A painted standing seam metal roof handles Fort Lauderdale wind, sun, and salt air for decades. APEX Roofing of Delray Beach installs Miami-Dade approved standing seam panels starting at $11 to $12 per square foot of roof, with the tear off, permit, and every sheet of rotted decking included in the price.
Painted standing seam outlasts shingle by decades, so many owners never replace the roof again.
Panels carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, the approval Broward's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requires.
A light or reflective color sends more sun back off the roof, so less heat reaches the attic.
Installed, with the tear off, underlayment, permit, disposal, and all rotted decking included.
Metal costs more up front than shingle or tile, so it pays off for some homes and not others. Here is how to tell.
These are the ranges we charge for a new metal roof in Fort Lauderdale, and the four things that move a price within them.
Many roofers include only a few sheets of plywood and bill every sheet after that. On a metal roof, APEX replaces every sheet of compromised decking at no extra cost, so the price you sign is the price you pay for the deck.
Prices are per square foot of roof, which is larger than the floor plan once overhangs, the garage, and the slope are counted.
Every hip, valley, and wall needs trim cut and folded on site, so a cut up roof costs more than a simple gable.
Each skylight, vent, and pipe needs its own flashing worked into the panels.
Broward’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone requires approved panels installed exactly as their approval specifies, so Fort Lauderdale homes usually land toward the upper end of the range.
Installed price per square foot of roof
Standing seam metal, painted
$11 to $12
Tile, for comparison
$10 to $11
Asphalt shingle, for comparison
$6 to $7
A typical Fort Lauderdale home has about 2,500 to 3,000 sq ft of roof, which puts a standing seam metal roof around $27,500 to $36,000.
Starting ranges, not a quote. Financing can turn the price into a monthly payment, and homes built before 2008 may qualify for up to $10,000 toward hurricane upgrades through the state’s My Safe Florida Home program when funding is open.
Much of Fort Lauderdale sits on canals, the Intracoastal, or the beach, and salt air is the one thing a metal roof has to be chosen for.
The most common standing seam metal. It is strong, costs less than aluminum, and holds up well inland when the paint and coating are right for the area.
Aluminum does not rust the way steel can, which is why it is the usual pick for homes right on the water. It costs more than steel for the same roof.
Many panel and paint warranties shrink or end within a set distance of salt water, often around 1,500 feet, and the distance varies by maker. Ask which metal your quote uses and what its warranty says about your address.
The same steps as any roof replacement in Fort Lauderdale, with the panels measured and trimmed to your roof.
We measure the roof, check the deck from the attic, and note every skylight, vent, and wall the panels have to meet.
The quote names the panel, its Miami-Dade approval number, the color, and the price.
We pull the permit through the City of Fort Lauderdale’s LauderBuild portal before any work starts.
The old roof comes off, every sheet of rotted decking is replaced, and the deck is inspected before the underlayment goes down.
Panels and trim go on, the City signs off the final inspection, and you get photos of the finished roof.
Real reviews from homeowners across Broward and Palm Beach counties.
We install metal roofs across Fort Lauderdale, including Bal Harbour, Bermuda Riviera, Coral Ridge, Coral Ridge Isles, Imperial Point, Galt Mile, and Palm Aire Village.
Not on a house. The panels sit on a solid wood deck with underlayment and an attic below, which soaks up most of the sound, so rain on a metal roof sounds much like rain on shingle.
No. Lightning strikes the tallest point in an area, not the metal. If a strike does hit, a metal roof will not catch fire the way wood shingles can.
Your insurer sets the discounts, but a new roof often helps. When a Fort Lauderdale roof is replaced, the building code requires the deck attachment and a secondary water barrier to meet current standards, and a wind mitigation report can credit those features. Our guide to the wind mitigation inspection in Florida explains how the report works.
Yes, and it is one of the easiest roofs for solar. Panels attach with clamps that grip the raised seams, so the roof does not need holes drilled through it for the mounts. See our solar installation page.
We take the old roof off first. That lets us replace every sheet of rotted decking and gives the City inspector a clean deck to check before the new underlayment and panels go on. You can see a finished tear off on our projects page.
The panel, its approval number, the color, and the price in writing, with every sheet of rotted decking included.
