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AfterFast, Reliable Roof Replacement Across Fort Lauderdale
Roof replacement in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $14,500-$28,000 for a full tear-off on a standard CBS home, with flat built-up or modified-bitumen systems landing between $16,000 and $32,000 depending on decking condition and fastener upgrades. Most full replacements take 5-9 working days once permits clear, and the Broward County mid-job strap inspection is the schedule pivot every local contractor plans around. We’re Tilehurst Roofing, a Kingswell family company founded in 2000, and we’ve worked enough Fort Lauderdale roofs to know exactly what that inspection turns up. Call (945) 303-9821 and we’ll give you a written price before any work starts.
Why Tilehurst Roofing Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Roof Replacement Company
Fort Lauderdale homeowners call us after being burned. A storm-chaser crew underbid the job, tore off the old roof, then found missing hurricane clips at the rafter tails and suddenly the price doubled. That doesn’t happen with us because we inspect before we quote and write allowances into the contract for exactly those findings. Greg Holloway leads our Fort Lauderdale roofing work, and he’s built his reputation on the Kingswell Way: say the price before the work, show up in the window we gave, leave the place cleaner than we found it, put the guarantee in writing, and come back if it fails.
The 365-Day Done Right Promise covers every Fort Lauderdale job for a full year. If something isn’t right, we make it right at no charge. That’s written, not implied. Our crews are background-checked and uniformed, so when someone climbs onto your roof in Coral Ridge or Victoria Park, you know exactly who they are and why they’re there. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including evenings and weekends. No voicemail, no callback queue.
What makes us genuinely local is the inspection knowledge. Fort Lauderdale sits entirely inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and the permit process here is stricter than almost anywhere else in the country. We know which fasteners carry the Miami-Dade/Broward Notice of Acceptance, which underlayments pass, and what the inspector will check at that mid-job hold-point. That’s not marketing copy. It’s the difference between a roof that passes on the first walk-through and one that gets torn open again.
Roof Replacement is what we do every day, but doing it in Fort Lauderdale means doing it to Broward County’s standard. That’s the standard we quote, permit, and build to.
Flat Roof Replacement in Fort Lauderdale
Flat Roof Replacement in Fort Lauderdale means tearing off a built-up or modified-bitumen system on a 1950s-1970s CBS home, exposing the decking, and rebuilding with HVHZ-compliant membranes and fasteners. The older flat roofs in neighborhoods like Coral Ridge, Victoria Park, and Rio Vista have spent decades holding ponding water and absorbing UV, and tear-offs routinely uncover multiple failed layers. A typical flat roof replacement here runs $16,000-$32,000, with the spread driven by decking rot and whether the substrate needs full re-sheeting.
Built-Up and Modified-Bitumen Tear-Offs
Most Fort Lauderdale flat roofs are built-up asphalt systems with gravel surfacing or modified-bitumen membranes heat-welded at the seams. After 25-40 years in our climate, the seams oxidize and split, and the gravel scours into low spots. We remove every layer down to the deck because that’s the only way to see what the inspector will see. Layering new membrane over failed membrane hides the rot and guarantees a failed inspection.
Ponding Water and Decking Damage
Flat roofs in Fort Lauderdale hold water after heavy afternoon storms because the original drainage design rarely kept up with 60-plus inches of annual rainfall. That standing water works through every seam and saturation point until the plywood or plank decking underneath softens. If the rot covers more than a third of the deck, we replace those sheets and add that to the written allowance before a single square of membrane goes down.
Roof Installation in Fort Lauderdale
Roof Installation in Fort Lauderdale on new construction or as part of a full replacement requires every product to carry a Miami-Dade/Broward NOA, from the underlayment to the fasteners to the shingle or tile itself. For new builds, the Broward County building department verifies the roof as a structural system, not just a weather cover. On new construction, a roof installation typically ranges $18,000-$45,000 depending on roof geometry and material choice, while a replacement installation on an existing home lands in the $14,500-$28,000 window for asphalt shingle systems.
New Construction in HVHZ Territory
Building a new home in Fort Lauderdale means the roof is part of the wind-load calculation from the first plan review. Every strap, clip, and fastener spacing decision gets checked against the engineering package. We work with your builder or architect to ensure the roof system meets Broward County’s current HVHZ requirements before the first truss is set.
Asphalt to Architectural Shingle Upgrades
Many Fort Lauderdale homeowners upgrading from three-tab asphalt choose architectural shingles from GAF, CertainTeed, or Owens Corning for a thicker profile and higher wind rating. The material upgrade adds roughly $2,500-$5,000 to a standard roof replacement. We stock all three brands locally for Fort Lauderdale jobs, so lead time doesn’t stall a permit-ready schedule.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale
We work with materials from seven leading manufacturers so the product fits your home and your budget, not what happens to be on our truck. For Fort Lauderdale replacements, GAF, CertainTeed, and Owens Corning are the asphalt shingle lines we install most often, with IKO available for broader color matching and Atlas or Tamko for valuation-driven projects. Every system we install in Fort Lauderdale must carry the Miami-Dade/Broward NOA stamp. We keep fast-mover stock locally in Broward County, which means most standard replacements start on schedule without waiting on a distributor run.
Common Roof Replacement Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes
- Non-NOA fasteners and flashing failing from canal-driven salt air. Fort Lauderdale has over 300 miles of inland canals, and the salt-air corrosion reaches neighborhoods miles from the beach. We regularly replace galvanized fasteners and flashing that have corroded to powder in under a decade because they never carried the Miami-Dade/Broward acceptance.
- Multiple failed flat-roof layers on 1950s-1970s CBS homes. Coral Ridge, Victoria Park, and Rio Vista are full of concrete block stucco homes whose original flat roofs got re-covered instead of torn off. By the time we open them up, we’re often looking at three membranes stacked on rotted decking.
- Missing hurricane clips at the rafter tails. The Broward County mid-job inspection specifically verifies strap or clip connections at every rafter tail. On older homes, those clips were never installed or were removed during a previous re-roof. Inspectors will fail the job and require decking removal if clips are missing.
- June-October thunderstorm damage to membrane seams and penetrations. Fort Lauderdale’s violent afternoon storms hammer roof penetrations like vents, skylights, and pipe boots in repeated cycles. Seams that pass inspection in March can open by September, especially on aging modified-bitumen systems.
Pricing for Roof Replacement in Fort Lauderdale, FL
An asphalt shingle roof replacement in Fort Lauderdale runs $14,500-$28,000 on a typical 1,800-2,600 square foot CBS home. Flat or low-slope membrane systems run $16,000-$32,000. Architectural shingles add $2,500-$5,000 over three-tab. The big cost swings come from three things: decking rot hidden under old layers, missing hurricane clips that trigger the county’s mid-job inspection requirements, and the tear-off depth when multiple old membranes get removed. We write allowances into every contract for those exact findings, and any change gets priced and approved in writing before we touch another square. Call (945) 303-9821 for a free estimate with a written price before any work starts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale
Our Fort Lauderdale roofing crews also cover Plantation, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, and Coconut Creek. If you’re a few miles outside the city limits, the same Broward County permitting rules apply, so the same advance inspection and allowance process works for your job. The easiest way to confirm coverage is to call (945) 303-9821 and ask.
Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Lauderdale area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Roof Replacement in Fort Lauderdale
Because Fort Lauderdale sits entirely inside Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, and the county requires a permit with a mandatory mid-job inspection verifying hurricane strap or clip connections at every rafter tail before the new roof can be closed up. The inspection is the hold-point that stops work until a county inspector confirms the fasteners meet HVHZ requirements. We handle the permit paperwork for every Fort Lauderdale replacement, and the permit fee is included in your written quote. Call (945) 303-9821 and we’ll walk you through the timeline.
Yes, and the most common finding is rotted decking under multiple failed membrane layers on flat-roof CBS homes in Coral Ridge, Victoria Park, and Rio Vista. We also find corroded flashing, missing hurricane clips, and sometimes water-damaged fascia or soffit edges once the roof edge is exposed. We inspect before we quote, write an allowance for these findings into the contract, and get written approval before any additional work proceeds. The number on your contract is the number you approve; nothing changes without your signature.
Fort Lauderdale’s inland canals spread salt-air corrosion miles from the ocean, so we specify stainless or approved coated fasteners and flashing that carry the Miami-Dade/Broward Notice of Acceptance on every replacement. Galvanized fasteners without NOA approval corrode rapidly in this environment and can fail within a decade. We’ve torn roofs off homes in Plantation-adjacent Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods where the flashing had corroded to powder while the shingles still looked fine from the street.
Ask whether the quote includes the Broward County permit, the mid-job strap inspection hold-point, and an allowance for decking rot and missing clips discovered during tear-off. Many Fort Lauderdale replacement bids from out-of-town crews exclude all three, then hold the schedule open when the inspector fails the job. Our written price includes the permit and inspection coordination, and any structural discovery gets priced and approved in writing before we proceed.
The inspector fails the mid-job inspection, work stops, and the decking may need to come back off to retrofit clips at the affected rafter tails before the inspection can be rescheduled. That delay and added cost is the single biggest reason Fort Lauderdale roof replacement quotes move after work starts. We flag missing clips during our initial inspection and write an allowance into the contract so the retrofit is already priced and approved before the inspector ever walks the roof. Call (945) 303-9821 to schedule a free estimate and we’ll inspect your rafter tails on the first visit.
Written by Greg Holloway, Owner at Tilehurst Roofing, leading roof replacement work across Fort Lauderdale under the Kingswell Guarantee.