Service area · 14.5 miles from Pompano Beach
Around 69 inches of rain a year, a lot of it pushed sideways by wind, is what a roof here has to keep out. We take worn roofs off to the deck, seal the deck and every edge, and put on new shingle, tile or metal, with the whole job priced before we start.
Free, no-obligation estimates, Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 9 pm. After hours, we call back the next working morning.
New standing seam
The re-roof, in order
For residential and commercial roofs alike, the order of the work matters as much as the materials. Each step below sets up the one after it.
We get up on the roof, count it in "squares" of 100 square feet and write one price for the whole job, with a unit price for any rotten deck boards nobody can see yet.
The re-roof permit goes in before the first tile or shingle is pried loose.
In the "tear-off" the old covering, the felt and the nails come off until only the bare "decking", the plywood the roof is fastened to, is left.
Soft or delaminated sheets are cut out and replaced, the deck is re-nailed, and the inspector sees it before anything covers it.
A "peel-and-stick" sheet bonds to the deck, then new "flashing" and "drip edge" go in at the walls, valleys, vents and eaves.
Shingle, tile or metal goes down, the permit gets its final inspection, and we clean up the yard and the drive when the work is done.
The houses
1988 is the median build year for houses here, which puts a lot of roofs in town at the age where a new one comes up.
We work all over town, from the streets around the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, in the old western-themed downtown, out to the neighborhoods listed here. Whether your house wears concrete barrel tile, architectural shingle or metal, we read what is up there now, how it was fastened and what the framing under it will carry before we talk about what goes on next.
Changing materials is a fair question on a re-roof. Going from shingle to tile adds weight the framing has to hold, so we check it before we quote that switch. On a roomy lot the dump trailer can sit beside the house; on a tight one it waits at the curb, and we plan the tear-off around it.
1988
Half the houses in town are older, half are newer.
The weather
Much of that rain comes with wind behind it, and wind-driven water gets pushed up under tile laps and shingle edges where rain falling straight down never reaches.
That is why the covering is only half a roof. Under tile, the "underlayment" is the real waterproofing, and under any covering the sealed layer on the deck and the metal at every joint decide whether a storm stays outside. Wind pulls as well as pushes: "wind uplift" is the suction that peels roofing off, so the edges and the ridge get fastened as carefully as the field.
Fastening the ridge
Other roof work
Not Every Roof Needs Replacing
Sometimes the right job is a smaller one. Here are the other ways we help homeowners in town, each with its own page.
Call a roofer when the roof leaks, sheds pieces in a storm or is simply old enough that you want a straight answer on it. Here 66.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, so most roofs in town belong to someone who will live with the decision for years.
A roof that is sound overall but has one failed spot, such as a cracked tile, a torn vent boot or a lifted run of shingles, gets a repair, not a new roof. Plenty of houses here are old enough that the roof on them is not the first one, and a younger roof with a single problem is worth fixing.
When the same roof needs patching season after season, though, the running total can end up higher than a replacement would have cost.
Roof RepairAfter a hard blow, an inspection tells you what the wind and water did before a small problem turns into a stain on the ceiling. With a wet season like the one here, we look at the flashing, the ridge and the edges first, since that is where wind-driven water finds its way in.
If it checks out, you can stop wondering. If it does not, you know whether you are looking at a repair or a new roof.
Roof InspectionClose by
Our service area page lists every town we serve, and the nearest larger towns have roof replacement pages of their own.
Also on our routePlantation, Cooper City, Sunrise and Broadview Park. If your address sits near the edge of the area, ask when you call.
Free, no-obligation estimates for homes all over town.
Call with the address and what the roof is made of. We come out, measure it and hand you one price for the whole job, so you know the number before a single tile comes off.
Call for a Free EstimateWe show up when we say we will, and we answer or call back the same working day.
