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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyA new roof in Ocean Ridge, whether on McCormick Mile or in Ocean Harbour Estates, is priced from a free inspection of your own roof, and you get the figure in writing, line by line, before any work starts, so you know exactly what you are agreeing to. Full residential re-roofs across Palm Beach County cost between about $8,000 and $48,000 over the last twelve months, and the middle of the pack was just under $20,000.
We use county figures because one island re-roof is not enough to publish a town number, and an Ocean Ridge roof usually sits in the upper half of that range once the coastal wind rating, the secondary water barrier under the new covering, salt-grade edge and valley metal, and the permit that every job in this flood hazard town needs are priced in. Molsbee Roofing has been family-owned since 1975, works from Lake Worth Beach as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, and answers the phone 24 hours a day at 561-318-8624.
We publish a town figure only where we have signed enough re-roofs there in the last year to stand behind it. In Ocean Ridge we have signed a few jobs and one full re-roof, which is real experience and too small a sample for a price.
A figure built from one house describes that house. So the range here is our county range, and the free inspection turns it into a written number for yours.
Quotes for the same Ocean Ridge roof can differ widely and all look complete. The gap is nearly always the grade of the valley metal, flashings, vent collars and drip edge: the parts that end a roof on this island, hidden once the covering is on, and easy to leave at an inland grade.
Ask for each by name and grade. Ours are listed that way, so you can compare like with like.
Every Ocean Ridge parcel lies in a flood hazard area, so even a section repair is permitted and inspected, and the Town sets which inspections apply and what paperwork it accepts at each. Once a project's value passes roughly a third of what the building is worth, the Building Department on North Ocean Boulevard adds a substantial-improvement check, and it publishes a review window of a couple of weeks to a month.
We price the permit as a real line and set dates around that review.
On a well-kept island roof, most problems are metal repairs rather than a new roof. Most repairs we signed across Palm Beach County last year cost between about $1,500 and $4,800, with the middle around $1,800.
Replacing a corroded collar or a tired wall flashing is a small job; rebuilding a valley or lifting clay barrel tile to renew the underlayment beneath it is a larger one.
In Ocean Ridge the permit through BS&A Online portal, the wind band and what the tear-off reveals are the three things that move a roof price, so they come first in any quote.
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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Merrick Molsbee and Molsbee Roofing Inc. Merrick showed up right on time and immediately made me feel confident about the work that needed to be done. He's extremely knowledgeable and took the time to explain everything clearly. Honest, professional service and clear communication is their top priority.Read on Google
We signed or completed a few roofing jobs with an Ocean Ridge address over the last twelve months.
Across Palm Beach County our full re-roofs ran between about $8,000 and $48,000 last year with the middle near $19,800; one Ocean Ridge re-roof is not a town figure.
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The figure for your roof comes from a free inspection, because one island re-roof is not enough for a town average. Across Palm Beach County our full residential re-roofs ran between about $8,000 and $48,000 last year, with half of them under $20,000.
A larger Ocean Ridge house, or one with tile and many valleys, usually lands in the upper half of that range, and your written price shows why.
Usually the new covering itself and the labour to strip the old one, followed by any deck that has to be replaced once it is exposed. On this island two further lines carry real weight: the salt-grade edge, valley and flashing metal, and the self-adhered secondary water barrier we specify under a new covering.
The written price shows each of those as its own line, so you can see exactly where the money goes.
Area is the starting point, but shape moves the number almost as much. A compact roof with simple slopes costs less than a roof of the same area with hips, valleys and several levels, because each valley and wall junction adds metal and labour.
Pitch matters too, since a steeper roof takes longer and needs more safety set-up. We measure every plane at the inspection rather than working from the floor area of the house.
It can. The quarter-roof rule considers how much of a roof system or section is repaired, replaced or recovered in any 12-month period.
Above a quarter, the roof covering across that entire system or section generally must be replaced or recovered to meet current code requirements. 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 worked on must meet applicable current code requirements.
We check which applies before we price. We check your roof's permit record before pricing a large repair against a replacement.
Call us on 561-318-8624 or ask for the free roof inspection, and a roofer comes out to measure the roof, read the perimeter, lift the covering at chosen points and photograph the valleys, flashings and edge metal. The written price then itemises the deck repair allowance, underlayment, covering, and flashing and edge metal with grades named, plus removal of the old roof, permit and inspections, and cleanup.
If it helps, the cost can be spread with financing on approved credit.
