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Roofing in Conway, South Carolina

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Conway, SC, issued by City of Conway - Construction Services Department. A residential reroof in the City of Conway is permit work: the City publishes no exemption for roof work, and the Construction Services Department lists "roofing work" among the work its homeowner permit process covers. Apply through the City's BS&A online portal; a contractor with an active account logs in and selects "apply for a permit". Every contractor needs a City of Conway business license, and the Department notes that "You can apply for your permit and business license at the same time." State law requires the permit office to see evidence of the contractor's Residential Builders Commission registration or licence, or of an exemption, before it issues the permit. A homeowner doing the work on a home for their own use may apply under the state owner exemption but must file the disclosure statement with the register of deeds. Inspections are requested through the same portal. Starting without a permit doubles the fee: under City Code Section 5-1-4(b), "Where work for which a permit is required by this chapter is started or proceeded with prior to obtaining a permit, the fees specified in this section shall be doubled". The Department states that the Chief Building Official "must review any project in a flood zone." Check that the address is inside the city limits first; the City's page links a map for that check, and property in unincorporated Horry County is permitted by the County. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Conway, South Carolina, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Conway

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Conway are set locally by City of Conway - Construction Services Department. South Carolina requires residential roofers to register with the state Residential Builders Commission for jobs over $500, and a building official may not issue a permit for that work without proof of registration, while the building codes adopted by the state Building Codes Council apply in every city and county and a local technical change needs the Council's approval — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

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Contractor registration
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Adopted building code
City Code Section 5-1-32 adopts as the Residential Code of the City of Conway "the International Residential Code, Current Edition, as amended", and provides that "As the various parts of the International Residential Code, current edition, may be amended or revised from time to time in the future by the State of South Carolina, such amendments or revisions are adopted by the City of Conway without the necessity of re-enacting and republishing the foregoing provision of this section in its entirety." Its only changes to the residential code insert the City's name in Section R101.1 and delete items 1 and 2 of Section R105.2 (work exempt from permit); the chapter heading still names the 2000 edition of the International Building Code, but the section text names no edition. The Construction Services Department's code-change notice, linked from its page, states that permit applications made after December 31, 2022 have to be designed to the 2021 ICC codes, effective January 1, 2023, and links the Building Codes Council's 2021 modification index and adoption notice. At the state level, S.C. Code Section 6-9-10(A) requires every municipality to enforce the building codes the Building Codes Council adopts and provides that "The municipality or county shall enforce only the national building and safety codes provided in this chapter." The 2021 International Residential Code with South Carolina modifications (S.C. Code of Regulations 8-1200 et seq.) is the mandatory state residential code for permits applied for before January 1, 2027, the date the Building Codes Council set for local jurisdictions to implement the 2024 edition with South Carolina modifications (State Register Vol. 50, Issue 5, May 22, 2026). The Council's notice states that "Only the modifications approved and listed on the Council's website are valid for use in the State", and the Council's list of approved local modifications carries none for the City of Conway. The one South Carolina change to the roofing chapter replaces the drip-edge section: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of asphalt shingle roofs where required by the manufacturer." (Reg. 8-1228, IRC Section R905.2.8.5.) The City's building chapter (Title 5, Chapter 1 of the Code of Ordinances, read in full) carries no roofing rule of its own.
Registration details
  • state_level: Roofing is a named Residential Specialty Contractor classification of the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission: "Roofers: the installation, alteration and repair of materials common to the residential building industry that form a watertight, weather resistant surface for roofs and decks, including all accessories, flashing, valleys, gravel stops and roof insulation panels above the roof deck." A residential specialty contractor is one who contracts to do "construction work, repairs, improvement, or reimprovement which requires special skills and involves the use of specialized construction trades or craft, when the undertakings exceed five hundred dollars" (S.C. Code Section 40-59-20), and "all residential specialty contractors must be registered" by the Commission (Section 40-59-220(A)). When the cost of an undertaking for an individual property owner "exceeds five thousand dollars, the residential specialty contractor must obtain an executed bond" (Section 40-59-220(D)). The permit office "shall refuse to issue a permit for an undertaking which requires licensure or registration under this chapter unless the applicant has furnished evidence that he is either licensed or registered in accordance with this chapter or exempt from the requirements of this chapter" (Section 40-59-280). Section 40-59-260 states that the chapter "does not apply to an owner of residential property who improves the property" where the owner "does the work himself, with his own employees, or with licensed contractors or registered entities or individuals" and the structure is for the owner's or family's own occupancy and not for sale or rent, and Section 40-59-270 states that the chapter "does not apply to a person licensed under Chapter 11" for that work.
  • city_level: The City of Conway sets no roofing credential of its own; its code ties permit work to the state credential. City Code Section 5-1-32(e) provides that "Where any building construction requiring a permit is being done, a contractor must meet all South Carolina state licensing or registration requirements," and Section 5-1-5 requires each licensed contractor to give the City "a notarized list, on company letterhead, of persons authorized to request permits on his behalf and their relationship to the company." The Construction Services Department's page for homeowners states that "State law requires residential construction to be done by a licensed residential builder, general contractor, and/or a specialty contractor" and that an owner applying under the state exemption "may not hire an unlicensed person as your residential builder or specialty contractor"; it lists "roofing work" among the work the exemption covers and says the owner must file a disclosure statement with the register of deeds. Every contractor also needs a City of Conway business license: City Code Section 7-1-1 requires anyone doing business in the city "to pay an annual license tax for the privilege of doing business and obtain a business license," and the Department's Requirements and Special Conditions sheet states that "All contractors and subcontractors must have a City of Conway Business License." A business license is a tax registration, not a trade credential.
Permit process
A residential reroof in the City of Conway is permit work: the City publishes no exemption for roof work, and the Construction Services Department lists "roofing work" among the work its homeowner permit process covers. Apply through the City's BS&A online portal; a contractor with an active account logs in and selects "apply for a permit". Every contractor needs a City of Conway business license, and the Department notes that "You can apply for your permit and business license at the same time." State law requires the permit office to see evidence of the contractor's Residential Builders Commission registration or licence, or of an exemption, before it issues the permit. A homeowner doing the work on a home for their own use may apply under the state owner exemption but must file the disclosure statement with the register of deeds. Inspections are requested through the same portal. Starting without a permit doubles the fee: under City Code Section 5-1-4(b), "Where work for which a permit is required by this chapter is started or proceeded with prior to obtaining a permit, the fees specified in this section shall be doubled". The Department states that the Chief Building Official "must review any project in a flood zone." Check that the address is inside the city limits first; the City's page links a map for that check, and property in unincorporated Horry County is permitted by the County.
Inspections
Inspections for City of Conway permits are scheduled through the City's BS&A online portal ("Schedule an Inspection"), where the requester picks the inspection type for the permit record and can add comments for the inspector; results appear on the permit and in the portal once the inspector has entered them. The City's code adopts the residential code's inspection provisions without change and sets no roofing inspection of its own.
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Roofing suppliers in Conway

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Roofing materials for Conway

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