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Lifetime Workmanship WarrantyOur West Palm Beach roof inspections are free and end with photographs and a written report that says plainly what the roof needs and what it does not. On an older house in El Cid or Old Northwood we check the plank deck from the attic and every roof junction.
On a block house south of Southern Boulevard we lift tile or shingle in a few places to assess the underlayment. Our crews wear protective, safe footwear on tile, and the report says which parts of the roof were seen and which cannot be judged until the roof is opened, such as the top face of a deck under intact covering.
Molsbee Roofing has been walking these roofs from our shop in Lake Worth Beach since 1975. Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429; call 561-318-8624 and the phone is answered at any hour.
The age of the house sets the list. On an older house in El Cid, Flamingo Park or Grandview Heights we go into the attic to look at the plank decking and the rafters, then check the chimney and parapet flashings and any flat porch section.
On a post-war block house in Southland Park or Northwood Hills we lift tile or shingle in a few places to see the underlayment, check the roof-to-wall straps from inside, and look at every valley and pipe boot. Along Flagler Drive we spend extra time on the edge metal and fasteners, because the salt off the lagoon reaches them first.
Before we visit we look the house up on the city's Permit-Planner research tool and Civic Access to see when the roof was last permitted, which helps check what code it was built to. It also shows what a re-roof here involves: the City sets which inspections apply, such as framing, tin tag, sheathing, in progress and final.
The report notes both, and the self-adhered secondary water barrier we specify.
A lifted tile, a split pipe boot or a low flashing at a porch tie-in is a repair, and the report prices it that way. The roof tips toward replacement when the underlayment has gone brittle under sound tile, when plank decking is soft at the eaves in several places, or when repairs are large enough to bring Florida's quarter-roof rule into play, which the inspection checks.
In El Cid or Prospect Park it is usually the underlayment, not the tile, that settles it, and we show you the photographs.
Photographs of every problem we found, labeled by location, and of what is sound. A plain statement of whether the roof needs nothing, a repair or a replacement, with the reason.
If it needs work, a written price built from the covering, deck repairs, flashing and edge metal and the city's inspection schedule. In a historic district, a note on what historic staff are likely to say.
The report is not a roof certification letter; that letter comes after we repair or re-roof, when your insurer asks for one.
For work in West 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.
West Palm Beach files through Civic Access, and the City sets which re-roof inspections apply to each job, such as roof framing, roof metal or tin tag, sheathing, roofing in progress and final. In some cases inspectors accept an inspector-approved affidavit with photos, so we confirm the list for your roof before the schedule is set. The city publishes about three weeks for a compliant residential remodel review and no roofing-specific figure.
The city has eighteen locally designated historic districts and 46 sites. In El Cid, Flamingo Park, Old Northwood, Grandview Heights and the other districts, an exterior roof change needs historic review before the permit; whether staff or the board reviews it depends on the change, and the city favours in-kind replacement. The mainland is in the 160 mph band; the Flagler Drive waterfront is 170 mph. The code sets the secondary water barrier requirements for a re-roof; we specify a self-adhered barrier over the deck.
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We signed or completed dozens of roofing jobs with a West Palm Beach address over the last twelve months.
The inspection is free and so is the report. If it finds a repair, the repair is priced in writing; if it finds nothing, you keep the photographs and the report.
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Yes. A Molsbee roofer walks the roof, photographs it and writes up what it needs.
If the answer is nothing, that is what the report says and there is no bill. If it needs a repair or a new roof, the price comes in writing and the decision is yours.
The same free inspection covers the rest of Palm Beach County, from Riviera Beach down to Boca Raton, from our shop in Lake Worth Beach.
Wherever there is access, yes. On the older houses in this city the attic is where the story is: plank boards that have gone soft at the eaves, daylight at a flashing, water stains on the underside of the deck that have not yet reached the ceiling.
On a block house in Central Park or Northwood Hills we check the roof-to-wall straps from inside, which matters when the roof is eventually replaced and the connections have to be looked at under the code. What the attic cannot show is the underlayment under tile we have not lifted, and the report says so rather than guessing.
Yes. A home inspector looks at the roof from the ground or the edge, and on an older house that misses the deck, the flashings and the underlayment.
We lift tile, go into the attic and look up the permit history, and we tell you in writing what we found and what the roof is likely to need. In a historic district we also tell you what historic staff will let you put back: the city favors in-kind replacement, so a tile roof in El Cid goes back as tile, and the certificate comes before the Civic Access permit.
Yes, and on the older houses here that is often where the trouble is. We check the membrane for ponding, splits and open seams, and the tie-in where the flat section meets the pitched roof, which is the usual entry point.
Those sections get photographed like the rest and priced separately if they need work, and if the membrane has to come off we tell you what we expect the tear-off to show: wet insulation, a deck that needs boards, or a tie-in that was never flashed.
You get a written price for the repair, or for a replacement if that is the honest answer, and the photographs that show why. Nothing starts until you say so.
If it is a replacement in a district like Old Northwood, the historic certificate is filed before the permit and the schedule is built around the city's inspection points. Our page on when to replace your roof in Palm Beach County walks through how we decide.
We are a Florida Certified Roofing Contractor CCC1327429, family owned since 1975, a GAF Certified Contractor and an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor; any work carries our lifetime workmanship warranty and the manufacturers' product warranties, both in writing. After we repair or re-roof, a roof certification letter for your insurer is available on request.
