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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyRoof maintenance in Palm Beach means catching salt-worn metal, slipped tile and blocked flat-roof drains while they are still small repairs, not the start of a re-roof. It begins with a free inspection, and every item we recommend comes back photographed and priced in writing, so you approve each one on its own.
Upkeep that keeps the roof as it is rarely needs a permit, but a visible change of material on a house in the Estate Section, Midtown or the North End goes to the town's design review first. We time the work to the island's construction calendar and, for a seasonal house, arrange access through your property manager.
Salt reaches island roofs from the Atlantic and from Lake Worth Lagoon, and it works on flashings, drip edge and fasteners first. At each visit we photograph the same metal details from the same spots, so the next report can show whether rust is spreading or holding.
When the metal under an old sealant bead has corroded through, we price a replacement in a salt-grade metal instead of another coat of sealant.
On clay and concrete tile we look for slipped or cracked pieces, loose ridge and hip tile and failing mortar, and we check the pipe boots and valleys where water runs beneath the covering. A slipped tile is reset and a cracked one replaced in a matching profile; dark staining is recorded but is not, by itself, a leak.
On a Mediterranean Revival house in Midtown, even a single replacement piece has to match the shade and profile of the original clay.
Loggias, garages, guest wings and condominium roofs carry flat sections that collect leaves and sand at their drains and scuppers. We clear the outlets, check the membrane around each one, and note any water still standing after rain, which points to a low spot or a failing drain.
Clearing debris is upkeep; a split seam or a lifted edge is a repair, and the report keeps upkeep and repair apart so a recurring wet area gets fixed rather than swept again.
The town's construction hours are ordinance, and from December to April they limit roofing to weekdays, while the May-to-November calendar allows longer days. A spring visit lets us inspect while many seasonal owners are still on the island, approve repairs before they leave, and finish the work in the longer hours before hurricane season.
For a house already closed, your property manager provides access and the photographs come to you.
For work in 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.
On the island the roof goes to a design board before it goes to the permit desk. A re-roof that changes the material or appearance goes before the Architectural Commission, which looks closely at roof tile profile; a landmarked house goes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission instead. The permit form asks whether the scope has been before either board and records the existing and proposed roof material. Every contractor registers with the town in the EPL portal first.
The work calendar is town ordinance: December to April, weekdays 8 to 5 with no Saturdays, Sundays or holidays and no heavy equipment before 9; May to November, 8 to 6 with no Sundays; a construction pause from December 24 to January 1. The island is not exempt from the Saturday rule. The whole island is in the 170 mph band, and on the re-roofs we build a self-adhered secondary water barrier is sealed to the deck.
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Spring into early summer. The town's work hours from May to November run longer than in the December-to-April season, when roofing is limited to weekday hours; and a repair finished before hurricane season is not left for the first storm to find.
If you winter on the island, book the inspection before you leave, then approve the repair from wherever you spend the summer; photographs of the finished work are sent to you.
It helps, because small repairs made early stay small. 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.
Our reports record how much of the roof each repair covers.
It depends on the layer more than the covering. Sound clay barrel tile can often be lifted and reset over new underlayment, while the valleys, flashings and fasteners beneath it wear faster on an island that takes salt from both shores.
Flat membranes and their edge metal have their own clock. Age alone does not decide whether a roof is due; photographs of the underlayment, metal and deck do, and the report says which of those is nearing the end of its life.
Every visit starts as a free inspection: tile, ridge and hip, valleys, flashings, pipe boots, flat sections, drains and the attic where we can reach it. You receive labeled photographs and a list of recommended items, each priced separately in writing, so you can approve the drain clearing and a flashing replacement now and leave a clay barrel reset for a later season.
Nothing is done without your approval, and anything that would change the roof's look is flagged for town review first.
Work that puts back exactly what is there, resetting a slipped tile, clearing a drain or replacing a flashing in kind, does not change how the house looks and generally needs no board. Replacing tile with a different profile or colour, or moving a porch roof to another material, is a visible change: the Landmarks Preservation Commission reviews it on a landmarked house, and the Architectural Commission on others.
We flag any such item in the report before it is priced.