Lantana / Hypoluxo / Manalapan · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton
Flat roof repair and replacement in Lantana
Low-slope roofing in Lantana turns up in two quite different guises. On the mainland streets it is the small attachment that most single-storey Florida houses acquired at some point: a carport, a screened porch, a utility area, the covered walk from the drive to the door.
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Lantana / Hypoluxo / Manalapan · Flat roof repair and replacement
Roofing in Lantana / Hypoluxo / Manalapan since 1975.
Low-slope roofing in Lantana turns up in two quite different guises. On the mainland streets it is the small attachment that most single-storey Florida houses acquired at some point: a carport, a screened porch, a utility area, the covered walk from the drive to the door.
Out on Hypoluxo Island and towards Point Manalapan it is often something else entirely, a deck, a terrace or a roof over a waterside room, built flat on purpose because the view mattered more than the pitch, and frequently sitting directly above living space rather than over a car. That second kind is the one that punishes neglect fastest, because there is no attic between the covering and the ceiling to give you any warning at all.
What both share is that a low-slope roof has no shape to fall back on. It moves water by fall and holds it out by seam, and if either stops working there is nothing behind them.
Three faults do nearly all the damage here: seams opening at a perimeter or where the covering climbs a wall, outlets blocking so the deck ponds and presses on the seams beneath, and the junction with the pitched roof above working loose because it was sealed rather than formed in metal. On the water there is a fourth, which is that every termination bar, kerb and length of edge trim is metal, and salt reaches all of it.
We survey the low-slope area separately, open a test spot where the covering has been added to more than once, and price it on its own line. Because these areas are small they are the ones most often folded into a rate per square foot for the whole house, which never covers the upstand, the perimeter, the outlet and the junction that make up the actual work.
We are Molsbee Roofing, family-run since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429. We work throughout 33462.
Free roof inspections at 561-318-8624, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- TPO and modified bitumenflat roof systems
- Lifetimeworkmanship warranty
- CCC1327429Florida licensed
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Roofing in Lantana / Hypoluxo / Manalapan
Replacement, repair and every roof type, for this town.
Commercial roofing
Flat, TPO, tile and metal for plazas, condos and offices.
Metal roof replacement
Standing seam and metal panels rated for the wind off the water.
Roof inspection
A free inspection with photos and a written report of what we found.
Roof leak repair
Leaks found, photographed and fixed with matching material.
Roof maintenance
Sealing, lift-and-relay and the small fixes that add years to a roof.
Roof replacement cost
What moves the price of a full roof here, in plain terms.
Shingle roof replacement
Architectural shingle rated for coastal wind, with the underlayment done right.
Storm damage roof repair
Wind-lifted tile and shingle, tarping and honest timing after a storm.
Tile roof replacement
Concrete, clay and barrel tile, with the underlayment that decides how long it lasts.
Good to know
What to know.
- A flat roof over a room has no warning system
Where a low-slope roof sits over living space rather than over a carport, there is no attic to catch a leak and nothing between the covering and the ceiling. Small failures therefore announce themselves as damage rather than as a stain, and by then the deck has usually been wet for a while. Those roofs justify being inspected on a schedule rather than when something appears, and we say so plainly at the inspection.
- Salt takes the edges
Every kerb, termination bar, edge trim and outlet on a low-slope roof is metal, and on the island salt arrives from both directions. Those components fail before the membrane does, and because they are exactly the points where the covering is held down and turned up, they are also where the water enters. We specify appropriate grades for a coastal address and name them on the quote, since that is the line most likely to differ between two prices.
- Choosing the covering
Modified bitumen in narrower sheets suits the cramped shapes of a mainland carport or porch, with short runs and tight upstands. Single-ply TPO, welded at the seams and light in colour, belongs on the larger terraces and decks out on the water. A coating renews a covering that is genuinely intact and rebuilds nothing at all. Condition, fall and the years you need decide it, and on a coastal roof so does what the terminations are made of.
- Water still there the next day
A low-slope deck should be dry within a day of rain. If it is not, either the outlet has stopped clearing or the deck has lost its fall. A blocked outlet is quick and cheap to clear and frequently ends the problem outright. A settled deck is the other version, and patching does nothing lasting; the fall has to be rebuilt with tapered insulation at the next re-cover. Standing water works on seams continuously either way.
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
Lantana / Hypoluxo / Manalapan neighborhoods.
Where we work in and around town.
a handful of roofs in Lantana / Hypoluxo / Manalapan since March 2026
A flat roof prices by the square and the system: 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. The scope goes in writing.
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Roofing questions
Frequently asked questions.
Who repairs flat roofs in Lantana, FL?
Molsbee Roofing. Family-run since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429, working the county from Jupiter to Boca Raton. We work on low-slope roofs throughout 33462: carports, porches and utility areas on the mainland streets, and the decks, terraces and waterside rooms on Hypoluxo Island and towards Point Manalapan. Seams, outlets, terminations and junctions are checked, photographed and priced in writing. Free roof inspections at 561-318-8624.
My flat roof is over a bedroom. Does that change anything?
It changes how much warning you get, which is close to none. With no attic between the covering and the ceiling, a seam that opens shows up as damage to the room rather than as a mark that gives you time to act. Those roofs are worth inspecting on a schedule instead of waiting for a symptom, and the outlet in particular is worth clearing more often, because ponding over living space is the version of this problem that costs the most.
Can a coating be used instead of replacing it?
Where the conditions hold, yes. A coating renews a covering; it cannot reconstruct one. It needs seams that are still closed, a deck that still falls to its outlet, an outlet that clears and terminations that are still sound, which on a coastal roof is the condition most often not met. Where an area has already been coated once, a test opening usually answers the question quickly, and we would rather open it than guess on your behalf.
The main roof is fine, so why does the porch leak?
Because two different roofs meet along one line and that line is the weak point. The porch is low-slope and relies on fall and closed seams; the roof above relies on pitch. The changeover has to be formed in metal and lapped into both coverings. Where somebody has run sealant along it instead, heat and movement open it up, and water arrives inside while everything overhead looks perfectly sound. Rebuilding the detail is the repair, not resealing it.
Why is there water sitting on my carport roof?
Either the outlet has blocked or the deck no longer falls the way it was built to. The first is common, cheap and often the whole answer. The second is settlement, and no amount of patching addresses it; the slope has to be rebuilt with tapered insulation when the roof is re-covered. It is worth dealing with either way, because standing water presses continuously on the seams beneath it and adds weight the structure was never sized to carry.
