Roof Inspection in Royal Palm Beach

We lift tile at a valley, along a wall, at an eave and behind any chimney to see the underlayment, because that is the layer that fails first here. We count cracked and slipped tile, check the ridge and hip mortar, and check every pipe boot.

Inland, with no salt, the metal usually holds, so we spend our time on the felt. In the attic we look at the deck for stains and at the roof-to-wall straps, which the code asks to be brought up to standard when a roof of this age is replaced.

On a row like Fairways Lane, where units are re-roofed one at a time, the flashing where new tile meets old at the party wall is the spot most likely to leak into either unit. We check it from both sides where we can, photograph the tile match, and note whether the neighbour's roof has been done.

The report says whether your leak is your roof or the junction, which matters when the association gets involved.

The Village of Royal Palm Beach uses ProjectDox for permits. We check permit status on the village portal and review any roof records you can provide.

The village’s re-roof forms include a nailing affidavit and a roof spec sheet, which we include when preparing the permit paperwork.

1. After a storm, before you sign on a house, and when the unit next door has just been re-roofed. You get labelled photographs, a plain verdict of nothing, repair, relay or replace, and a written price if there is work.

There is no charge. A Molsbee roofer lifts tile, checks the attic and the party wall, photographs it all and writes it up, and there is no bill for any of that.

If the roof needs work the price comes in writing.

Yes. We can inspect your roof and the flashing at the shared wall after the neighbouring work.

We check the junction from your side and tell you whether it is your roof, their tie-in or nothing.

Yes. Before you sign on a house, we check the tile, underlayment and straps and explain any work in writing.

We can check permit status on the village portal and review roof records supplied by the seller.

Yes. It carries dated photographs, the tile profile and colour, and a plain statement of what is needed, which is what most associations here want to see before they approve a repair or a re-roof, and on an attached row it is what settles who pays for the shared wall.

The felt decides it. Sound underlayment with one entry point is a repair.

Felt that tears wherever we lift a tile is a relay or a replacement. Our page on when to replace your roof in Palm Beach County explains how we draw the line.

Molsbee Roofing, Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, roofing the county since 1975.