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A full roof installation in Lauderdale Lakes typically runs $8,500 to $18,000 for most single-family CBS homes, with flat and low-slope systems landing at the higher end because of the tear-off and drain work involved. We schedule free estimates across Lauderdale Lakes within a few business days, and our crews know the 1960s and 1970s housing stock here better than any out-of-town contractor. Call (743) 200-8347 and you’ll get a live person, a written price, and a clear written explanation of what your roof actually needs before any work starts.
Why Mercer Roofing Is Lauderdale Lakes’s Preferred Roof Installation Company
Most of the homes we work on in Lauderdale Lakes were built in the same two-decade window, which means when a homeowner calls us, we already know what we’re going to find before we climb the ladder. Flat CBS roofs from the 1960s and 1970s with decades of patchwork on top. Interior drains that stopped working years ago. Original built-up roofing that insurance companies have started flagging. That familiarity means our quotes for Lauderdale Lakes homes are more accurate than a generalist’s guess.
Our Roof Installation team works throughout Lauderdale Lakes, and our local reputation is built on something simple: every technician is background-checked, identity-verified, and arrives in a clean, marked uniform with a photo ID badge. Before anyone shows up at your door, you get their name and photo sent to you. We’re part of the Threshold Group family, founded in 2000, and every one of our independently owned locations operates under the Threshold Verified standard. That’s not a slogan. It’s a contractual requirement, and it’s the reason homeowners who worry about opening the door to a stranger call us first.
Roof Flashing Installation in Lauderdale Lakes
Roof Flashing Installation in Lauderdale Lakes is the part of a flat-roof job that separates a roof that lasts twenty years from one that leaks in three. Flashing is the metal material that seals the seams where your roof meets a wall, a curb, a vent, or a drain, and on the older CBS homes here, the original flashing has typically corroded, lifted, or been buried under years of modified bitumen patches. A new roof installed over failed flashing is a guaranteed leak, which is why our quotes always account for replacing it, not reusing it.
For a typical Lauderdale Lakes flat-roof installation, flashing replacement adds $1,200 to $2,800 depending on how many curbs, parapet walls, and penetrations your roof has. If you have a roof-mounted AC unit or a large vent stack, expect the higher end. If you’re seeing water stains on the ceiling after heavy rain, the flashing is often the first place we look, and repair-only flashing work usually runs $450 to $900 per penetration.
How We Handle Deteriorated Flashing on CBS Homes
On concrete block homes, flashing isn’t nailed into wood framing the way it is on a stick-built house. It’s typically set into the masonry or fastened with concrete anchors, which means removal during a tear-off takes longer and costs more. We price that work honestly up front, not as a surprise add-on after the old roof comes off.
Written Allowances for Hidden Flashing Damage
Here’s what we do differently: when a Lauderdale Lakes roof opens up and the flashing is worse than the estimate assumed, we don’t hand you a change order and a shrug. Every Mercer quote includes written allowances for exactly this scenario. If the damage exceeds the allowance, you see the number in writing and approve it before we touch it. No one gets paid to make surprises.
TPO Roofing Installation in Lauderdale Lakes
TPO Roofing Installation in Lauderdale Lakes has become the most common replacement choice for the city’s flat and low-slope CBS roofs, and for good reason. TPO is a white, heat-reflective single-ply membrane that holds up to South Florida’s wet season and reduces cooling loads compared to the dark built-up roofs most of these homes were originally built with. Installed correctly under Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone standards, a TPO system on a Lauderdale Lakes home typically runs $9,500 to $16,000 depending on square footage, insulation thickness, and drain rework.
Most Lauderdale Lakes TPO installations include a full tear-off of the old built-up roofing and any modified bitumen patch layers, because gluing new membrane over a failing, waterlogged substrate is how you guarantee a short-lived roof. We install TPO from manufacturers including GAF and Boral, both of which have HVHZ-approved assemblies that meet Florida’s wind-uplift requirements.
Why TPO Works on Lauderdale Lakes’s Single-Era Housing Stock
Nearly every home in Lauderdale Lakes was built with a flat or very low-slope roof, and the original built-up roofing is now 45 to 60 years old. Most of it has been patched over with multiple layers of modified bitumen, which traps moisture and hides decking rot. TPO gives us a clean, single-layer system with heat-welded seams that doesn’t accumulate the same patch-on-patch mess.
What a TPO Quote Includes Before We Start
Our written price covers tear-off, substrate inspection, any insulation replacement we can see from the decking, drain reconnection, new flashing, and the TPO membrane itself. What it doesn’t include, we list as a written allowance. That’s the only honest way to price a roof you can’t fully see until it’s opened up.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lauderdale Lakes
We install and repair manufacturer-recognized shingle and membrane brands including GAF, Atlas, and Boral, and we stock local parts for Lauderdale Lakes customers so we’re not waiting on a distributor in Fort Lauderdale when your job is ready to close up. Every material we put on a Lauderdale Lakes roof has to meet Florida Building Code’s HVHZ product approval standards, and we won’t quote you a system that doesn’t pass. The brands we carry have approved assemblies for wind uplift, and we fasten them to the spec your permit requires, not to whatever is cheapest. When your roof is under warranty and something fails, the last thing you want is a contractor who can’t get the materials. We keep what our Lauderdale Lakes jobs need.
Common Roof Installation Problems We See in Lauderdale Lakes Homes
- Interior drains buried under decades of patches. The single most common issue on Lauderdale Lakes flat roofs. We regularly find original 1960s and 1970s drain assemblies completely sealed under multiple modified bitumen layers, which means water has nowhere to go. The ponding that results eats the decking and the roof reads as failed, but the actual repair is a drain rebuild, not a membrane re-cover.
- Insurance carriers demanding replacement or cancelling coverage. More and more Lauderdale Lakes homeowners call us because their insurer sent a non-renewal letter flagging the roof’s age. We can’t reverse an underwriting decision, but we can give you the documentation and the installation your policy requires, and we’ll photograph the work as it goes.
- Re-cover quotes that skip HVHZ requirements. Some contractors will offer to glue a new layer over an old flat roof in Lauderdale Lakes without touching the fastening or the product approval. That install will fail a Broward County inspection. We’ve seen it happen. If a quote seems too low for a flat-roof replacement, ask whether the system is HVHZ-approved and whether the fastening meets wind-uplift spec.
- Decking rot hidden under the old roof membrane. On this city’s aging housing stock, when the membrane fails, water sits against the plywood or concrete deck for years before anyone notices. By the time we tear off, the decking often needs section replacement. Our quotes include written allowances for this because it’s not an if on a Lauderdale Lakes flat roof, it’s a when.
Pricing for Roof Installation in Lauderdale Lakes, FL
A full tear-off and replacement on a typical Lauderdale Lakes single-family flat roof runs $9,500 to $18,000. Smaller homes with simple rectangular footprints and a single drain can land near $8,500. Larger homes, multiple drains, parapet wall flashing complexity, or a roof that’s been re-covered multiple times push past $16,000. The three biggest cost drivers here are drain assembly rebuilding, decking replacement hidden under old layers, and HVHZ-compliant fastening, which requires more fasteners and more labor than a non-HVHZ install. We give you a written price before any work starts, with allowances built in for hidden conditions. Call (743) 200-8347 for a free, no-obligation estimate, and you’ll know exactly what the number is before you decide.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lauderdale Lakes
Our crews work throughout the surrounding Broward and Miami-Dade area, serving homeowners in Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines. If you’re just outside Lauderdale Lakes, call us and we’ll tell you whether we cover your street. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from our South Florida office, and crews serve Lauderdale Lakes locally.
Serving Lauderdale Lakes, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lauderdale Lakes area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Roof Installation in Lauderdale Lakes
Because the problem is almost never the membrane. On Lauderdale Lakes homes built in the 1960s and 1970s, interior roof drains are routinely buried under successive modified bitumen patch layers, so water has nowhere to drain. Patching the membrane just puts another layer over a drain that’s already sealed shut. The fix is a drain assembly rebuild, not another patch, and that’s what we look for first on every flat roof in Lauderdale Lakes. Call (743) 200-8347 and we’ll tell you what’s actually happening on your roof.
Yes, every roofing installation in Lauderdale Lakes, which sits in Broward County, must comply with Florida Building Code’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone product approval and wind-uplift standards. That limits which materials and fastening systems are legal on any reroof. If a contractor quotes you a flat-roof system without HVHZ-approved assemblies, the install will likely fail inspection. We only quote systems that meet the spec.
Many Lauderdale Lakes homeowners face non-renewal or cancellation notices because their carrier flags roofs older than 15 to 25 years. Given that most homes here were built in the 1960s and 1970s, that means a significant portion of the city’s housing stock is now in a forced-replacement window. We can’t negotiate with your underwriter, but we can give you a clean installation with documentation your insurer will accept. Call (743) 200-8347 to schedule a free estimate.
In Lauderdale Lakes, re-covering over old built-up roofing usually isn’t code-compliant and doesn’t solve the underlying drain and decking problems. Broward County’s HVHZ standards make full tear-offs the rule for flat roofs of this age, not the exception. If your roof is under any kind of insurance pressure, a re-cover is almost certainly off the table. We’ll walk you through what’s actually allowed on your specific roof.
We inspect what’s visible from the decking, the roof surface, and the drain locations, then build the quote around what we can measure. For what we can’t see, we write specific allowances into the contract, with dollar amounts attached, for decking rot, drain rebuilds, and hidden flashing damage. A Lauderdale Lakes flat roof is going to open up with surprises. Our job is to make sure none of them happen without your written approval of the number first.
Written by Grant Whitlock, Owner at Mercer Roofing, serving Lauderdale Lakes with roof installation and repair since 2000.