Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460
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Roof repair in Lake Worth Beach means deciding, roof by roof, whether the damage can be repaired or the roof has reached replacement. Our free inspection comes with photographs of the findings, and you get a written scope with the price before any work starts.
We repair clay barrel tile on the Mediterranean Revival houses of College Park, shingle and metal shingle on the frame cottages of Old Lucerne and South Palm Park, flat roofs behind Old Town's parapets, and metal near the lagoon from Bryant Park to Parrot Cove. Molsbee Roofing has served Palm Beach County since 1975 from our shop here in Lake Worth Beach, under Florida license CCC1327429.
Water coming in now? Read leak repair in Lake Worth Beach. After high wind, see storm damage roof repair; for tile, tile roof replacement. More on roofing in Lake Worth Beach.
On the pre-war frame cottages of Old Lucerne and South Palm Park, a repair makes sense when the problem sits in one place: a porch tie-in, a lifted run of shingle, a cracked tile or a corroded vent collar, with sound plank decking around it. Brittle covering across a whole slope, soft boards in several places or earlier layers that keep failing point the other way.
Some of that only shows once the covering is lifted, so the written scope marks where the repair stops and prices any replacement option on its own line.
On the Mediterranean Revival and Mission houses of College Park and Old Town, clay barrel tile often outlasts the felt under it. When the tile is sound, we detach it over the failed area, put down new underlayment and flashing, and set the same tile back, keeping the roof's profile and color.
Cracked pieces are matched before work begins, and our crews wear protective, safe footwear on tile. In a historic district, confirm with City preservation staff whether the repair needs a certificate of appropriateness; matching tile does not by itself settle that.
Some older cottages still carry metal shingle, and we look at repairing the original material before anything else, keeping in mind that a City staff report on 623 North Ocean Breeze recommended denial of standing seam over original metal shingle. On Old Town's flat roofs along Lake and Lucerne Avenues, repairs center on the membrane where it meets the parapet, the coping and the scuppers.
From Bryant Park to Parrot Cove, lagoon salt reaches edge metal, flashing and fasteners first, so corroded pieces are replaced rather than painted over.
We confirm with the Building Division at 1900 2nd Avenue North whether a repair needs a permit before work begins, rather than assuming a small repair is exempt. Applications go in through the City's online system, and inspections are booked in Click2Gov, with a 4 p.m.
cutoff for next-day requests. In the six local historic districts, a required certificate of appropriateness comes before the permit is issued.
Where a service mast runs through the repaired area, check the property's electric provider first; Lake Worth Beach Electric, the city's own utility, serves the city.
For work in Lake Worth Beach, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
This is our home town, and its permit desk is at 1900 2nd Avenue North. Permits are filed on the city's online application, with lookups and inspection scheduling in Click2Gov; the city takes next-day inspection requests until 4 pm. Lake Worth Beach Electric, the city's own utility, provides service in the city; check the property's electric provider before any service-mast work.
Six local historic districts, College Park, Northeast Lucerne, Old Lucerne, Old Town, Southeast Lucerne and South Palm Park, sit under the Historic Resources Preservation Board, and a certificate of appropriateness is required before the permit can be issued. Historic review also applies to individually designated landmarks. A City staff report on 623 North Ocean Breeze recommended denial of standing seam over original metal shingle. Confirm acceptable materials and the review route with City preservation staff; matching materials do not guarantee approval. Wind design requirements are set for each address and building.
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We signed or completed about twenty roofing jobs with a Lake Worth Beach address over the last twelve months.
All service areas ↗A repair holds when the damage is local and the deck and underlayment around it are sound; leaks that keep turning up in new places, or felt that crumbles wherever it is lifted, say otherwise. The quarter-roof rule considers how much of a roof system or section is repaired, replaced or recovered in any 12-month period.
Above a quarter, the roof covering across that entire system or section generally must be replaced or recovered to meet current code requirements. If that system or section was built, repaired or replaced in compliance with the 2007 Florida Building Code or a later edition, only the portion being worked on must meet applicable current code requirements.
We look up the roof's permit history in Click2Gov to help check which case fits before we price. You receive the photographs, with the repair and any replacement option priced separately in writing.
From the outside we check the covering, edges, valleys, flashing, penetrations and porch junctions, and from an accessible attic the underside of the plank deck. What no walk-over shows is the top face of those planks, any earlier roof layer sealed under the current one, and the underlayment beneath tile that was not lifted.
The written scope names the areas seen and the areas not seen. If the opened roof shows soft boards or an old layer that has to come off, we photograph it and price it as its own line for your approval before covering it.
With the leak itself. When water is entering, finding the point where it gets past the roof comes first, and our Lake Worth Beach roof leak repair page covers that work.
Call 561-318-8624, answered 24 hours a day, and describe where the water is showing and whether any wiring or ceiling looks affected. After the entry point is stopped, the wider question on this page follows: whether the roof around it is sound enough to repair, and what the written scope should include.
Often a repair can keep the existing material, profile and color. Approval is still a separate question.
College Park, Northeast Lucerne, Old Lucerne, Old Town, Southeast Lucerne and South Palm Park fall under the Historic Resources Preservation Board, and individually designated landmarks are reviewed too. City preservation staff decide whether the repair needs a certificate of appropriateness and whether staff can handle the review.
Where approval is required, it is obtained before the permit is issued and before exterior work starts.
Ahead of the work you get photographs of the findings and a written scope with the price. Once it is done you get photographs of the completed repair and, where a permit was required, the permit record and the City inspection result.
Manufacturers' product warranties come in writing, and a roof certification letter for your insurer is available on request after the repair. Molsbee Roofing was started by Don Molsbee in 1975 and works from 226 S F St; recent repair addresses include North L, North H and North M Street, Buckley Avenue and Gardenia Avenue.
We are a Florida Certified Roofing Contractor (CCC1327429), a GAF Certified Contractor and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor, rated 4.8 from 200+ Google reviews.
