Is Fort Lauderdale in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone?

Yes. Broward County is HVHZ, so every roofing product used on your house must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. A contractor who cannot produce the approval numbers has not planned the job properly.

Do you pull the permit?

Yes. We pull the permit with the authority having jurisdiction over your address and carry the job through inspection. A contractor asking you to pull an owner-builder permit for their work is a serious warning sign.

What kind of roofs do you see most in Fort Lauderdale?

Tile, low-slope, and a growing share of standing seam metal. That shapes the likely failure — a tile roof and a low-slope membrane fail in completely different ways and on different timescales.

How quickly can you come out?

Active leaks are triaged the same day where we can reach you. After a named storm the whole county calls at once and we will give you an honest queue rather than a time we cannot make.

Do you work with HOAs and condo associations?

Regularly. Association work runs on architectural approval and a reserve schedule rather than on a homeowner decision, and the approval usually takes longer than the roof does.

Broward County · High Velocity Hurricane Zone

Roof Repair and Replacement in Fort Lauderdale

Our home city, and a genuine mix: barrel tile on the mainland, flat and low-slope on the mid-century houses near Victoria Park, and metal appearing steadily on the newer waterfront builds. Broward is HVHZ, so every product on your roof needs a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance.

Book a roof inspection Call (954) 807-3208

Photographs and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, you will get that answer.

Florida counties we are licensed to build in

HVHZ

Miami-Dade and Broward product approval, done properly

A general contractor, so the structure below is our problem too

25%

The code rule that decides repair vs. replace

Code

What governs your roof here

Product approval

Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance

Broward County sits inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone. Every component — tile, underlayment, fasteners, membrane — must carry a Miami-Dade NOA. Ask any bidder for the numbers.

What HVHZ actually means →

Typical roofs here

Tile, low-slope, and a growing share of standing seam metal

Roof type decides the failure mode. Tile hides a failing underlayment for years; low-slope tells you immediately by holding water. Neither is worse — they just need looking at differently.

The four systems compared →

Services

What we do in Fort Lauderdale

Roof Leak Repair

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Tile Roof Repair

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Metal Roof Repair

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Shingle Roof Repair

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Flat & Low-Slope Roofing

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Storm & Hurricane Damage

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25%

The rule that decides your job

Florida limits how much of a roof can be repaired before the entire system has to be brought to current code. Which side of that line you fall on changes the job from a few thousand dollars to a full replacement — so it gets established first, in writing, rather than discovered after the tear-off.

How the 25% rule works →

FAQ

Common questions

Is Fort Lauderdale in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone?: Yes. Broward County is HVHZ, so every roofing product used on your house must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. A contractor who cannot produce the approval numbers has not planned the job properly.
Do you pull the permit?: Yes. We pull the permit with the authority having jurisdiction over your address and carry the job through inspection. A contractor asking you to pull an owner-builder permit for their work is a serious warning sign.
What kind of roofs do you see most in Fort Lauderdale?: Tile, low-slope, and a growing share of standing seam metal. That shapes the likely failure — a tile roof and a low-slope membrane fail in completely different ways and on different timescales.
How quickly can you come out?: Active leaks are triaged the same day where we can reach you. After a named storm the whole county calls at once and we will give you an honest queue rather than a time we cannot make.
Do you work with HOAs and condo associations?: Regularly. Association work runs on architectural approval and a reserve schedule rather than on a homeowner decision, and the approval usually takes longer than the roof does.

Nearby

HVHZ

Wilton Manors

Compact lots and a large stock of 1950s and 1960s single-storey houses, which in practice means low-slope and shallow-pitch roofs rather than tile. Those roofs rely on membrane and flashing detail, so the failures here look different from the tile failures a mile east.

HVHZ

Oakland Park

A lot of housing built either side of 1970, now reaching the point where an original underlayment has certainly been replaced once and may be due again. HVHZ rules apply, and Oakland Park permitting is generally straightforward compared with the barrier-island municipalities.

HVHZ

Pompano Beach

Two different roofing markets in one city: older single-family inland, and a wave of oceanfront towers built in the last decade. The beachfront work is almost entirely low-slope with heavy salt exposure, which shortens the life of fasteners and terminations well before the membrane.

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Next step

Book an inspection in Fort Lauderdale.

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.

Book a roof inspection (954) 807-3208