. A "2024 IRC Residential Re-roofing" guide linked from the Town's Building Permit page states the opposite - "ICE AND WATER SHIELD IS REQUIRED ON ALL ROOFS" - but that document is not a Kersey instrument: it is a SAFEbuilt handout distributed unchanged to multiple client towns (the file Kersey links is byte-for-byte identical to the copies published by Dacono and Windsor, and its own text carves out "THE TOWN OF TIMNATH" by name). A shared handout cannot establish a Kersey-specific climatic value, so the codified table's "No" is what this record reports..

Is drip edge required?

Required — The SAFEbuilt "2024 IRC Residential Re-roofing" guide states, under "3 Tab or Laminate Shingles" (the dominant asphalt-shingle material category): "Drip edge is required around the entire perimeter of roof.".

Is a mid-roof inspection required?

Not required — The SAFEbuilt "2024 IRC Residential Re-roofing" guide's "Additional Information" section states plainly: "Mid-roof inspections are NOT required on residential projects." (The same guide's FAQ #3 elsewhere uses softer, carried-over boilerplate language — "There may be a mid-roof inspection required, please consult the Building Department" — but the dedicated statement is the more specific and more recently-formatted of the two.).

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Kersey, CO?

Not required. No page on the Town's own site states an explicit contractor-license or registration requirement or criteria; the "Contractor Registration" nav link and the "Building Permit" how-do-i page both route contractors directly to the CommunityCore portal ("If you are a contractor applying for a building permit to do work in Kersey, please do so through this online portal and our contracted inspection agency, Safebuilt. If you have not signed up with Community Core, you will need to be added as a user in Kersey.") without publishing licensing criteria, so contractor_registration_required is not asserted here..

What building code does Kersey, CO use?

The Town's "Current Building Regulations" page states: "The Town of Kersey has adopted the International Building Code 2018 Edition published by the [International Code] Council," and lists Municipal Code Chapter 18 articles covering the Building Code, Residential Code, Mechanical Code, Fuel Gas Code, Plumbing Code, Energy Conservation Code, Property Maintenance Code, Existing Building Code, International Fire Code, and Swimming Pool and Spa Code, plus a "2020 NEC - Significant Changes Residential Electrical" reference, and advises contacting SAFEbuilt "to verify current requirements" since "building codes sometimes change." However, the SAFEbuilt re-roofing guide the Town itself links from its Building Permit page is titled "2024 IRC Residential Re-roofing" and cites 2024 IRC Sections R806 and R908 by number, and states an ultimate design wind speed of 115 mph and that ice-and-water shield is required on all roofs. Because the Current Building Regulations page's 2018 IBC citation and the linked 2026-dated SAFEbuilt guide's 2024 IRC citation conflict, this record reports both as found rather than asserting a single current edition.