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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyWe repair and replace flat roofs all over Wellington: lanais roofed over after the house was built, garages and guest wings added later, low-slope links between the wings of a big house, and commercial roofs along Forest Hill Boulevard and State Road 7. After a free inspection, in which a roofer clears and tests the drains and photographs every seam and wall flashing, you get a written price to repair the section or replace it.
Under Wellington's oaks these sections fail at the drain and the wall long before they fail in the middle, so that is where we look first. We drive out from our Lake Worth Beach shop, licensed as Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, Carlisle-certified for TPO, and (561) 318-8624 is answered 24 hours a day.
On a Wellington house the flat section was usually added after the tile roof, and the junction between the two is where it leaks. Rain coming off the tile pours onto the membrane at the wall and slips behind flashing that was set too low or never turned up at all.
The repair rebuilds that tie-in: the membrane is turned up the wall well above the waterline, new flashing goes in, and the tile above is relaid over it. On a big house in Olympia or Binks Forest the same fault shows where an upper-storey wall meets a lower roof.
Wellington lots are shaded, and a flat roof under oaks collects leaves and pods until the drain or scupper blocks. Water then backs up against the wall and works into the nearest seam; standing water days after rain is the warning sign.
Every visit starts at the drains: we clear them, check the scupper height and, where the deck has sagged into a low spot, rebuild the fall with tapered insulation board so water leaves the roof. Branches brought down by a storm puncture membranes too, so we walk the whole field, not just the corner that leaks.
TPO is a white single-ply membrane with heat-welded seams, suited to a larger, open roof such as a commercial building or a wide lanai. Modified bitumen goes down in sheets, torched or set in cold adhesive, and suits a small section crowded with walls, vents and corners.
Either one goes over a re-nailed deck, with insulation board where the roof needs fall, and is flashed up every wall and parapet. The install carries our lifetime workmanship warranty and the membrane its manufacturer's warranty, both in writing, and the proposal says which system fits your roof and why.
A repair covers a split seam, a failed drain or a single bad wall flashing. A membrane coated over its own failures, blistered across the field, or sitting on a deck that gives underfoot is a replacement.
Permitted work goes to the Village of Wellington through ProjectDox, with inspections booked on Citizen Self Service. In Versailles, Palm Beach Polo or Aero Club, a flat section that shows from the street or a neighbour's lot usually goes to the association before the filing.
On an equestrian parcel, a barn roof can go on the same permit set as the house.
For work in Wellington, confirm requirements with the building department responsible for the property and complete any required historic or HOA review before ordering materials or beginning work.
Wellington's Building Division at 12300 Forest Hill Boulevard takes plans on ProjectDox and handles fees, inspections and status on Citizen Self Service. The office is open weekdays 7 to 4, inspections run 7 to 3:30, and after-hours inspections are available on request. The village publishes its own plan review time-frame chart, so the schedule comes from that chart, not from us.
About 9,000 acres sit in the Equestrian Preserve under the 2001 Equestrian Overlay Zoning District, where a parcel often carries a house and barns, so one property can mean several roofs on one permit set.
Wellington is inland in the 160 mph wind band and the wind-borne debris region. The code's secondary water barrier provisions come into play on a re-roof, and we specify a self-adhered barrier across the deck.
Merrick Molsbee and Molsbee Roofing Inc. Merrick showed up right on time and immediately made me feel confident about the work that needed to be done. He's extremely knowledgeable and took the time to explain everything clearly. Honest, professional service and clear communication is their top priority.Read on Google
Adam, Jeremy and the ENTIRE crew were amazing. Never rushed and never any "hard sell" tactics! From the estimate process to the final inspection, Molsbee Roofing has been extremely professional, attentive, organized, responsible, CLEAN, and genuinely formed a relationship built on trust.Read on Google
We signed or completed about a dozen roofing jobs with a Wellington address over the last twelve months.
Repairs in Wellington ran between about $800 and $3,200 last year, with the middle around $1,800.
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The repair figure above comes from every repair we signed in Wellington over the last year, flat sections included. Unblocking a drain or resealing a wall flashing falls near the bottom of that range, and rebuilding a tie-in with tapered board near the top.
Replacing the whole flat roof is quoted after we walk it, by area and by membrane system, because the size, the number of walls and drains, and how much deck needs replacing all move the number. Every price comes in writing.
At the edges and the joins, rarely in the middle. On Wellington houses the usual culprits are the wall where a tile roof drains onto the membrane, a drain or scupper blocked by leaves, the seams beside ponding water, and the flashing around vents, pipes and air-conditioning stands.
The stain inside can sit well away from the opening, because water travels under the membrane before it finds a way down. That is why we test the drains and photograph each seam and termination before naming the repair.
Fix the cause, not the stain. A patch is right when the membrane around it is sound: a split seam, a torn corner or a failed drain boot.
A coating rolled over a membrane that is already blistered or wet underneath only hides the next leak, so we do not sell it as a repair. When the field is failing in several places, or the insulation under it is soaked, the lasting fix is to strip the section, repair the deck and install a new membrane with the drainage corrected.
Not because of its age. What decides it is the condition of the membrane, the seams, the insulation and the deck.
We probe soft spots, photograph what we find, and say plainly whether a repair will hold. One code rule matters as well.
If repairs, replacements or roof recovering cover more than a quarter of a roof system or section in any 12-month period, the code generally requires replacing or recovering the roof covering across that entire system or section 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.
Our inspection helps determine which applies to your roof.
Ask for a state license, a written scope and a warranty you can read, then compare those rather than totals. Molsbee Roofing has been family-owned since 1975, holds state license CCC1327429 and a 4.8 Google rating, and we repair and replace flat roofs on houses and commercial buildings across the village from Lake Worth Beach.
Our proposal names the membrane, the insulation, the drains and every wall flashing, and the install carries our lifetime workmanship warranty in writing.
