Lantana, FL 33462
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Roof repair in Lantana mostly means a block house from around 1975: an older patch letting go, a porch or Florida room tie-in, or salt-worn edge metal near the lagoon. A free inspection comes first, and before any work you receive photos of the findings plus a written scope that states the price.
We repair shingle on the older streets of Old Town and Lantana Pines, tile and metal where houses were built for them, flat roofs over Florida rooms and carports, and roofs near Hypoluxo Park and on Hypoluxo Island where the lagoon reaches the metal first. Molsbee Roofing has served Palm Beach County since 1975 from our shop in Lake Worth Beach, under Florida license CCC1327429.
Water coming in now? Read leak repair in Lantana. After high wind, see storm damage repair; for a full new roof, roof replacement in Lantana. More on roofing in Lantana.
Roofs on Lantana's 1975-generation houses carry earlier repairs, so the first question is whether the roof around the damage is still sound enough to join into. A cracked pipe boot, a lifted run of shingle at the eave or a low flashing at a porch tie-in is a repair.
Shingle gone bare and brittle on whole slopes, a deck that flexes underfoot, or patches that keep moving the leak point to a new roof. We look up the last roof permit for the parcel, and the written scope prices the repair apart from any replacement.
On shingle we replace the damaged courses with new underlayment beneath and tie them into the sound shingle around them. A Florida room or carport roof is opened at its junction with the house, the membrane is carried up the wall, and the shingle above is laid back over new flashing.
Sound clay barrel tile over failed underlayment is detached, the underlayment and flashing beneath are renewed, and the same tile is reset by crews wearing protective, safe footwear. Near the lagoon, rusted edge metal and fasteners are replaced in a grade that stands the salt.
Lantana has no online portal, so when a repair needs a permit we prepare two paper copies and a digital copy for the Building Division at 504 Greynolds Circle, pay the fee by cash or check, and request each inspection before 3 pm for the next day. Hypoluxo, Manalapan and Atlantis share the 33462 ZIP but keep their own desks, so the parcel is checked first.
On a condominium or association street, the board's letter comes before the town's paperwork.
We walk the covering, the edges, valleys, flashings and pipe boots, and check the deck from the attic where there is access. What stays out of sight is the underlayment under shingle or tile we have not lifted, the face of a deck with decades of repairs in it, and its fastening.
Every area the roofer could and could not see is named in the written scope. Soft sheathing or rotted boards at an old porch tie-in, found once the area is open, are photographed and priced as a separate line, and closed over only after you approve.
For work in Lantana, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
Lantana has no online permit portal. The town's Building Division at 504 Greynolds Circle takes two paper copies plus one digital copy, delivered in person or emailed, and it accepts cash or check only, with no online payment. Inspections run 9 to 3 and are requested before 3 pm for the next day. That changes how we sequence a job: the file is walked in, not uploaded.
Lantana's mainland is in the 160 mph band; the island side of Lake Worth Lagoon is 170 mph, and the whole town is in the wind-borne debris region. The town administers its own flood zone building requirements, and a fifth of Lantana is water, so lagoon-side lots get the flood check early.
Adam, Jeremy and the ENTIRE crew were amazing. Never rushed and never any "hard sell" tactics! From the estimate process to the final inspection, Molsbee Roofing has been extremely professional, attentive, organized, responsible, CLEAN, and genuinely formed a relationship built on trust.Read on Google
Molsbee Roofing has been a pleasure to work with. They are professional, thorough and efficient. I became accustomed to seeing the crew on site over the course of our project completion and they became a part of our family. Merrick is trustworthy and represents the company's values well.Read on Google
We signed or completed a handful of roofing jobs with a Lantana address over the last twelve months.
All service areas ↗Often the damaged area can be fixed, provided the covering and deck around it are sound. Repairs that keep chasing a moving leak, or a deck that has softened across a slope, point to replacement.
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. On a Lantana roof we check the Town's permit record for the last re-roof and measure the damage against its section, then put the repair and the replacement side by side in writing, with photographs.
Anything beyond a minor fix usually needs one, from whichever town the parcel sits in. For a Lantana address that is the Building Division at 504 Greynolds Circle: paper copies walked in or emailed, the fee paid by cash or check, and inspections run between 9 and 3.
Hypoluxo works through a contracted permit service and Manalapan through its own portal with set working hours. In Atlantis, exterior work goes to the Architectural Review Committee, but roof repairs are exempt from it.
We confirm the desk before the price is written.
Yes, on the island and the mainland alike. The island side of the lagoon sits in the 170 mph band rather than the mainland's 160, and salt reaches valley metal, drip edge and wall flashing before it harms tile or shingle.
A repair there replaces that metal in a salt-suited grade, fastened to the island's band, and ties it into the covering around it. On a lagoon-side lot the Town's flood-zone check comes early.
On mainland streets farther from the water, the same repair is specified for the 160 mph band.
Call 561-318-8624, answered 24 hours a day, and tell us which rooms are wet. With an active leak the first job is finding where the water gets in, and our Lantana roof leak repair page explains that part.
Once the entry point is closed, the remaining roof is inspected, and anything more it needs is written into the scope as its own priced line.
Molsbee Roofing, started by Don Molsbee in 1975 and still family-owned, works from a shop a few minutes up Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach; we hold Florida Certified Roofing Contractor license CCC1327429, are a GAF Certified Contractor and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor, and are rated 4.8 from 200+ Google reviews. Owners keep the photographs and written scope given before work, then photographs of the finished repair, the permit record when one was filed and the manufacturers' product warranties in writing.
On request we provide a roof certification letter for your insurer after the repair. Recent repairs include South Lake Drive, South Atlantic Drive and Lantana Pines Drive.
