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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyStorm damage roof repair in Palm Beach starts with a call to (561) 318-8624, answered 24 hours a day, then a free inspection that photographs every layer the wind opened and a written scope and price for the permanent repair. Where the roof is open, we arrange temporary protection first so the house stays dry while the repair is planned.
The whole island sits in the county's 170 mph wind band, between the Atlantic and Lake Worth Lagoon, so ridge tile, edge metal and flat-roof terminations are where we look first. If the repair would change the roof's look, the town's design review comes before the permit.
Wind lifts a roof at its edges and high points first. On the island that means ridge and hip tile and their mortar, the first courses at the eaves, the drip edge, and the perimeter of flat sections over loggias and wings.
We follow each opening down through the tile to the underlayment and deck, photographing every layer, because a roof that looks whole from the street can have an open edge that leaks in the next rain.
Each damaged area is photographed before anything is touched and again once it is opened up. The written price then lists what the repair covers: the tile, underlayment, metal and deck to be replaced, and what is under temporary protection until then.
That record is yours, and it gives an owner who is away, or an association manager on Sloan's Curve, a clear account of what happened to the roof and what fixing it involves.
Temporary protection keeps water out; it is not the repair. Once the roof is covered, we check the exposed underlayment and deck for moisture and decide what must be replaced before the finished covering goes back.
The permanent repair is permitted through the town's EPL portal and scheduled within the island's construction hours, and you receive the realistic sequence in writing rather than a date that cannot be kept.
Broken clay barrel tile on a Mediterranean Revival house in the Estate Section or Midtown has to be matched in profile and shade, and the original is not always still made. We save sound pieces from the damaged slope, source matching tile where it exists, and show you any substitute as a sample before it is ordered.
A replacement that changes how the roof looks goes to the Architectural Commission, or to the Landmarks Preservation Commission on a landmarked house, even after a storm.
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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Keep everyone clear of fallen tile and wet ceilings, move valuables out of rooms where water is coming in, and photograph the damage you can see from the ground and inside. Then call us at (561) 318-8624, answered 24 hours a day; we arrange temporary protection where the roof is open and come back to inspect every layer.
If you are away, your property manager or house staff can let us in, and the photographs and written repair scope come to you wherever you are.
It depends on what the wind opened and what sits under it, so we price it after a free inspection rather than from a photograph. The main factors are how much tile has to be replaced or matched, how far the damage runs into the underlayment and deck, the edge and valley metal involved, the height and access of the roof, and whether the repair has to wait on a design review.
You receive the scope and price in writing, with photographs of each damaged area, before permanent work begins.
It can. 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.
After a large storm we measure the damaged area and check the roof's permit history with the town before recommending a repair or a replacement.
The state's My Safe Florida Home program offers a free wind-mitigation inspection and matching grants for hardening work such as roof-to-wall connections, deck attachment, a secondary water barrier and the roof covering. It covers homesteaded, site-built houses built before 2008 and under a home-value cap, with funding in rounds, so check the program's site for eligibility.
It hardens roofs rather than funding repairs; our photographs and written scope document the repair either way.
Flat sections fail at their edges in wind: the edge metal lifts, the membrane peels back from its termination, and water gets under the field. We inspect the whole membrane, not only the torn corner, check the insulation and deck beneath for moisture, and photograph each termination.
A torn edge on a sound membrane is repaired and tied into new metal; a membrane that has taken water across the field is replaced, and for a house in the North End the written scope says which.