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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyMolsbee Roofing keeps Ocean Ridge roofs ahead of salt air with a free inspection, a photographed record of the edge metal, valleys and drains, and a written price for any upkeep worth doing. On houses between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal along North Ocean Boulevard, the metal at the eaves usually shows corrosion first, so that is where each visit starts.
Many owners here are away for part of the year, so every visit is photographed and sent to you. Family-owned since 1975, Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429.
Corrosion at the eaves shows first on this island, so each visit photographs the drip edge, the flashings and the exposed fastening points in the same places as last time. Side by side, those pictures show whether a patch of rust is stable or spreading.
We then say plainly whether it is one to watch or one to replace now, before it lets water in behind the fascia.
Leaves and sand collect in valleys, scuppers and flat-roof drains, and standing water finds every weak seam. We clear what is blocked, then look at the flashing and seams beside it, because a clear drain can still sit next to an open joint.
The report keeps the two apart: clearing the water path is upkeep, while resealing or replacing a failed detail is a repair priced on its own line.
A good share of Ocean Ridge homes stand empty for part of the year, and a small roof problem can run for months before anyone sees the ceiling. We can visit before you leave and again after the season's first heavy weather, send the photographs to you wherever you are, and ask before any work beyond the agreed upkeep.
A property manager or neighbour can let us into the attic if we need to trace something.
Clearing debris and checking details is maintenance. Replacing flashing, a section of underlayment or a run of edge metal is a repair, and since all of Ocean Ridge is a flood hazard area, that repair usually needs a permit from the Building Department at 6450 North Ocean Boulevard, filed through BS&A Online.
We tell you which side of that line each item falls on, and nothing permitted starts until you have the written price.
For work in Ocean Ridge, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
Ocean Ridge issues its own permits from 6450 North Ocean Boulevard, and every application goes through BS&A Online with the town's Roofing Packet checklist, the re-roof form and the hurricane-mitigation form attached. The town publishes a processing window of two weeks to 30 days, and it flags any project reaching a little over a third of the building's value for a substantial-improvement check.
Hours are Monday to Friday 8 to 6 and Saturday 8 to 1, so a tear-off is planned around the Saturday cut-off. The town asks for a secured ladder left in place for roof inspections.
The island sits in the 170 mph wind band inside the wind-borne debris region. The code sets the secondary water barrier requirements for the re-roof; we meet them with a self-adhered membrane over the deck.
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In spring, before hurricane season opens in June, so any thinned metal or open seam is fixed before storms test it. Book a second look after any serious blow.
The town's published hours run Monday to Friday from 8 to 6 and Saturday from 8 to 1, so a longer repair is planned around the early Saturday finish. Planned work in the calmer months also leaves time for the town permit.
Usually not on the seaward slopes. The rating assumes ordinary exposure, and on this island wind-driven sand strips granules from the slopes facing the water while salt works on the edge metal.
The sheltered slopes of the same roof can look years younger. Regular checks of granule loss and drip edge let you repair a worn slope or plan a replacement on your own timetable rather than after a leak.
Ask to see it. Every recommendation should come with a photograph of the detail, where on the roof it is, and whether it is upkeep, a repair or something to watch.
Be cautious of a roofer who finds a full replacement on a first visit without pictures, or who offers to skip the permit on a repair that the flood hazard designation makes necessary here. Our reports also list what could not be seen, not only what was.
The leak gets its own diagnosis. We trace the entry point, photograph it and give you a written repair price, separate from the upkeep.
Sealing over a wet detail can trap water inside the roof, so we do not treat an active leak as routine maintenance. If the fix is permitted work, which in Ocean Ridge it usually is, we file it with the town before the repair is made and tell you when the inspection is booked.
No. The inspection is free, and you receive the photographs and a written list of what we found, what we suggest and what each item costs.
If the roof needs nothing, the report says so and suggests when to look again. Any upkeep or repair you choose is priced before it starts and carries our lifetime workmanship warranty, with the manufacturers' product warranties on new materials, and after a repair we provide a roof certification letter for your insurer when you ask.
We are a GAF Certified Contractor and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor.