Many Lake Worth Beach homes carry a flat roof somewhere: over a back porch, a carport, a Florida room, a garage apartment, or behind the parapet of a 1920s Mission style house. Decades of additions on small lots made these low slope sections common. APEX Roofing of Delray Beach replaces and installs flat roofs across Lake Worth Beach from our office in Delray Beach, using modified bitumen bonded to the deck, starting at $6.50 to $7.50 per square foot with the tear off, permit, and disposal included.
Our residential flat roof is modified bitumen bonded to the deck. TPO is for large commercial roofs.
We check drains, scuppers, and low spots before we price the job, because standing water shortens a flat roof's life most.
Installed, with the tear off, permit, and disposal included.
Wet decking under a flat roof gets its own line in your estimate, so nothing is added after you sign.
Flat roofs tend to warn you before they fail. Most of these signs mean the roof is near the end of its life, and the last one often means it is not.
On most Lake Worth Beach homes the flat section covers a porch, carport, Florida room, or addition rather than the whole house, so its size drives the total more than anything else.
On shingle, tile, and metal roofs we include all rotted decking. Flat roofs are different: wet decking under them is priced separately and listed in your estimate before you sign, so the final bill matches the agreement.
We price per square foot of roof, and a carport or Florida room costs a fraction of a fully flat roofed home.
A roof that meets a parapet, or a porch roof that joins the main roof, needs that joint rebuilt and flashed so water cannot get behind it.
We test drains, scuppers, and low spots before quoting, and anything needed to keep water moving is listed as its own line.
Air conditioning units and vents on the roof have to be lifted or worked around, then flashed again.
Installed price per square foot of roof
Modified bitumen flat roof
$6.50 to $7.50
Architectural shingle, to compare
$6 to $7
Concrete or clay tile, to compare
$10 to $11
Standing seam metal, to compare
$11 to $12
Included: tear off, permit, and removal of the old roof. Wet decking under a flat roof is priced as its own line in your estimate.
Starting prices, not a quote. Financing can spread the cost into monthly payments. When state funding is open, homes with a homestead exemption built before 2008 may qualify for up to $10,000 in hurricane upgrades through My Safe Florida Home.
Drainage, edges, and the joints with the rest of the house decide how long a flat roof lasts. Near the Lake Worth Lagoon, all three take more wear.
The Florida Building Code calls for positive drainage, meaning the roof should be dry within 48 hours of rain. Areas that hold water longer break down the surface early.
On Mission style parapet homes the flashing must run up the inside of the wall and under the coping, and on additions it must tuck under the main roof. Most flat roof leaks in Lake Worth Beach start at one of those two joints.
In Bryant Park, South Palm Park, and the other blocks near the lagoon, salt air corrodes edge metal, flashing, and scupper linings faster. We note the distance to the water and choose those parts to suit.
The steps follow any roof replacement, with extra attention on drainage and on the joints at walls and the main roof.
We look over the surface, check the deck from below, test drains and scuppers, and review every wall joint and edge.
The roof system, any drainage work, and the price on paper, with wet decking on a separate line.
We file with the City of Lake Worth Beach Building Division, or with Palm Beach County outside city limits. On a home in a historic district, the certificate of appropriateness comes first.
The old roof comes off, wet decking is replaced, and the deck is checked before the new roof goes down.
Modified bitumen is installed, every wall, joint, and drain is flashed, and the final inspection closes the permit.
Real reviews from homeowners across Broward and Palm Beach counties.
We serve homeowners throughout Lake Worth Beach, including Old Lucerne, College Park, Bryant Park, South Palm Park, Parrot Cove, Mango Groves, and Sunset Ridge.
Often, yes. When the leak is in one place, such as the joint with the main roof or a split seam, and the rest of the surface is sound, a repair is the better value. Our free inspection shows which way to go, and our roof repair page explains how it works.
A coating can add years to a membrane that is still sound and dry underneath. It cannot fix wet decking, failed seams, or ponding water, and it traps whatever moisture is already there. An inspection tells you whether the roof is worth coating or due for replacement.
For homes we install modified bitumen bonded to the deck. It handles foot traffic, repairs cleanly, and is the standard residential flat roof. TPO and EPDM belong mostly on commercial buildings with large open roofs.
Modified bitumen usually lasts about 15 to 25 years here. Good drainage, scuppers cleaned after the rainy season, and edge metal chosen for salt air push it toward the longer end.
When both are aging, usually yes. Most leaks begin where the flat roof joins the main roof, and doing both at once means that joint is rebuilt once instead of opened twice. See our shingle roofing page for the main roof.
The roof system, any drainage work, and the price in writing before you decide.
