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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyWe repair and replace the flat and low-slope roofs on Manalapan houses: the lanais, loggias, pool pavilions, garages and links between wings that sit below a tile or metal main roof. A roofer tests the drains and scuppers, opens the covering where the low-slope section meets the sloped roof or a wall, and gives you photographs with a written price to repair that detail or replace the membrane.
Those junctions are where these sections almost always leak, and on a lot running from the Atlantic to the Intracoastal the metal at each one sits in salt air from both directions. Molsbee Roofing is family-owned since 1975 and three generations deep, roofing from our Lake Worth Beach shop as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429.
The inspection is free, every line of the price is in writing, and the phone is answered 24 hours a day at (561) 318-8624.
Where a low-slope section meets the roof above it, or runs up a wall, a strip of metal and a termination do all the work. That is the detail that fails, and on this strip it fails sooner because the metal sits in salt.
When we open a leaking lanai on South Ocean Boulevard or Point Manalapan, the water has usually travelled from that junction rather than from the middle of the deck. So the repair starts by taking the tie-in apart and rebuilding it with new flashing and a new termination, not by coating over the top.
A low-slope roof drains because someone built it to drain: scuppers, internal drains, a cricket behind a wall, a fall shaped into the insulation. Once water stands on a section for days it finds every seam, and in this climate it stands there for much of the year.
We check where the water is meant to go before we price the membrane, because a new covering over a section that will not drain buys a few years and then the same phone call.
The answer sits inside the build-up. If the membrane is sound and only a tie-in or a seam has failed, the detail is repaired.
If the surface is worn but the insulation below is dry, a new membrane can sometimes go over it. If moisture is trapped in the layers, everything comes off, because sealing wet insulation in only moves the leak.
We make small test openings to see which case you have, photograph them, and close them before we leave.
A lanai or pavilion roof is a different system from the roof above it, with a different membrane, fastening and warranty. So it gets its own lines on the quote, with its own measured area, and you can see exactly what it costs.
The metal at its edges and drains is named by grade for the salt on both frontages. When one number covers a whole house with a large low-slope section, the two systems have been averaged, and the difference surfaces once the work starts.
For work in Manalapan, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
Manalapan runs its own Building Department at 600 South Ocean Boulevard and takes permits through My Government Online. The town asks for a town business registration and a vehicle decal before anyone works there, and the working hours are Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:30 pm, with nothing on Sundays or holidays.
The town is a barrier island, ocean to Intracoastal, and every parcel is in the 170 mph band and the wind-borne debris region. The Palm Beach County flood maps were redrawn in December 2024. Our specification adds a self-adhered secondary water barrier.
As the Director of Construction here at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Palm Beach County, I always turn to Molsbee Roofing, Inc for all of my roofing needs. Whether it be new construction, a remodel or one of our stores having a leak on a Sunday night. We've worked together for 15+ years.Read on Google
I contacted Molsbee Roofing because of a leak in the roof. Merrick came out right away and he was friendly, professional and helpful. He got the leak fixed fast, I was very happy and I would definitely recommend Molsbee Roofing!Read on Google
Its life depends less on age than on drainage and detailing. A membrane that sheds water freely, with tie-ins and edge metal specified for salt, holds up far longer than the same membrane over a section that ponds.
On a lot facing the Atlantic and the Intracoastal, the metal at the scuppers and walls often wears out before the membrane does. The inspection tells you which parts are near the end and which have years left, with photographs of each.
Sometimes, and when a coating is the right answer we will say so and price it. It is the wrong answer when the section does not drain, when the tie-in to the main roof has failed, or when moisture is trapped in the build-up, because a coating seals that water in and the leak returns.
We test the layers first and show you photographs of which case you have before you spend anything on the lanai or pavilion.
It depends on the change, so ask the town rather than assume. The Architectural Commission reviews exterior changes, the level of review depends on what the work alters, and the commission meets only on the first Thursday of the month.
A like-for-like repair to a membrane and its tie-in is the simplest case; low-slope work that belongs to a wider replacement or changes how the house looks should be planned around that date. We file the permit through My Government Online once the position is clear.
It is priced by the section, not by the house. The measured area, the membrane chosen, the insulation and fall, the number of tie-ins and drains, and the grade of the edge metal set the figure, and a tie-in repair costs far less than a new membrane.
After the free inspection each low-slope section appears on its own lines, so you can see what a lanai costs apart from a pavilion. For whole-house re-roof figures, see our Manalapan cost page.
Molsbee Roofing, family-owned since 1975, licensed as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429 and Carlisle-certified for TPO; low-slope work carries our lifetime workmanship warranty and the manufacturers' product warranties. Our shop is in Lake Worth Beach, and our nearest work is across the Intracoastal in Lantana and Hypoluxo.
Manalapan asks every contractor for a town business registration and a vehicle decal, and we arrange both before work begins. Call (561) 318-8624 at any hour, or book the free inspection, and a roofer will measure each low-slope section and test its drains.
