Roof types
Six Roof Systems, Six Failure Modes
Concrete and clay tile, metal, shingle, flat and low-slope, tile-over-flat transitions, and lanai and screen enclosure roofs.
What you have noticed, the roof type and roughly its age. We will tell you honestly whether it is a repair or a replacement.
Repair
Partial repair is more often permitted than homeowners think
Tile
A tile roof is a different repair problem from shingle
Documented
Photographs and reports your insurer can actually use
Licensed
General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida
6 roof types
Each page explains how that system actually fails here.
Concrete & Clay Tile
The dominant roof across much of Southwest Florida, and the one most often misjudged from the ground.
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Metal Roofing
Increasingly common on the Gulf coast, and it fails at the fasteners, the penetrations and the terminations rather than in the panel.
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Shingle Roofing
Common on newer residential construction, and the system where the repair-versus-replace argument arises most often.
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Flat & Low-Slope
Membrane roofs on additions, porches and flat sections. They fail at penetrations and where water sits.
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Tile-to-Flat Transitions
Many Gulf coast homes combine tile over the main roof with a low-slope section over a porch or addition. The junction is where they leak.
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Lanai & Screen Enclosures
Covered lanais and screen enclosures are near-universal here, highly exposed, and usually the first thing damaged in a storm.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.