Ocean Ridge / Gulf Stream · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca RatonMetal roof replacement in Ocean Ridge
If any town in the county argues for a metal roof, it is Ocean Ridge, and the argument is corrosion. The town sits between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal with the Boynton Inlet at its north end, and the metal hidden under a tile roof, valley liners, drip edge, cap nails, rusts to lace here in a fraction of the tile's life. An aluminum standing-seam roof on stainless clips has nothing hidden to lose: no exposed fasteners across the field, no underlayment-under-tile wear point, continuous panels that shed an Atlantic squall instantly and hold in the wind that comes across the dune at Palm Beach Shore Acres and Place Au Soliel or across the water at Inlet Cay and the Ocean Ridge Yacht Club. It also runs cooler over an attic in August. The wrong metal, coated steel with plain screws and bare cut edges, streaks rust within a few seasons in 33435 and 33483, which is why we do not install it on this island. The Town of Ocean Ridge and communities such as the Yacht Club and Pelican Cove review what a roof looks like from the street, and some still expect tile on a primary home; we check before we quote so nobody holds a proposal the committee will refuse. Molsbee Roofing has been a family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach and working Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton, and Ocean Ridge is a short drive down A1A. Where the Town allows metal, an Ocean Ridge standing-seam roof is built from the deck up for salt: the old roof comes off, soft plywood and salt-eaten fascia are replaced, a high-temperature self-adhered underlayment goes down, and aluminum panels are run the full length of each plane on stainless concealed clips, with every eave and rake hemmed and sealed and every chimney, wall and skylight flashed in the same aluminum so no two metals touch. The Town inspects the dry-in and the finish. The free inspection ends with standing seam and tile written side by side for your house, measured from the roof. Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 561-318-8624.
Free roof inspections. Open 24 hours, Monday to Sunday.
