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    Molsbee Roofing
    East Boca Raton · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton

    Tile roof replacement in East Boca Raton

    East Boca Raton is where the city's tile tradition began. The clay barrel roofs of the Spanish River Land Company plat, Boca Raton Riviera and Estoville date to the Mizner era and the decades right after it, and they set the look the rest of Boca copied in concrete. Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, Golden Harbour, Boca Islands and Royal Palm Forest, on the Intracoastal canals in 33432, carry clay and concrete on larger homes with docks out back; Boca Villas, between downtown and the beach, carries a mix on cottages and rebuilt houses. Two things decide a tile re-roof east of Federal Highway. The first is history: a clay barrel roof in Estoville or the Riviera should read as the roof it replaces, blended terracotta, salvaged tile on the hips and ridges, caps set the way the neighbors' are, and the City of Boca Raton's design guidelines and some associations review that before the permit. The second is water: on the canals and toward the beach the galvanized valley liners, drip edge and cap nails under the tile rust to lace in salt air while the tile looks new, so the metal specification is stainless or copper on every waterfront roof. Molsbee Roofing has been a family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach and working Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton, and East Boca is the southern end of that run. A tile re-roof here follows the order the neighborhood requires: any community or design review first, the City of Boca Raton permit second, then the roof: old tile stripped and sorted for salvage, plywood walked sheet by sheet with rot and salt-eaten fascia cut out, new self-adhered underlayment lapped and rolled, valleys in stainless or copper near the water, tile blended and laid to the county's wind-code attachment, caps bedded and screwed, city inspections at dry-in and final. Free roof inspections: a roofer lifts tile at the suspect laps, photographs the felt, the deck and the metal, and hands you an itemized scope with the price. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 561-318-8624.

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    Neighborhoods we work in

    • Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club
    • Spanish River Land Co Sub
    • Boca Raton Riviera
    • Boca Villas
    • Boca Islands
    • Estoville
    • Royal Palm Forest
    • Golden Harbour

    ZIP 33432

    What it costs

    Tile is the top end of what a full roof costs in Palm Beach County: heavy material, slower work, and the underlayment beneath it carries much of the price. We measure and write the number down.

    Mizner-era clay in Estoville and the Riviera: a matching exercise

    On the older east-side streets the roof is part of the architecture. A re-roof matches the barrel profile, blends a range of terracotta shades rather than one flat color, works salvaged original tile into the hips and ridges the street sees, and sets caps in mortar or foam the way the neighbors' are set. Clay is lighter than concrete and its color is baked through, so it never fades to the roof next door. We bring blended samples to the inspection and price clay against a concrete barrel alternative so the difference is visible.

    Canal streets: Golden Harbour, Boca Islands, the Yacht Club

    With the Intracoastal at the back door, the tile on a Golden Harbour or Boca Islands roof is the durable part and the metal beneath it is not. Galvanized valley liners rust through, drip edge flakes away, steel cap nails weep down the tile. A canal-side re-roof in East Boca is written as a metal specification finished in tile: stainless or copper valleys, stainless drip edge and cap screws, sealed edge metal, stainless or coated fasteners for every tile. Concrete or clay is your choice; the metal is decided by the water.

    Design review, association approval and the City of Boca Raton permit

    East Boca's historic streets fall under the city's design guidelines, and Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club and several other communities add architectural standards of their own on profile and color. We assemble the submittal with samples and photographs, wait for the letter, then pull the City of Boca Raton permit, which brings inspections at dry-in and final. The review weeks are in the written schedule, so the finish date is one we can keep.

    What moves the price of an East Boca tile roof

    Area and pitch first; the Yacht Club and canal estates carry large, cut-up roofs. Blended clay barrel above single-color clay above concrete. The deck allowance, which on a Mizner-era house can include plank sheathing and on a canal house salt-softened fascia. Valleys, chimneys and parapets, each of them flashing and labor. Stainless or copper near the water. Tile is the top rung of a full roof in this county, and East Boca has not given us enough tile jobs for a town-only figure, so we measure yours and write it down.

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