Roof replacement in North Miami, Florida
When repairs stop keeping up, the old roof comes off and a new system goes on. In Miami-Dade that means approved products, calculated attachment and a permit, so the first conversation covers all three.
- Tile, shingle, metal and flat
- Miami-Dade product approvals
- Permit paperwork explained
A new roof in Miami-Dade is a system, not a shingle
In the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone the roofing system on the permit has to be backed by a current Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, the county's product approval. The application also asks for the approval pages of the other components.
The county's application then lists what travels with it: design calculations, the municipal permit application and, for a re-roof, an owner's notification of roofing considerations.
That paperwork is why a replacement starts with a look at the roof type, the deck and the way it is attached, and not with a color.
- A roof that leaks in more than one place
- Tiles or shingles that are brittle, cracked or shedding
- A roof that has been patched several times
- Damage found after a storm
What you get with Roof replacement
Built to the zone's rules
The system is chosen from approved assemblies and checked against the wind design for the address.
Paperwork that is explained
You see what goes into the permit packet and why, before the work begins.
One roof, one system
The deck, underlayment, covering and edge metal are planned together so they work as one.
Roof types we replace
Which one suits a building depends on its slope, its structure and its neighborhood.
- Tile, concrete or clay
- Asphalt shingle
- Metal panels
- Low-slope and flat roofs
Questions worth asking any Miami-Dade roofer
These are good questions for us and for anyone else you talk to.
- Which Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance covers the system?
- Who pulls the permit, and whose name is on it?
- What happens to the old roof and the deck under it?
- Who inspects, and when?
Roof replacement questions
Does a re-roof in Miami-Dade need a permit?
The county publishes a roofing permit application for the hurricane zone that covers new roofs, repairs, maintenance, re-roofs and recovers, with the product approvals attached. Your city's building department issues the permit.
What is a Notice of Acceptance?
It is Miami-Dade County's product approval for a roofing product or system, often shortened to NOA. The roofing permit application asks for its pages and its limits, so you can see what the system was tested for.
What decides the type of roof I can have?
The slope, the deck under it, the wind design for the address, the products approved for that assembly and, in some neighborhoods, the rules of an association or a historic district. An inspection sorts out which of those apply to you.
Other roofing services
Roof inspection
A look at the whole roof, top and attic side, so you know whether the next step is a repair, a replacement or nothing.
Roof installation
A roof for a new building, an addition or a change of material, planned from the drawings.
Roof repair
Leaks, slipped or cracked tiles, lifted shingles and worn flashing, traced to the opening and repaired there.
The photographs are illustrative AI images, not photos of our work.
Planning a new roof?
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