Mangonia Park, FL 33407
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Mangonia Park is mostly warehouses, and a warehouse roof is a different animal from anything else we work on. It is one enormous span with very few interruptions, which sounds simple and is, right up until you consider what those few interruptions actually are.
On a building like this the roof is typically punctured by rooflights, by mechanical plant serving a space that gets very hot, and by whatever has been added over the years to run power, air or extraction across a large area. Each of those is a detail in a sea of covering, and each is where the water gets in, because the open field of a properly installed roof rarely fails first.
Rooflights deserve particular mention because they are the item most often ignored and most often responsible. Their frames, their upstands and the seals around them age differently from the covering, they are frequently older than the roof they sit in, and on a large span there can be a great many of them.
The second consideration is the sheer area. A warehouse roof drains through a limited number of outlets, and rain in this county arrives in volume, so a partial blockage puts a serious weight of standing water over a working floor.
Surveying means mapping the span into sections and photographing every rooflight, penetration and outlet individually. Coverings are TPO, modified bitumen or a coating according to condition, and we are Carlisle certified for TPO.
The survey is free and the report is yours to take to whichever contractor the business decides to appoint. Molsbee Roofing is a family business, roofing since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach and working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton, licensed CCC1327429.
Every job is permitted and inspected and every price is itemised in writing before the work. Free roof inspections.
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On a large span the rooflights are often older than the covering around them, and their frames, upstands and seals age on their own schedule. They are also easy to overlook precisely because they are not the roof.
On a survey every one is photographed individually and assessed on its own, because a single failed rooflight upstand can put water onto a working floor while the covering across the entire span is in good order.
Warehouse drainage is concentrated: a very large catchment feeding a limited number of points. Rain here arrives in volume rather than drizzle, so a partial blockage becomes standing water quickly, and on this scale that is a serious load as well as a leak risk.
Clearing and testing the outlets is minutes of work, needs doing several times a year, and is the simplest protection available on a building of this kind.
Power, air, extraction and their supports get run across a large roof by whoever needed them there, and each crossing is a penetration or a bearing point made by a trade whose concern was not the covering. Those are surveyed and photographed individually and recorded against a mapped section, so the next time something appears on the roof it is visible as a change rather than absorbed into a general impression.
On a very large span the difference between a coating and a re-cover is a large sum, so getting the assessment right matters more than usual. A coating renews a covering that is genuinely intact and dry, with closed seams, working drainage and sound terminations.
It cannot rebuild a rooflight upstand or dry wet insulation. A test opening establishes whether the roof qualifies before anything is tendered, and it costs nothing.
For work in Mangonia Park, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
Mangonia Park is a small town off Australian Avenue, and every roof in it is permitted under the Florida Building Code 8th Edition, in force since 31 December 2023. Before filing we confirm the permit desk for the address and prepare the county roofing forms: 100 general, 200 shingle, 300 tile, 400 flat.
On the county map the mainland here is in the 160 mph design wind band, and the whole county is a wind-borne debris region. The code sets secondary water barrier requirements on a re-roof and accepts more than one method, a full self-adhered membrane or sealed deck joints under underlayment.
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Molsbee Roofing was a pleasure to work with. While waiting for new roof tiles, they immediately showed up to repair existing leak so that no further damage would occur while waiting for new roof installation. They were in constant communication and we're pleased with our new roof.Read on Google
Commercial work prices by the system and the square: 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.
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We survey and re-cover warehouse, industrial and storage buildings in 33407. The span is mapped into sections and every rooflight, penetration and outlet is photographed individually.
The survey is free. Call 561-318-8624.
On a large span it is usually at a detail rather than in the field: a rooflight upstand, a penetration made for services, or a support bearing on the covering. Water entering at one of those can travel a considerable distance through the assembly before it appears below, which is why a mapped survey that photographs each detail individually finds it far faster than walking the roof looking for something obviously wrong.
Frequently, yes. Rooflights age on their own schedule and are often older than the covering around them, and their frames, upstands and seals are the parts that give way.
On a big roof there can be many of them, so they are worth assessing as a group: how many are original, what condition the upstands are in, and whether replacing them is better value than repairing them one at a time as each starts to leak.
If the roof qualifies, it is usually the most sensible answer available, because the difference scales with the area. The requirements are closed seams, a deck still falling to its outlets, outlets that clear and an assembly that is dry, and rooflight upstands sound enough to be detailed into the new surface.
A test opening answers it before anything is tendered, and getting that judgement right is worth more than any negotiation on rate.
Usually. Sections are opened and closed within a working period rather than left exposed, material and waste movement is planned around loading and vehicle access, and anything above an area that cannot be disturbed is programmed specifically.
On a warehouse the constraint is normally the floor beneath rather than the roof itself, and the phasing is written into the quote rather than agreed on the morning.
