South Palm Beach · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton
Roof leak repair in South Palm Beach
South Palm Beach is almost entirely condominium buildings on the narrowest part of the barrier island, which means nearly every roof here is a flat deck belonging to an association rather than a pitched roof belonging to a household. That changes what a leak is.
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South Palm Beach · Roof leak repair
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South Palm Beach is almost entirely condominium buildings on the narrowest part of the barrier island, which means nearly every roof here is a flat deck belonging to an association rather than a pitched roof belonging to a household. That changes what a leak is.
It is not one owner's problem to solve; it is an association's problem to diagnose, and the resident reporting water is frequently not the person under the breach, because water entering a large deck travels through the structure before it appears and can come down several floors below and a long way along. Chasing it from inside almost never works.
What works is a survey of the roof itself, mapped into sections, starting at the perimeter and at every upstand because on this strip that is where these roofs fail. Salt reaches the buildings from the ocean and the Intracoastal, and it attacks the metal securing the covering rather than the covering itself: termination bars, edge trim, kerb flashings and the fixings behind them, all corroding out of sight while the membrane above still looks acceptable.
Add wind at height, which gets under a covering at an edge rather than in the middle, and the pattern is consistent. So a repair here starts at the boundary of the roof and works inward, and the report identifies the entry point rather than the apartment that noticed it.
The survey is free whether or not any work follows, the photographs belong to the association, and where the roof is sound that is what the report says. Molsbee Roofing is a family business, roofing since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach and working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton, licensed CCC1327429.
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Good to know
What to know.
- The reporting unit is rarely under the breach
Water entering a large flat deck travels through the structure before it appears inside, so it can surface several floors down and some distance along. Investigating the apartment tells you very little. A mapped survey of the roof, beginning at the perimeter and working inward, is what identifies the actual entry point, and it usually does so in a single visit rather than across several attendances.
- Perimeter and upstands first
Wind at height gets under a covering at its edge or at an upstand, not in the field, and on this strip the metal securing those edges has been corroding in salt air from two directions since the building went up. That combination means the boundary of the roof is where failures start. A survey that begins in the middle has the risk exactly the wrong way round.
- The metal fails before the membrane
Termination bars, edge trim, kerb flashings and their fixings corrode from underneath while the covering above still looks serviceable. Because they are the components holding everything down and turning it up, they are also where water gets in. Each is examined and photographed individually, so a board can see the actual condition of the hardware rather than accept a general statement about the age of the roof.
- One survey beats three attendances
Where each report of water is treated as a separate incident, a building can be attended repeatedly without the cause ever being addressed, because nobody is comparing this month's call with last month's. A photographed record by section ends that. The next report is placed against what was already found, and the pattern becomes visible rather than being rediscovered from scratch each time.
How it works.
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Free roof inspection
We photograph what we find and hand you a written, line-item estimate.
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Written price
You see the price before anyone starts. No surprises on the invoice.
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Permit and install
We pull the permit, do the work and clean up every day.
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Inspection and warranty
County inspection passed, warranties registered, final walk with you.
Why Molsbee
Why Molsbee Roofing.
- Lifetime Workmanship Warranty
We stand behind the install for as long as you own the home.
- Florida licensed CCC1327429
Fully insured, every job permitted and inspected.
- 4.8 stars, 200+ Google reviews
Reputation built one Palm Beach County roof at a time.
- Family-owned since 1975
Three generations of Palm Beach County roofing.
Neighborhoods
South Palm Beach neighborhoods.
Where we work in and around town.
Most repairs we have priced across Palm Beach County since spring cost a small fraction of a replacement: a collar or flashing at the low end, a rebuilt valley or new underlayment at the high end.
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Roofing questions
Frequently asked questions.
Who repairs condominium roofs in South Palm Beach?
Molsbee Roofing. A family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429, working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton. We survey and repair flat decks on the buildings in 33480 here. The roof is mapped into sections, the perimeter and every upstand examined first, and the entry point photographed. The survey is free. Call 561-318-8624.
Water is in my apartment. Is the leak above me?
Usually not. Water entering a large flat deck moves through the structure before it appears, so it can come down several floors below and a considerable distance along. That is why investigating the apartment rarely helps and why a repair sent to the reporting unit so often fails to stop it. The roof is surveyed instead, in mapped sections, and the actual entry point is photographed before anything is repaired.
The building has been attended several times. Why does it keep leaking?
Almost certainly because each attendance was treated as a separate incident and dealt with where the water appeared. Without a record by section, nobody compares this report to the last one, so the same area is patched repeatedly. A photographed survey ends that and generally costs less than the next two call-outs, because it identifies the cause rather than the symptom.
Our covering looks fine. Can the roof still be the problem?
Very much so, and on this strip it usually is. Salt attacks the metal rather than the membrane, so termination bars, edge trim and fixings corrode out of sight while the covering above looks perfectly serviceable. Since those components are what hold the covering down and turn it up at the edges, a roof can appear sound and be exactly where the water is entering.
How much does a repair cost?
Far less than a re-cover, and it depends on what has failed. A run of terminations, a set of upstands or an outlet rebuilt is a short piece of work. A section of failed assembly is larger. The survey is free, the photographs come with it, and the price is written down before anything starts, so the board is deciding from evidence rather than a description.
