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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyMolsbee Roofing replaces tile roofs in North Palm Beach in two ways, laying new tile over new underlayment or, on clay barrel roofs, resetting your own tile over it, and the free inspection, where we lift tile and look underneath, tells you which one your roof needs. On a village roof the tile usually outlasts the underlayment beneath it, so the price turns on what that layer, the flashings and the deck look like once pieces come up, and on a house from the founding years we also check that the frame was built to carry tile at all.
On the Country Club island, reached only by bridge, tile deliveries and the dumpster are planned before the permit goes in. Three generations of the same family have run Molsbee Roofing from Lake Worth Beach since 1975, licensed as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, and 561-318-8624 is answered 24 hours a day.
On clay barrel tile that is sound and still made, we lift every piece, replace the underlayment, flashings and fastening, and reset the same tile with matching pieces filling the gaps. The waterproofing is new and the house looks as it did.
Concrete tile is priced as new tile over new underlayment, and a barrel reset is the wrong choice when too many pieces are cracked or the profile can no longer be matched, so we count broken and brittle tile at the inspection and let that count decide.
Concrete and clay tile weigh several times what shingle weighs, and many houses from the village's first years were framed for a light covering. That is not a reason to rule tile out; it is a reason to settle the question before anyone picks a colour.
We look at the framing wherever the attic lets us, and tell you whether the change is a straightforward re-roof or one that needs an engineer to confirm the frame first.
The village-owned North Palm Beach Country Club sits on an island reached by bridges, and a tile job there means pallets, a dumpster and delivery trucks crossing them. We plan the delivery route, where the tile is staged and where the dumpster stands before the permit is filed, not on the morning of the tear-off.
The same planning applies anywhere in the village where the drive is the only place to stage a load of tile.
The Village Building Division wants the county's general and tile roofing forms, two copies of each product approval for the tile and underlayment, and drawings that show the design, dimensions, roof materials and height. That settles the profile, the setting system and the weight before the order goes in.
If your community has an association, its approval of profile and colour comes first, so ask for its specification before looking at samples.
For work in North Palm Beach, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
The Village of North Palm Beach runs its own Building Division at 701 US Highway 1 and takes permits through My Government Online, with photo, virtual or in-person inspections. The roofing submittal is specific: the application, the signed contract, two copies of the county 100/200/300/400 roofing forms and two copies of each product approval. A missing copy is the usual reason a file stalls.
The village sits on Lake Worth Lagoon, and all of it is in the 170 mph wind band and the wind-borne debris region. Under the flood maps adopted in December 2024 about 1,400 village properties are proposed for AE zones.
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All service areas ↗It depends on which of the two jobs your roof needs. On clay barrel tile, resetting your own tile over new underlayment usually costs less than new tile, because the tile is already paid for; concrete tile is priced as new.
What moves either price is the deck once the tile is lifted, the flashings, any frame work on a house converting from shingle, and access on the Country Club island. After the free inspection you get each option that fits your roof priced in writing, side by side, with the deck allowance stated.
The tile itself usually lasts far longer than the underlayment beneath it, and it is the underlayment that keeps water out. On an older village roof that often means sound tile over a worn layer, which is why, on clay barrel tile, resetting the same tile is a real option.
Near the lagoon, on streets like Yacht Club Drive, the metal flashings at walls and valleys can wear out first. We judge a tile roof by lifting pieces and photographing what is below, never by its age alone.
Weight is the first: a house framed for shingle may need its framing checked or reinforced. A tile underfoot can snap, so anyone who works on the roof after us, from a painter to a dish installer, can leave broken pieces behind.
Repairs need a matching profile, which gets harder as older lines are discontinued, and the upfront price sits above shingle. In return, a well-laid tile roof suits the village's older houses and keeps its looks for a long time.
The Village permits the work and wants the tile named on the drawings, but it does not pick a style. If your community has an association, that board usually decides the profile and colour, and its approval comes before the Village permit.
Ask the association for its approved list first, then choose samples from it, so the file we prepare for the Village already carries a tile both sides will accept.
Yes, when the underlayment below them is sound. We lift the broken pieces, check the layer underneath and set matching tile if the profile is still made.
Florida's quarter-roof rule: when more than a quarter of a roof system or section is repaired, replaced or recovered in any 12-month period, the roof covering across that entire system or section must be replaced or recovered to meet current code requirements. An exception applies 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 repaired, replaced or recovered must meet applicable current code requirements.
Our inspection helps determine which applies to your roof. Call 561-318-8624 and tell us where the broken tiles are, and a roofer will check both before pricing it.