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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyA Molsbee roofer inspects Manalapan roofs free of charge, slope by slope, and hands you photographs with a written report of what to repair now, what to watch and what any work would cost. On a lot running from the Atlantic to the Intracoastal there is no sheltered side, so each aspect is assessed and reported separately, starting at the edges and working inward.
We read the covering, the underlayment at several opened points, every valley, collar and flashing, and any low-slope section with its drains, and we look up the roof's last permit on your parcel. Molsbee Roofing is family-owned since 1975, 4.8 rated on Google, and works from Lake Worth Beach as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429.
The phone is answered 24 hours a day at (561) 318-8624, and the inspection is free whether or not there is a job in it.
Advice to check the water-facing slope narrows nothing down when a lot has water on two sides. So every slope is treated as exposed, and each is photographed and reported on its own.
The beach side takes sand as well as salt and wears differently from the Intracoastal side, and that difference often tells you whether you are looking at a repair, a partial replacement or a new roof. One age for the whole roof hides exactly what you need to know.
Wind gets under a covering at a rake, an eave or a ridge before it moves anything mid-slope, and on a Manalapan roof that edge metal has had salt and sand on it for years. So the inspection starts at the perimeter of the whole roof and works inward.
A thinned run of edge metal beside a small gap is the key finding, because it is what the next storm takes, and an inspection that begins at the ceiling stain never sees it.
Photographs of every aspect and every edge, the points where we opened the covering and what lay beneath, the state of the valleys, collars, flashings and caps, any low-slope section and its drains, and the deck wherever it could be read. Then a plain list: what needs doing now, what to watch and what each item costs.
Where metal needs replacing, its grade is named. Nothing in it is a sales page, and nothing in it is rounded up.
Hurricane season runs June through November, so spring is the time to have the perimeter and ridge looked at, before anything is asked of them. The next time is after any serious blow, to find the thinned runs of edge metal beside the visible damage.
And if a house on South Ocean Boulevard or Point Manalapan stands empty for part of the year, we arrange entry with whoever you nominate, inspect between stays and send the report remotely.
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.
Merrick and Molsbee Roofing have helped me out on many occasions and with short notice as well. They are responsive and answer all of my questions. I couldn't be happier with their service and highly recommend them to anyone that needs roofing work!Read on Google
Absolutely outstanding service from start to finish! This team is punctual, professional, and incredibly skilled. Highly recommend this company to anyone looking for reliable and high-quality roofing work!Read on Google
Nothing. There is no fee for the visit, the photographs or the written report, and no charge if the roof turns out to need nothing at all.
If it needs a repair or a replacement, the price comes on its own sheet, and you decide in your own time. If the roof is fine for now, that is the report you get, with a note on what to watch and when to have it looked at again.
Underlayment that tears or crumbles when the covering is lifted, soft or stained sheathing, and flashings pulled away from a wall. Corroded or thinned drip edge, valley metal and fasteners, cracked or slipped tile, granule loss on seaward shingle slopes, and ponding or blocked drains on a low-slope section go in the report as well.
Any single item on that list tends to mean a repair. Several together on an older roof point toward replacement, and the photographs show you which pattern yours has.
As long as the roof needs, and on a large house with several aspects that is longer than a quick look from a ladder. A roofer walks every slope, reads the perimeter, opens the covering at several points, checks each valley, collar and flashing and tests any low-slope drains.
Size, pitch and access set the time more than anything else, so we tell you what to expect when you book, and the written report and photographs follow the visit.
Once a year on this coast, in the spring before the season, and again after any serious blow. Salt works on the metal all the time and sand works on it in bursts, so a roof on this strip changes faster than the calendar suggests.
Between those visits, call for a look after any interior stain, however small, because a stain on a ceiling here usually means water has already travelled some distance through the roof.
Yes, before you sign. We look up when the roof was last permitted, lift the covering at suspect spots and photograph the layers, the edge metal and any low-slope sections.
The permit record also helps show how the quarter-roof rule would treat a large repair. You get a written report to take to the seller, with what the roof needs now and what it will need soon.
