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Boca Raton · Commercial roofing
Commercial roofing in Boca Raton starts with identifying the building's jurisdiction and the condition of its roof, then setting out a repair or replacement in writing. We offer a free inspection for owners and associations.
A city parcel uses Boca's permitting system, while properties in Boca Del Mar or Boca Pointe may follow the county route. Along Glades Road, the working plan also needs to account for entrances, deliveries and rooftop equipment so the proposed roof can be installed without losing sight of the occupied space below.
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Before the work starts
Commercial roofs in Boca Raton
Boca eHub inside the city, county ePZB outside it
A Glades Road office or a Town Center outparcel inside the city line files its roof permit on Boca eHub with plans uploaded to Boca Eplans. A building in Boca Del Mar or Boca Pointe carries a Boca address but sits outside the city, so its permit goes to Palm Beach County on ePZB.
We confirm the parcel before assembling the application, because the two desks want different forms and the wrong one delays the start. Whichever desk it is, the roof assembly, product approvals and the attachment for the mainland wind band go in together.
Cores and wet insulation before a recover is promised
The flat roofs from Glades Road to the Yamato Road campuses were built as a membrane over insulation on a deck, and many have already had a layer added. Before we say whether a recover is possible we cut cores to count layers, test the insulation for moisture and check the deck.
Wet insulation has to come out, and a roof that already carries a layer over the original is torn off rather than covered again, so the cores decide between recover and full replacement. The owner sees the core photographs and the reasoning in the proposal.
Phasing an occupied office or campus
Tenants on Glades Road do not leave for a roof. We divide the roof into sections that are torn off and dried in before the afternoon storms, and we put the crane and dumpster at a service drive rather than the lobby entrance.
The property manager gets a written sequence naming which suites are under work each week, the working hours and a site contact, and tenants who need quiet for a closing or a clinic day tell us in advance. Rooftop units are raised or disconnected with the mechanical contractor on the schedule, not discovered on the day.
Drainage and edges decide how the roof ages
A flat roof has to move rain to its drains and scuppers before it can pond, and ponding is where many of the leaks we trace in Boca begin. We survey slope to every drain, add tapered insulation to low spots and size the overflow scuppers with the plan.
Closer to the Intracoastal the edge metal takes salt first, so coping, termination bars and the flashing at parapets and equipment curbs are inspected as their own items and photographed. The scope names which drains and edges are renewed and which stay, on Military Trail as on Palmetto Park Road.
How it works in Boca Raton
Free inspection, photographedA Molsbee roofer looks at the roof, the deck and the exposed edges, and puts the whole price in writing.
Scope, schedule and access agreedThe proposal sets the system, the staging area, working hours and how tenants and customers keep moving during the work.
Permit through Boca eHub portalWe file the roofing permit with the City of Boca Raton through its Boca eHub portal and keep the paperwork aligned with the approved design.
Install in phasesSections are opened, dried in and closed before we leave each evening, so the building stays watertight through the job.
Final inspection and warrantyWe handle the inspection. The Lifetime Workmanship Warranty and the manufacturer warranty go in writing.
Permits and code
Permits in Boca Raton
On a commercial roof in Boca Raton, the permit through Boca eHub portal is filed with the building's scope and phasing, so tenants know the schedule before we start.
Boca Raton is two permit regimes on one page. Inside the city line, the Building Division at 200 NW 2nd Avenue takes the application on Boca eHub, with plans uploaded to Boca Eplans. Boca Del Mar and Boca Pointe in 33433 sit outside the city, so those roofs are filed with Palm Beach County on ePZB, where a single-family re-roof is self-issued.
Two local historic districts, Old Floresta and Pearl City, need a certificate of appropriateness first. The Old Floresta guideline prefers straight barrel mission tile in terracotta and lists asphalt shingle, metal shingle, standing seam and wood shakes as not preferred; the order is repair, then in-kind, then something appropriate.
The oceanfront along A1A is in the 170 mph design wind band; the mainland is 160 mph. The code sets the secondary water barrier requirements for a re-roof and allows several methods; ours is a self-adhered membrane over the deck.
Local conditionsBuilt for Boca Raton
- Beach, Intracoastal, Lake Boca and canals
- East Boca has two miles of beach plus the Intracoastal and Lake Boca, and a significant portion of the city sits in flood zones that follow the coast and the canals. Roof edges and metal take salt first.
- A 1977 core beside 1985 club villages
- The typical house in 33486 dates to 1977; Boca Del Mar and Boca Pointe, with its 29 villages, average 1985. In a tile village the quote turns on the tile: clay barrel tile can be lifted, laid back over new underlayment and reset, while concrete tile is priced as new tile.
- Flat roofs from Glades Road to Yamato
- Glades Road offices, Town Center and the 1.7 million square feet at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus on Yamato Road sit under flat roofs; recover or replace under the quarter-roof rule is the first call.
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Commercial roofing questions in Boca Raton
Does a Boca Pointe or Boca Del Mar commercial property permit with the city?
No. Both sit outside the city limits, so a commercial roof there is filed with Palm Beach County on ePZB, not on Boca eHub, even though the mailing address says Boca Raton.
Inside the line, from Glades Road to the Yamato Road campuses, the permit goes to the City's Building Division through eHub with plans on Boca Eplans. We confirm the parcel on the county map before we prepare the application, because the two desks use different forms, inspection codes and scheduling lines.
Can you recover the existing roof instead of tearing it off?
Sometimes, and the cores decide. A recover is possible when the roof has a single layer, the insulation is dry, the deck is sound and the membrane is attached well enough to build on.
Wet insulation or a roof that already carries a layer over the original means a tear-off, and we say so with the core photographs in the proposal. A recover saves the removal and disposal, but it adds weight and hides the deck, so on an older Glades Road office we weigh that against a clean replacement with new insulation.
Which membrane and insulation do you use on a Boca office roof?
A single-ply membrane on tapered polyiso is the usual answer for an open field of roof with rooftop units, because it reflects heat and drains well; modified bitumen where service traffic is heavy or the roof is cut up with curbs and walkways. Insulation thickness is set for the energy code and for drainage, and the attachment pattern for the mainland wind band, tighter at corners and edges.
We give the owner the options side by side with the manufacturer's product warranty for each, after the cores.
How do you keep an occupied building open during the work?
By roofing it in sections that are dried in the day they are opened, staging at a service drive and agreeing hours and deliveries with the property manager first. A Town Center outparcel with a restaurant has different quiet hours from a medical suite on Military Trail, so the written sequence names which suite is under work each week and who to call.
Adhesive work is timed away from fresh-air intakes, and rooftop units are raised or disconnected with the mechanical contractor booked into the schedule.
What does the owner get in writing on warranty and price?
The warranty splits in writing: the manufacturer's on the membrane and insulation and our lifetime workmanship warranty on the install, with the boundary explained before you sign. Price moves with roof area, the count of curbs, penetrations and edges, how much wet insulation the cores find, recover against replacement, the system chosen, drainage corrections and how far materials travel from the street.
The free inspection supplies the photographs and core results behind the figure.
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More roofing in Boca Raton
Roofing in Boca RatonReplacement, repair and every roof type, for this town.
Flat roof repair and replacementTPO, modified bitumen and coatings for flat sections, lanais and buildings.
Metal roof replacementStanding seam and metal panels rated for the wind off the water.
Roof inspectionA free inspection with photos and a written report of what we found.
Roof leak repairLeaks found, photographed and fixed with matching material.
Roof maintenanceSealing, tile resets and the small fixes that add years to a roof.
Roof replacement costWhat moves the price of a full roof here, in plain terms.
Shingle roof replacementArchitectural shingle rated for coastal wind, with the underlayment done right.
Storm damage roof repairWind-lifted tile and shingle, tarping and honest timing after a storm.
Tile roof replacementConcrete, clay and barrel tile, with the underlayment that decides how long it lasts.