Westlake · Palm Beach County, Jupiter to Boca Raton
Roof leak repair in Westlake
Westlake is the newest city in the county and almost every roof in it went on within the last few years, which produces a very particular situation. A covering that age has decades of service ahead of it, so if water is coming in, nothing has worn out.
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Westlake · Roof leak repair
Roofing in Westlake since 1975.
Westlake is the newest city in the county and almost every roof in it went on within the last few years, which produces a very particular situation. A covering that age has decades of service ahead of it, so if water is coming in, nothing has worn out.
Something was built wrong, and on a house that was put up as part of a large programme the same thing will have been built the same way on a great many others. That matters for two reasons.
First, the fault is almost certainly small and specific: a vent boot fitted with the fastener line too high, a valley closed with too little lap, a wall flashing finished with a bead of sealant rather than formed, or the junction where a lanai roof meets the pitched roof above, which is the busiest detail on the house and the most commonly rushed. None of those improves with time and all are inexpensive to correct once identified.
Second, it is worth finding out whether your neighbours have the same thing, because on a new community that is a pattern rather than a coincidence, and a pattern is a different conversation with a builder or a warranty provider than an individual complaint is. What we do is straightforward: get onto the roof, find the actual entry point rather than the place the water appeared, photograph it, and write down what fixing it properly costs.
The inspection is free either way and the photographs are yours to use however you choose. 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.
Every job is permitted and inspected and every price is itemised in writing before the work. Free roof inspections.
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Good to know
What to know.
- A new roof leaking is a detail
The covering has decades left, so nothing has worn out. What has failed is a decision: a boot fitted with the fasteners in the wrong line, a valley closed with too little lap, a wall flashing sealed instead of formed, or the lanai junction finished with a bead. Those are cheap to correct and they do not improve with time. A contractor proposing anything larger on a roof this age should be able to show you why in photographs.
- Check whether it is a pattern
On a house built as part of a programme, the same details were built the same way by the same crews across many houses. If your lanai junction is leaking, somebody else's probably is too. That is worth establishing, because a pattern across several homes is a materially different conversation with a builder, a warranty provider or an association than one owner's complaint.
- Photographs first, conversations second
Whatever route you eventually take, whether that is a builder, a warranty or simply paying for the repair, it goes better with a photograph of the actual entry point and a written description of what is wrong. We produce that as a matter of course and it is yours to use however you like. It costs nothing and it is the one thing that makes every subsequent conversation shorter.
- The lanai junction is the usual suspect
Where a low-slope lanai covering meets the pitched roof above, two systems and often two pitches come together and it does the hardest work on the building. Formed in metal and lapped into both it lasts; finished with a bead it opens within a few years as heat and movement work on it. On new housing it is the single commonest leak we find, and it is entirely fixable.
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
Westlake 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 roof leaks in Westlake, FL?
Molsbee Roofing. A family business since 1975, based in Lake Worth Beach, licensed CCC1327429, working Palm Beach County from Jupiter to Boca Raton. We work in 33470 on the new housing here. A roofer finds the actual entry point rather than the place the water appeared, photographs it and prices the repair in writing. Free inspections. Call 561-318-8624.
My house is almost new. Why is the roof leaking?
Because the covering has decades left and something was built wrong rather than worn out. The usual candidates are a vent boot fitted with the fastener line too high, a valley closed with too little lap, a wall flashing sealed instead of formed, or the lanai junction finished with a bead. All are inexpensive to correct once identified, and the photographs from the inspection will show which one applies to your roof.
Should I go to the builder first?
Possibly, and you will be in a much better position with a photograph of the actual fault and a written description of it. What we produce is exactly that, it costs nothing, and it is yours to use however you choose. Whether the builder, a warranty or a direct repair is the right route depends on your paperwork and your timescale, but the evidence helps in all three cases.
Do my neighbours have the same problem?
On a new community, very likely. The same details were built the same way by the same crews across a great many houses, so a fault in yours is usually a fault in several. It is worth asking, both because it narrows the diagnosis and because a pattern across a street is a different conversation with a builder or a warranty provider than one homeowner's report.
How much does a repair cost?
Far less than a replacement, and on housing this age most of what we find is genuinely small: a boot, a valley lap, a wall flashing or a lanai junction rebuilt properly. The inspection is free, the photographs come with it, and the price is written down before anything starts. Where the right answer is a repair rather than anything larger, that is what we will say.
