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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyWe replace tile roofs in Palm Beach with the roof's appearance and the town's work calendar in mind. If the proposal changes the look of the roof, check with the town about Architectural Commission review; for a landmarked house, ask about Landmarks Preservation Commission review.
We lift tile, inspect the metal for salt damage and give you a written price for a clay barrel reset or full replacement. We work from our shop in Lake Worth Beach and include the required review steps when planning the job.
We are a Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, and 561-318-8624 is answered at any hour.
On the island a re-roof that changes the roof's material or appearance goes before the Architectural Commission, which looks closely at tile profile and colour; a landmarked house goes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission instead. The town's permit form asks whether the scope has been before either board and records the existing and proposed roof material, so that answer has to exist before the application does.
We prepare roof photographs, tile samples and product data for the board the town identifies, then file through the EPL portal, where every contractor is registered with the town.
From December into April, roofing runs weekday hours only, with no heavy equipment early in the morning and no work on holidays; from May through November the day runs longer and Sundays are off; and there is a construction pause over the year-end holidays. The south-end condo island is not exempt from the seasonal rule.
We plan a Palm Beach tile roof backwards from that calendar: board date, then permit, then tear-off timed so the roof is dried in before the shorter window closes.
Palm Beach is under a mile wide everywhere, with the Atlantic on one side and Lake Worth Lagoon on the other, so no roof is far from salt spray. Under old tile we usually find the damage in the metal, not the clay: corroded valley metal, drip edge and wall flashing, and fasteners that have lost their coating.
A clay barrel reset or new tile roof here specifies metal chosen for that exposure, and the attachment is set to the coastal wind band that covers the whole island.
Mediterranean Revival tile is the island's signature, set by Addison Mizner's houses in the Estate Section and Midtown, and on those streets matching the profile and colour blend of the existing roof is the job, not an option. A reset keeps the original clay barrel tile where it is sound; a replacement uses new tile in a matching profile, and if the look changes, the board reviews the sample.
Our island re-roof work includes Royal Poinciana Way, Everglade Avenue and Orange Grove Road, with repair work on North Lake Way; the records do not say which of those roofs were tile.
On a tile reroof in Palm Beach, the permit through EPL portal and the tile profile and colour are settled before the first pallet is ordered.
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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We signed or completed a handful of roofing jobs with a Palm Beach address over the last twelve months.
A full residential re-roof in Palm Beach County cost our customers between about $8,000 and $48,000 over the last twelve months, and the middle of the pack was just under $20,000.
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The range above is county-wide, from our signed full re-roofs across Palm Beach County over the last year; our island records are too few for a local range, and tile sits toward the upper end of any range. What moves the price here: roof area and pitch, how much of the existing clay barrel tile can be reset, the metal specified for salt exposure, deck repairs found under the tile, and whether the schedule has to fit the seasonal work-hours window.
The free inspection ends with a written price that lists each of those items.
Only if it changes the roof's material or appearance. A like-for-like replacement in the same tile is a permit matter; a change in profile, colour or material goes to the Architectural Commission, and a landmarked house goes to the Landmarks Preservation Commission instead.
The town's permit form asks whether the scope has been before either board, so the question is settled before filing. We confirm it with the town for your address and prepare the photographs, tile sample and product data the board expects.
Weekday working hours in season, with longer days and no Sundays the rest of the year. From December into April the town allows roofing on weekdays only, with no heavy equipment early in the morning and none on holidays; from May through November work can run later in the day but never on a Sunday; and everything stops for the year-end construction pause.
We set the tear-off and dry-in dates inside those hours and put the sequence in writing before the job starts.
Often, yes, if the clay is sound and enough matching pieces survive the lift. We lift the tile, inspect the underlayment and the metal beneath it, and tell you what a reset would keep and what it would replace, usually the valleys, drip edge and flashings that salt has eaten.
If the clay crumbles or cracks across whole slopes, we discuss new tile in a matching profile, and if that changes the look of the roof, the Architectural Commission review comes before the choice is final.
Molsbee Roofing, family-owned since 1975, Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, registered with the town, GAF Certified Contractor and Owens Corning Preferred, with a lifetime workmanship warranty on every tile roof we install. Our shop is across the lagoon in Lake Worth Beach, and the phone at 561-318-8624 is answered 24 hours a day.
The roof inspection is free and comes back with photographs and a written price.
