Metal Roof Replacement in Greenacres

When the shingle roof on a block house is due, the owner has a choice: the same again, tile, or metal. Metal wins with owners who want a roof that is one piece from eave to ridge, and that they will not be re-covering again.

Greenacres is inland with no salt to speak of, so the metal is chosen for the look and the wind, not for corrosion. Where there is an association, check its rules first.

1. The City of Greenacres accepts no roofing affidavits: sheathing, tin tag and in-progress are inspected in person before the final, each requested the business day before, with a certified notice of commencement recorded first. On a metal roof the in-progress visit is the inspector looking at the panels and the clips going on to the approved pattern, which is exactly the check a metal roof should have.
2. The permit goes through MGO Connect with the city's own roof package; on the county side of the mailing area it is ePZB and the county's inspections.

Standing seam locks the panels at raised seams with hidden clips and nothing pierces the face; it is the roof for the house. Exposed-fastener panels, screwed through the face, suit a shed, a carport or a lanai roof.

We check the property's wind requirements before choosing the fastening for either, the deck is re-nailed and sealed before a panel goes on, and we check the roof-to-wall straps while the deck is open.

Our Greenacres re-roofs in the last year were on Indian Forest Circle, Marbletree Lane, Hendry Drive, Canal Drive, Barton Creek Circle, Clock Road, Waverly Lane, Torch Key Street, C Durham Drive and Adriatic Way. Our records do not sort those roofs by material, so no metal count appears here and the metal photograph carries a material-only caption.

With no metal-only figure to stand behind, the number above is our registered one for every full re-roof in Greenacres. Where metal lands within that range depends on the panel and the house.

We put the metal price next to shingle in writing so the gap is on paper.

We found no city roof review board in Greenacres. Where the house is in an association, check its rules first; we ask before we quote.

Otherwise it is the city's permit, its live inspections, and the property's wind requirements.

Metal weighs less than shingle and far less than tile, so a house built for shingle can usually carry it. We still look at the trusses and the deck from the attic at the inspection, because the deck has to be sound and re-nailed before a panel goes on.

Standing seam for the house, clips hidden. Exposed fastener for a shed, a carport or a lanai where cost matters more than looks.

Both are fastened to the property's wind requirements, which we check first; what differs is the look, the price and where the screws sit.

Molsbee Roofing, family owned since 1975, Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, with our lifetime workmanship warranty on every metal roof. Ask a neighbour on Indian Forest Circle about us, then call 561-318-8624; the phone is answered 24 hours a day.