Flat roofs in Delray Beach are often a front porch, a carport, a Florida room, or an addition tied into a tile or shingle roof, and on older homes in the historic districts, the whole roof behind a parapet wall. For flat roof installation and replacement in Delray Beach, APEX Roofing of Delray Beach uses modified bitumen applied directly to the deck, starting at $6.50 to $7.50 per square foot of roof, and checks the drainage before we quote.
The standard residential flat roof system, applied directly to the deck. TPO is kept for commercial buildings.
Drains, scuppers, and low spots are checked before the quote, since standing water is what ends a flat roof early.
Installed, with the tear off, permit, and disposal included.
On flat roofs, rotted decking is priced separately and listed in your estimate before you sign.
Flat roofs rarely fail all at once. These are the signs that the surface is near the end of its life, and one that usually is not.
In Delray Beach a flat roof is usually a porch, carport, Florida room, or addition rather than the whole house, so the size of the flat section drives the total more than anything else.
On shingle, tile, and metal roofs, APEX includes all rotted decking. Flat roofs are the exception. Wet decking under a flat roof is priced separately and listed in your estimate before you sign, so it never shows up as a surprise at the end.
Prices are per square foot of roof, and a porch or Florida room costs far less than a whole flat roofed house.
A porch or addition roof that ties into tile or shingle needs that joint rebuilt and flashed, and parapet walls on older homes need the roof carried up the wall and capped.
Drains, scuppers, and low spots are checked before we quote, and anything needed to keep water from sitting is listed separately on your estimate.
Air conditioning units and vents on the roof have to be lifted or worked around and flashed again.
Installed price per square foot of roof
Flat, modified bitumen
$6.50 to $7.50
Asphalt shingle, for comparison
$6 to $7
Tile, for comparison
$10 to $11
Standing seam metal, for comparison
$11 to $12
Included: tear off, permit, and disposal. Rotted decking on a flat roof is priced separately in your estimate.
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.
A flat roof is only as good as its drainage, its edges, and the joint where it meets the rest of the house, and near the coast all three take more of a beating.
Florida’s building code calls for positive drainage, meaning the roof should be dry within 48 hours of rain. Low spots that hold water past that wear the surface out early.
Most flat roof leaks in Delray start at the joint between a porch or addition roof and the main roof, where the flashing has to bend up and under the tile or shingle above it.
Close to the beach and the Intracoastal, salt air corrodes metal edges, flashing, and scupper linings faster. We note your distance to the water and choose those parts for it.
The same steps as any roof replacement, with extra time spent on the drainage and the joint with the main roof.
We check the surface, the deck from below, the drains and scuppers, and every wall joint and parapet edge.
The roofing system, any drainage work, and the price in writing, with rotted decking listed separately.
We apply for the permit through the City of Delray Beach eServices portal, or with Palm Beach County outside the city line, before work starts.
The old roof comes off, wet decking is replaced, and the deck is inspected before the new roof goes down.
The modified bitumen is applied, flashing is finished at every wall, joint, and outlet, and the city or county signs off the final inspection.
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We serve homeowners across Delray Beach, including Lake Ida, Tropic Isle, Seagate, Del-Ida Park, the Marina District, Pineapple Grove, and the communities west of I-95.
Often, yes. If the leak is in one spot, such as the joint with the main roof or a split seam, and the rest of the surface is sound, a repair makes more sense than a new roof. The free inspection tells you which. See our roof repair page.
On homes, we use modified bitumen applied directly to the deck. It handles foot traffic and small repairs well and is the standard for residential flat roofs. We keep TPO and EPDM for commercial buildings with large, open flat roofs, covered on our commercial roofing page.
A modified bitumen roof usually lasts about 15 to 25 years here. Good drainage, clear scuppers after storm season, and metal parts suited to salt air are what push it toward the longer end.
Yes. The new roof goes on inside the parapets and is carried up the walls, so the outside of the home looks the same. If your home is in one of Delray’s historic districts, check with the city before any exterior change such as new parapet caps or tile trim.
If water is coming in, call us to tarp it, then we inspect for free and document the damage with photos and an itemized estimate. Our storm damage roof repair page covers the steps.
The roofing system, any drainage work, and the price in writing before you decide.
