Roof Inspection in Greenacres

We walk the whole roof, not the wet corner. We lift shingle or tile at the valleys, the wall flashings and the eaves to see the underlayment, check every pipe boot and the ridge, and look at the plywood deck from the attic for stains and soft spots.

Then the roof-to-wall straps, because when a roof of this age is eventually replaced the code asks for those straps to be brought up to standard, and knowing their condition now changes the price later. On a villa we check the flashing where your roof meets the neighbour's wall.

A Greenacres mailing address may sit outside the city line. We check the parcel first so the report identifies the appropriate building department.

For a county parcel, we review available roof permit records through ePZB; for a city parcel, we check with the City of Greenacres. The permit requirements and the roof’s condition both matter when planning the work.

The inspection shows whether the damage is local or spread across the roof. An older roof with felt that tears wherever we lift a shingle, or tile over underlayment that has gone to powder, is not a repair candidate, and a patch would only move the leak.

We would rather tell you that with photographs than sell you a repair first.

1. After a storm, before you sign on a house, and when the house next door has just been re-roofed, so we can check your roof’s condition too. You get labelled photographs, a plain verdict, a written price if there is work, and a note on whether the city or the county will issue the permit.

No. No fee for the visit, the attic check, the photographs or the report.

If the roof needs a repair or a replacement you get a written price, and if it needs nothing you get a report that says so.

Because on a roof of this age the one leak is rarely the only problem, and because the straps and the deck decide what a replacement will cost when the time comes. The city inspects the sheathing and the nailing live when a roof is replaced, so we want to know now what the inspector will find then.

Yes. Roof records can help us understand previous work, and the inspection shows what is needed now.

We look it up, lift the shingle or tile, check the attic and tell you in writing what the roof will cost you. Before you sign on a house here, that is the question to have answered.

We check permit requirements with the appropriate building department before any repair, and the City of Greenacres inspects permitted roof work in person because it accepts no roofing affidavits. If the house is on the county side of the mailing area the permit comes from the county instead.

The report tells you which desk you are dealing with.

On the underlayment and the deck, not on the age alone. One leak with sound felt everywhere else is a repair.

Felt that tears wherever we lift a shingle is a replacement. Our page on when to replace your roof in Palm Beach County explains how we assess the roof.

We are a Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429.