Lake Park · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton
Commercial roofing in Lake Park
The commercial buildings here are older than most of the commercial stock in this county, and that shapes what goes wrong with their roofs. Along the main street and around the waterfront there are buildings from the town's original decades, typically finished flat behind a raised front wall so that nothing of the roof is visible from the pavement.
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Lake Park · Commercial roofing
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The commercial buildings here are older than most of the commercial stock in this county, and that shapes what goes wrong with their roofs. Along the main street and around the waterfront there are buildings from the town's original decades, typically finished flat behind a raised front wall so that nothing of the roof is visible from the pavement.
That parapet is the defining feature and the defining problem. It is where the covering has to turn up, terminate and be capped, it is the most demanding detail on any flat roof, and on a building of this age it has usually been repaired more than once with whatever was to hand.
A bead of mastic along a parapet holds for a season or two and then opens along the same line, and because the whole detail is out of sight from the street, nobody sees it deteriorate. Add the fact that these roofs have been re-covered several times over the decades, sometimes layer on layer, and you have buildings where the actual condition is unknown and the leaks arrive at the edges rather than in the middle.
The useful first step is a survey that opens a test area, establishes how many layers there are and what the deck beneath is like, and photographs every parapet termination and penetration individually. Coverings are TPO, modified bitumen or a coating according to condition, and we are Carlisle certified for TPO.
None of this is complicated work, and most of it is a good deal cheaper than owners expect once the roof has actually been opened and looked at. 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. Free roof inspections.
Call 561-318-8624, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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- CCC1327429Florida licensed
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What to know.
- The parapet is where these buildings leak
On an older main-street building the covering finishes at a raised front wall rather than an open edge, so it has to run up, terminate and be capped out of sight. That detail does more work than anything else on the roof and is the first place a bead of sealant gets applied when it starts weeping. We rebuild those terminations properly, carrying the membrane up and fixing it mechanically under a cap, because a parapet held together by mastic has a leak already scheduled.
- Nobody knows how many layers are up there
Roofs of this age have frequently been re-covered two or three times, each layer added over whatever was there. Layers hide the deck, add weight and hold damp against the structure. Before quoting we open a test area to establish how many there are and what condition the timber or concrete beneath is in, because that single fact decides whether a re-cover is reasonable or whether only a tear-off is worth paying for.
- Out of sight from the street
Because nothing of these roofs is visible from the pavement, deterioration is invisible until it arrives inside. That is an argument for looking on a schedule rather than waiting, and it is why the first survey on a building like this often reads worse than an owner expects. Almost all of it is far cheaper to act on now than after another few seasons, and the survey gives you a baseline to measure everything against afterwards.
- A report for a landlord or a trader
The roof is mapped into sections, each photographed, every parapet termination and penetration recorded, and the findings split into what cannot wait and what can be scheduled into a future year. That is what a landlord, a managing agent or a business owner can budget against and, where the building is let, apportion fairly. The survey is free and the report is yours whoever ends up doing the work.
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
Lake Park neighborhoods.
Where we work in and around town.
Commercial work prices by the system and the square: a coating over a sound roof at the low end, a single-ply re-cover in the middle, a tear-off with new insulation at the top.
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Roofing questions
Frequently asked questions.
Who does commercial roofing in Lake Park, FL?
Molsbee Roofing. A family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429 and Carlisle certified for TPO, working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton. We survey and re-cover main-street and waterfront commercial buildings in 33403. The roof is mapped, a test area is opened and every termination is photographed. The survey is free. Call 561-318-8624.
Our building leaks at the front. Why there?
Almost certainly at the parapet. On an older building the covering finishes at a raised front wall, and the point where it turns up, terminates and is capped is the hardest detail on the roof and the one most often patched with sealant. It leaks quietly for a long time because nothing of it is visible from the street. Rebuilding the termination properly is the fix; another bead along it postpones the problem by a season.
How many layers can a roof have before it must come off?
There is no fixed number, and the honest answer comes from opening a test area rather than counting from the ground. What matters is the condition of the structure underneath and whether trapped damp has begun working on it. Where the deck is sound a re-cover may be reasonable. Where layers have been holding moisture against it for years, only a tear-off is worth paying for, and the test opening shows which you have.
Can a coating renew the building?
Where the conditions hold, yes, and on an older building with a modest budget it is often the practical answer. It needs closed seams, a deck that still drains, outlets that clear, an assembly that is dry, and parapet terminations sound enough to be detailed into the new surface. That last condition is the one these buildings most often fail. A test opening establishes it before anything is quoted or committed.
Can the work happen while the business trades?
Usually. Sections are opened and closed within a working period rather than left exposed, access, deliveries and waste movement are agreed so the pavement and the entrance stay usable, and hours are set around trading. On a main street that planning matters as much as the roofing does, and it is written into the quote rather than worked out on the first morning.
