Roofing in Gulf Stream: coastal homes, coastal standards

Good to know

About roofs in Gulf Stream.

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  Town design review comes first

  Gulf Stream is a town with a design manual and an architectural review process that cares about roof profile, color and material as seen from the street, and a re-roof that skips it stops. Concrete tile in a profile and blend that suits the house, or standing seam in an approved finish where the style allows it, are the usual approvals; a change of material or a jarring color is the usual refusal. We prepare the submittal with samples and photographs, wait for the town's approval, then pull the permit through the Town of Gulf Stream, and the written schedule you receive has that review time built in. Homes along the golf club carry their own standards on top, and we build those into the proposal as well.

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  Roof repair in Gulf Stream

  Repair is most of what we do here, and a Gulf Stream repair is usually a metal repair. Rusted-through valley flashing is cut out and relined in stainless or copper. Drip edge that has flaked away is renewed along the whole eave. Corroded hip and ridge fasteners are pulled and the caps re-bedded and screwed with stainless. On a metal roof, rusted screws are replaced with stainless, open cut edges are hemmed and sealed, and lifted caps and split boots are renewed. The surrounding tile is lifted, saved and relaid so the repair vanishes into the roof. The stain inside is rarely under the entry point, so we trace the water from the roof, photograph the source, and price the repair in writing before starting. Half-measures on a salt-side roof come back within a couple of seasons, so we do not make them.

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  Replacement: tile or standing seam, built for the coast

  When a Gulf Stream roof is past repair, the replacement is concrete tile or standing-seam metal specified for salt. A tile re-roof strips to the deck, replaces soft plywood and salt-eaten fascia, lays new self-adhered underlayment with valleys lined in stainless or copper, and sets the tile to the county's wind-code attachment with stainless fasteners and caps. A metal re-roof uses aluminum or coastal-rated coated steel panels on stainless concealed clips, hemmed and sealed edges, and matching metal at every flashing. Either way the Town inspects at dry-in and final. Tile and metal both sit at the top rung of what a full roof costs in Palm Beach County, and a Gulf Stream roof with its coastal metal sits at the top of that; we measure yours and write every line down.

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  A family roofer twenty minutes down the coast

  Molsbee Roofing has been a family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429, working Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton, and Gulf Stream is a short drive down A1A for us. We know what salt does to a fastener on this island and what the Town expects to see on a submittal, and we are still here next season when you want the roof looked at again. Every job is permitted and inspected. Every price is itemized and in writing before work starts. Free roof inspections for homeowners and for the associations along the club. Call 561-318-8624, phone answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.