Atlantis · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton
Roof leak repair in Atlantis
Atlantis is a small city of a few hundred homes laid out around a golf course, and most of them date from an era when architects liked long horizontal lines and shallow roofs. That is the practical thing to know about a leak here, because a shallow roof behaves differently from a steep one and a great many contractors do not adjust for it.
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Atlantis is a small city of a few hundred homes laid out around a golf course, and most of them date from an era when architects liked long horizontal lines and shallow roofs. That is the practical thing to know about a leak here, because a shallow roof behaves differently from a steep one and a great many contractors do not adjust for it.
On a steep roof, water that gets past the covering runs somewhere quickly and announces itself. On a low-pitched roof it moves slowly, spreads sideways across the layer beneath and sits, so a failure can work away for a long time before anything reaches a ceiling, and by the time it does the wet area is considerably larger than the hole that caused it.
That has two consequences. The mark on your ceiling is a poor guide to where the roof was breached, often by a wide margin, so repairing above it achieves very little.
And the deck under a shallow roof softens over an area rather than at a point, which a roofer feels underfoot well before he can see it. So the method here is to walk the roof properly, feel for softness, open the covering at several places rather than one, and read the underside of the deck wherever a hatch allows.
The city is small enough that its building department knows the housing, which makes permitting straightforward once the diagnosis is right. The inspection is free either way, the photographs are yours, and where the roof needs nothing that is what the report says.
Molsbee Roofing is a family business, roofing since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach and working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton, licensed CCC1327429. Every job is permitted and inspected and every price is itemised in writing before the work.
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Good to know
What to know.
- Shallow roofs hide their leaks
Water that gets under a covering on a low pitch spreads across the layer beneath rather than running off it, so a failure can be working for a long time before a ceiling marks. That is why the wet area is usually larger than the breach and why the stain is a poor guide to its location. It is also why a quick look at the area above a mark is close to useless on a roof of this kind.
- Feel before you look
On a shallow roof the deck softens over an area rather than at a point, and a roofer walking it feels that through his boots well before it is visible. It is frequently the earliest and clearest evidence available. Every soft area found is marked and photographed, which also means that if a replacement follows, the decking allowance is based on what is genuinely up there rather than on a guess.
- Open the roof in several places
One opening on a low-pitched roof tells you about one spot. Because water spreads rather than runs, the condition of the layer beneath can vary considerably across a single slope, so the covering is lifted at several points and each is photographed. That is what turns an impression into a diagnosis, and on a roof of this generation it is the only reliable way to establish whether a repair will hold.
- A small city, and straightforward permitting
With a few hundred homes and its own building department, the permitting here is uncomplicated once the scope is right, and there is no advantage in a contractor trying to work around it. Every job is permitted and inspected as a matter of course. On a city this size a contractor's work is also visible, which is a reasonable thing for an owner to take into account.
How it works.
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Free roof inspection
We photograph what we find and hand you a written, line-item estimate.
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Written price
You see the price before anyone starts. No surprises on the invoice.
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Permit and install
We pull the permit, do the work and clean up every day.
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Inspection and warranty
County inspection passed, warranties registered, final walk with you.
Why Molsbee
Why Molsbee Roofing.
- Lifetime Workmanship Warranty
We stand behind the install for as long as you own the home.
- Florida licensed CCC1327429
Fully insured, every job permitted and inspected.
- 4.8 stars, 200+ Google reviews
Reputation built one Palm Beach County roof at a time.
- Family-owned since 1975
Three generations of Palm Beach County roofing.
Neighborhoods
Atlantis neighborhoods.
Where we work in and around town.
Most repairs we have priced across Palm Beach County since spring cost a small fraction of a replacement: a collar or flashing at the low end, a rebuilt valley or new underlayment at the high end.
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Roofing questions
Frequently asked questions.
Who repairs roofs in Atlantis, FL?
Molsbee Roofing. A family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429, working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton. We work in this city on the mid-century housing around the golf course. A roofer measures the pitch, walks the roof, opens the covering at several points and photographs what he finds. Free inspections. Call 561-318-8624.
The stain is small. Is the problem small?
On a shallow roof, not necessarily. Water that gets under the covering on a low pitch spreads sideways across the layer beneath rather than running straight down, so by the time it appears on a ceiling the wet area above is usually much larger than the entry point. That is why the roofer works from the roof and from the roof space rather than assuming the damage matches the size of the mark.
Why open the roof in several places?
Because on a low pitch the condition of the layer beneath varies across a slope, and one opening tells you about one spot. Lifting the covering at several points and photographing each is what turns an impression into a diagnosis, and it is the only reliable way to establish whether a repair will hold or whether the layer has gone across the roof. It also gives you evidence rather than an opinion.
Does a shallow roof need a different covering?
Sometimes, and it is worth measuring rather than assuming. Shingle is fine down to a limit and needs a heavier underlayment specification as the pitch decreases; below that limit the area is a low-slope roof and needs a flat-roof covering instead. Measuring the pitch is the first thing we do on a house of this era, because it decides both the specification and the honest price.
How much does a repair cost?
Far less than a replacement, and it depends on what is wrong and how far the water has spread. A collar, a run of sealant or a flashing rebuilt is a short visit. Where a soft area of deck is involved the job is larger. The inspection is free, the photographs come with it, and the price is written down before anything starts.
