Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
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After a storm in Palm Beach Gardens we come out to find what moved, protect the roof if water is getting in, and give you a free inspection with labeled photographs and a written repair price. The repair is fastened to your parcel's own wind requirement, because the city straddles the county's 160 and 170 mph design bands.
In PGA National, BallenIsles, Mirasol or Evergrene, give us the gate procedure when you call; we are licensed as CCC1327429, and the line at (561) 318-8624 is answered 24 hours a day.
The lasting repair after a storm is planned the same way as any other: see roof repair in the Gardens.
If water is coming in, the first job is to stop it: we cover the opening with a temporary dry-in fastened to sound roofing, not weighted down to blow off in the next squall. Then we walk the roof to find where the damage ends, because wind that lifts a ridge row tends to loosen the pieces beside it.
Photographs record the roof before anything is touched, and the permanent repair follows once the city permit is issued.
On tile, wind lifts ridge and hip pieces first and debris breaks field tile, leaving the underlayment under a broken piece to take the water. Shingles lift and lose their seal, so a tab can lie flat and still be loose.
Metal fails at the edges and trim, where wind gets under a panel end. On a flat section over a lanai or garage we follow the membrane edges and look for punctures from branches.
We inspect the system on your house, not the house next door.
Damage across several slopes can push a repair past the quarter-roof line. In PGA National a single-family re-roof needs the association's architectural approval before the city permit, and the work must finish inside the association's completion window.
We explain the wider scope and the material choice before any larger job begins, and ask BallenIsles and Mirasol owners for their own community's rules.
Every finding is photographed and labeled by where it sits on the roof, from a displaced ridge to wet decking under a broken tile. The written price lists the affected area, the materials, the flashing work and anything found beneath the covering, so the damage and the scope are documented on paper.
If opening the roof shows more than we could see from the surface, we photograph it and explain the change before the work grows.
For work in Palm Beach Gardens, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
Palm Beach Gardens takes permits on its Community Development Portal, a PDF-only system where the contractor registers before anything is filed. The city posts its own Reroofing Form 400 for flat roofs and offers paid expedited review on published ten-business-day and two-business-day tracks; its FAQ says smaller permits may be approved within days.
Inside PGA National the association's rule comes first: a single-family re-roof needs Architectural Review Committee approval and must finish within 45 calendar days of starting, so tile delivery and staging are booked before tear-off. The city straddles the 160 and 170 mph wind lines, so we check the parcel, not the ZIP code. Under the new covering we specify a self-adhered secondary water barrier, one of the methods the code allows.
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We signed or completed a few roofing jobs with a Palm Beach Gardens address over the last twelve months.
All service areas ↗Stay off the roof and keep people clear of anything hanging loose. From the ground and inside the house, photograph what you can see: missing tile or shingles, ceiling stains, water on the floor.
Move belongings away from any drip, then call us. In a gated community tell us the entry procedure and who will meet us, and if water is getting in we bring what is needed to dry the roof in on the first visit.
It depends on what moved and what is wet underneath, so we price it after the free inspection rather than quote a number over the phone. A few displaced ridge pieces on a sound tile roof make a small repair; broken field tile over wet underlayment, a soft deck or damage on several slopes costs more.
Access behind a gate and the height of the roof also count. You get the price in writing before any permanent work starts.
The inspection photographs and the written price. The photographs are labeled by location and show each point of damage before anything is repaired; the written price names the affected area, the materials and the flashing work.
Together they document the damage and the scope of the repair, and they are yours to keep and share whether or not we do the work. Nothing is covered over until it has been photographed.
Not always. 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 look up the permit before telling you which side of that line your roof is on.
Molsbee Roofing, family-owned since 1975 and licensed as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, from our shop in Lake Worth Beach. We repair tile, shingle, metal and flat roofs across the Gardens and fasten each repair to the parcel's wind requirement rather than a citywide guess.
The phone at (561) 318-8624 is answered 24 hours a day, and every repair is described and priced in writing before we start.
