Completed: June 2026
Location: Loudon, TN 37774
Golf Course Home Gets New Roof in Loudon County
A homeowner on the Tanasi Golf Course in Loudon, TN, kept dealing with a window that wouldn’t stop leaking. The cause turned out to be flashing and trim coil that a different contractor had installed poorly above the window. No longer trusting their workmanship, she called Smith Roofing & Exteriors to fix it properly.
During the inspection, the Smith Roofing team confirmed the source of the leak, but also pointed out something else: her roof shingles were past their expected life. That wasn’t a total surprise. The original window installer had mentioned it to her before. Rather than fix one problem and leave the other waiting, she decided to go ahead and replace the roof at the same time.
Mostly out of curiosity, she asked for a quote on the old vinyl siding running along one side of the house. It had bothered her for a while. She agreed to move forward with all three projects at once: window flashing repair, roof replacement, and siding replacement.
Work started on the siding side of the home. Once the old siding, gutters, and fascia came off, the crew found rotten fascia boards. Water had been getting in behind the old gutters and traveling down to the exact spot where the window kept leaking. That explained a lot. The fascia was repaired with new wood, wrapped in black fascia wrap, matching the new soffits in the same black color scheme. The windows received an extra layer of waterproofing before the new siding went on.
Instead of replacing the old siding with the same builder-grade vinyl, the homeowner went with James Hardie’s HZ10 plank siding, pre-painted in a color called Aged Pewter. It’s a longer-lasting product, has a 30-year warranty, and the color fits the home’s existing stone and brick tones better than the original vinyl did.
With the lower half of the house finished, the crew moved to the roof. After the landscaping was covered to protect it from falling debris, the old, worn-out shingles and underlayment came off. Once the roof deck was exposed, the crew found a few sections that weren’t solid enough to hold new shingles properly. Those spots were replaced with new OSB decking.
Because this part of Loudon County sees its share of storms rolling in off the golf course and lake, the team focused on durable, layered protection: Owens Corning ice and water shield in the valleys, RhinoRoof synthetic underlayment over the rest of the deck, and Owens Corning Duration shingles on top. The shingles carry a 50-year Owens Corning TruProtection warranty, and Smith Roofing backed this specific project with a 25-year workmanship warranty.
New black gutters with EcoGuard gutter guards finished the exterior. The home is now leak-free, with a roof and siding built to hold up against whatever comes off the Tanasi golf course and Fort Loudon Lake.
Project Specifications & Additional Upgrades
- Primary Roofing Material: Owens Corning Duration shingles in Onyx Black
- Primary Siding Material: James Hardie HZ10 plank siding in Aged Pewter
- Soffits: Ply Gem vinyl soffit in black
- Underlayment: Interwrap RhinoRoof UDL synthetic underlayment
- Flashing: Lifetime Tool Ultimate pipe boots
- Vents: Lomanco BRV34 Bath Pro Roof exhaust vents
- Gutters: 6″ K-style Gutters in black
Dedicated Project Manager: Sam Tilleros
Project FAQs
Q: What is the extended warranty that this roof carries?
A: Because Smith Roofing & Exteriors is an Owens Corning Platinum Preferred Contractor, this roof qualifies for the Owens Corning Platinum Warranty, a coverage level not available through non-preferred contractors. It includes 50 years of material defect coverage and 25 years of workmanship coverage.
Q: What caused the window leak on this Loudon, TN home?
A: The leak was caused by flashing and trim coil that a previous contractor had installed poorly above the window. Water ran behind the gutter, along the soffit, and into the top of the wall above the window. Once that was identified, Smith Roofing & Exteriors handled the repair along with the roof and siding work the homeowner added on.
Q: Why did a window repair turn into a full roof and siding project?
A: During the inspection, the crew found the roof shingles were already past their expected life, something the homeowner had been told before. She decided to replace the roof at the same time, and separately asked for a quote on old vinyl siding she had wanted to update for years.
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