Palm Beach, FL 33480
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Roof replacement in Palm Beach is decided by what lies under the tile, then sequenced by the island's rules: the design board first, the town permit second, and the season calendar over both. A new roof here is usually clay barrel tile reset or matched, with salt-grade metal at every valley and edge and a self-adhered secondary water barrier sealed to the deck for the 170 mph band.
We inspect for free, photograph each layer and give you a written scope and price before anything is ordered. Molsbee Roofing has served Palm Beach County since 1975 from our shop in Lake Worth Beach, under Florida license CCC1327429.
On Palm Beach the tile is rarely what gives out first. Replacement becomes the honest answer when the underlayment is brittle across whole slopes, when salt has eaten the valley and wall metal in several places at once, or when leaks keep surfacing in different rooms of a closed house.
A single slipped tile or one rusted flashing is still a repair, and we say so. The free inspection lifts tile at the suspect spots, so the call rests on photographs of the layers rather than on the age of the house.
Clay barrel tile is the island's default, and where the existing clay is sound we lift, store and reset it over new underlayment; flat concrete tile is replaced with new. Standing-seam copper or aluminum suits some houses, while coated steel has no place this close to salt.
Shingle goes back where a house already carries it or the town accepts it, and low-slope loggia and guest-wing sections get their own membrane. Each material has its own Palm Beach page, and the board's view usually narrows the choice before the budget does.
A re-roof that keeps the same tile and the same look usually goes straight to the permit desk at Planning, Zoning and Building. A change of profile, color or material goes first to the Architectural Commission, and a landmarked house answers to the Landmarks Preservation Commission instead.
We are registered in the town's EPL portal and file there once any approval is in hand. Then the ordinance clock takes over: December to April, weekdays 8 to 5 with no heavy equipment before 9; May to November, 8 to 6 with Sundays off; nothing from December 24 to January 1.
Tile that is being kept is lifted and stacked before the old underlayment comes off. The deck is opened, photographed, repaired where it is soft and re-nailed, then a self-adhered secondary water barrier is sealed to it.
New valleys, drip edge and wall flashings go in a grade chosen for salt from both shores, and the covering is fastened for the 170 mph band. Each opened section is dried in before a closed day, the town inspects as the permit requires, and the street is cleared of deliveries and the dumpster at the end.
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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All service areas ↗It depends on how far the failure runs. A rusted valley or a few slipped tiles over sound felt is a repair; underlayment that tears wherever a tile is lifted calls for a re-roof.
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 the town's permit history for the roof before recommending either path, and the written scope prices the one the code allows.
The calendar is set more by approvals than by roofing. A like-for-like tile job skips the board and moves to the permit; a change of look waits for its Architectural Commission or Landmarks hearing first.
After that, the town's working hours set the pace, and a winter tear-off is planned in smaller sections so each one is dry before work has to stop. We give you the sequence in writing, and where there is a choice, a start between May and November usually runs more smoothly.
Yes, and summer is often the simpler season for it, with the longer 8-to-6 working day. Your property manager or house staff handles access, and you receive photographs of the deck at tear-off, any extra sheets we propose to replace and the finished roof, wherever you spend the season.
Nothing beyond the agreed scope is done until you have seen the photograph and approved it.
Before work: the inspection photographs and a written scope and price, naming the tile to be reset or bought, the metal grade, the water barrier and any board submission. After work: the permit record with the town's inspection results, photographs of the finished roof and the manufacturers' product warranties in writing, plus a roof certification letter for your insurer on request.
The written price comes after the free inspection, and our Palm Beach roof replacement cost page explains what moves it. Financing is offered on approved credit, and zero-down options are among the terms.
Molsbee Roofing, family-owned since Don Molsbee started the company in 1975, a GAF Certified Contractor and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor rated 4.8 from 200+ Google reviews. Our island re-roofs include Royal Poinciana Way, Everglade Avenue and Orange Grove Road, and our crews wear protective safe footwear on clay tile.
To book the free roof inspection, call 561-318-8624; the line is answered 24 hours a day.
