Roof Replacement
Tear-off, re-nail, seal the deck, then cover it. The three steps in the middle are the ones a cheap quote leaves out.
- Typical home
- $12.5k – $19.8k shingle
- On site
- 2 days, most homes
- Permit
- We pull it
- Workmanship
- 10-year written
A roof replacement in Lee County is four separate jobs stacked on top of each other, and only the last one is visible from the street. Tear off to bare deck. Re-nail every sheet to the current pattern. Bond a self-adhered membrane across the whole thing. Then, finally, put the covering on.
The difference between a $12,000 roof and a $19,000 roof on the same house is almost never the shingle. It is whether the deck was re-nailed, whether the underlayment is peel-and-stick across the field or thirty-pound felt with a strip in the valleys, and whether the flashings and boots are new or the old ones went back on. All three are invisible the day the crew leaves, and all three decide what happens to your ceiling in a named storm.
We photograph the deck and the nailing before it gets covered, and that photo set goes to you with the permit and the product approvals. Not because it is required — because it is the only way you can ever verify the part of your roof you paid the most for and will never see again.
What is in the price
Full tear-off to the deck
No layovers. A second layer hides rot, voids most manufacturer warranties and adds dead load the trusses were not designed for.
Deck re-nail, photographed
8d ring-shank at six inches on centre across every sheet, with soft or delaminated plywood replaced rather than covered.
Self-adhered underlayment, full deck
Peel-and-stick bonded across the entire field, not just valleys and eaves. This is your secondary water barrier.
All new flashing and penetrations
Pipe boots, vents, valley metal, step and counter flashing, drip edge on eaves and rakes. Nothing reused.
Balanced ventilation
Ridge exhaust sized against actual soffit intake for your attic volume, not just a vent added because the last roof had one.
Permit, inspections and mitigation form
Lee County or city permit pulled, dry-in and final inspections met, and a completed wind mitigation report handed over at the end.
How it runs
- 1
Survey and quote
We measure, photograph, get into the attic where there is access, and email an itemised fixed price — usually the same day.
- 2
Permit and product approvals
Filed with the county or city with the Florida Product Approval numbers for the exact assembly we are installing. One to two weeks typically.
- 3
Day one — tear-off and dry-in
Old roof off, deck inspected and re-nailed, membrane down. The house is watertight before the crew leaves that evening, every time.
- 4
Day two — covering and close-out
Covering, flashing and ridge. Then two magnet sweeps, a walk-round with you, and the paperwork pack by email.
Questions on this one
Can you go over the existing roof to save money?
We do not. Florida allows a second layer in limited cases and it is still a bad idea here: you cannot inspect or re-nail the deck through it, you lose the mitigation credit, most manufacturers cut the warranty, and you are adding weight to a structure sized for one roof. The saving is a few thousand dollars against a roof that is worth substantially less at claim time.
What if you find rotten decking?
We price a realistic allowance of sheets into the quote up front and show you the unit rate for anything beyond it. Then we photograph every sheet we replace. What we will not do is quote artificially low and discover a surprise on day one — that is the oldest trick in this trade.
Will my house be exposed overnight?
No. We tear off only what the crew can dry in the same day, and the house is watertight under membrane every evening. In summer that sometimes means a smaller bite per day, and we would rather take three days than gamble on an afternoon storm.
Free inspection
Get it looked at.
Report the same day.
We go on the roof and into the attic, photograph everything, and email you the report — whether or not you ever hire us. No deposit, no doorstep pressure.
Office
Storm line · 24/7
Yard
5641 Division Dr
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Hours
Mon–Fri · 7:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday · 8:00am – 1:00pm
Storm line · 24/7 in season