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Roof installation in The Acreage typically runs $11,000 – $24,000 for a full replacement on a single-family home, and most jobs take 4 – 9 working days once permits clear. The wildcard here isn’t the shingle or tile you pick. It’s the structural retrofitting Palm Beach County requires on most pre-1994 homes once the old roof comes off. Our Roof Installation team knows exactly what that means for your quote, and we put it in writing before a single nail is driven. Call (743) 200-8347 and you’ll get a real person, a straight answer, and a written price.
Why Mercer Roofing Is The Acreage’s Preferred Roof Installation Company
We’ve walked enough barrel-tile roofs off Orange Boulevard and 60th Street North to know what the oak canopy does to a roof over 20 years. Debris packs the valleys. Moisture sits under the tile. Flashing corrodes out of sight. By the time a homeowner sees a cracked field tile from the street, the decking underneath has often been quietly rotting for a decade. That’s the job we prepare you for before we start, not after the county inspector stops by.
Every Mercer Roofing crew member who comes to your The Acreage home is background-checked, identity-verified, and badged under the Threshold Verified standard. We send the technician’s name and photo before they arrive, and they present a photo ID at the door. No stranger at your door, no guessing. That matters in a community where homes sit far apart off quiet dirt roads, and a knock on the door is a genuine question mark.
We’re part of the Threshold Group family, founded in 2000, and every location is independently owned and operated. Grant Whitlock leads our team. Scheduling and dispatch are coordinated from our Miami (South FL) office, but the crews who serve The Acreage work locally and know the permit office’s expectations for strapping inspections on older homes.
Roof Flashing Installation in The Acreage
Roof flashing installation in The Acreage is the difference between a roof that sheds water for 30 years and one that leaks at the chimney, the valleys, and every pipe boot within the first 18 months. Flashing is the bent metal that bridges the joint where roof meets wall, chimney, or skylight. When it corrodes under the constant moisture holding of a heavily wooded lot, water works its way along the wood sheathing and into the exterior wall long before you see a ceiling stain.
On The Acreage homes where oak and pine branches overhang the roof, we routinely replace flashing that looked intact from the street but had pinholes and creased corners once the valley debris was cleared. A typical roof flashing installation or retrofit here runs $900 – $2,800 depending on how many penetrations and valleys we’re sealing. It’s the cheapest insurance on a new roof, and we write the exact price on your estimate before work begins.
Valley and Penetration Flashing
Valleys collect what the wind drops and the canopy sheds. On a full re-roof we inspect the valley metal first, because that’s where water sits longest on a low pitch. If the existing flashing is less than 26-gauge, we recommend replacing it rather than relying on sealant to bridge the corrosion.
Chimney and Wall Flashing
Older The Acreage homes often have masonry chimneys that were flashed with lead or galvanized steel in the 1980s. That material is at the end of its service life now. We cut the counterflashing into the mortar joint, install proper step flashing against the wall, and water-test it before the shingles or tile go back on.
TPO Roofing Installation in The Acreage
TPO roofing installation is the right call in The Acreage when you have a low-slope section, a flat addition, or a patio roof that can’t take shingles. TPO is a single-ply thermoplastic membrane we heat-weld at the seams, creating a watertight sheet that reflects the sun instead of absorbing it. In western Palm Beach County, where July heat pushes the rooftop surface past 150 degrees, that reflective property alone knocks attic temperatures down by 20 – 30 degrees compared to dark asphalt.
A standalone TPO roofing installation in The Acreage typically runs $6,500 – $14,000 depending on square footage, insulation board whether you’re reusing the existing decking, and edge detailing. The welded seams are the key. We don’t glue them and hope. We heat-weld every overlap and then probe-test the seam before calling it done. That’s a flat roof you can stand on after a downpour and not worry about.
Low-Slope and Flat Sections
Many homes in The Acreage were built with a small flat section over a carport, lanai, or addition. Those roofs fail sooner than the pitched main roof because water ponds after a heavy storm. TPO gives water nowhere to go and no seam to enter if the welds are solid.
Insulation and Underlayment
Before the membrane goes down, we check the condition of the insulation board and the sheathing. If the existing insulation has swelled from trapped moisture or the wood is soft from years of ponding, we replace it and re-slope the surface so water runs toward the drains. That step gets skipped by some crews, and it’s the reason some TPO roofs fail in five years instead of twenty-five.
Trusted Brands We Service in The Acreage
We install and service GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, IKO, Atlas, and Tamko shingles, plus Boral tile systems that we’ve seen hold up for decades on The Acreage rooftops when detailed correctly. We don’t push one brand. We match the material to the home’s pitch, sun exposure, and the owner’s budget, then write the specific product into the estimate. Parts and materials for these brands are stocked at our Florida supply partners, so the project doesn’t stall waiting on a special-order bundle when we uncover decking damage mid-job. If you have a preference for a specific shingle line, we’ll quote it. If you want our recommendation for a heavily shaded lot, we’ll tell you why a certain brand’s granule blend holds up better against algae.
Common Roof Installation Problems We See in The Acreage Homes
- Pre-1994 strapping failure: Once we pull the old tile or shingle off a home built before Hurricane Andrew’s code rewrite, we usually find the rafters connected to the walls with nothing more than toenails. County inspection stops the permit until code-required hurricane clips or straps are installed at every connection. We price this retrofit honestly up front so you’re not blindsided mid-project.
- Canopy debris packed in valleys: The mature oaks and pines that define The Acreage drop needles, leaves, and twigs onto rooftops year-round. They pack into the valley metal and hold moisture there, corroding the flashing and rotting the decking below even when the shingles above still look fine from the street.
- Cracked barrel tile and failed mortar ridges: Homes built with concrete barrel tile in the 1980s and 1990s are now past the 25 – 30 year mark for the tile surface. The field tiles crack from thermal cycling, and the mortar ridges along hips and ridges crack away, letting water run under the tile system and saturate the underlayment.
- Wind-driven rain through aging underlayment: The Acreage sits in a 140+ mph design wind speed zone under the Florida Building Code. When underlayment tapes over or tears from wind pressure, water gets under the tile or shingle and travels horizontally into the attic. A roof can look fine from the curb and be actively leaking into the sheathing.
Pricing for Roof Installation in The Acreage, FL
A standard architectural shingle roof on a 2,000 – 2,800 square foot The Acreage home runs $13,000 – $19,000 for a full tear-off and installation, including new underlayment, drip edge, and pipe boots. A concrete barrel tile re-roof on the same size home starts around $19,000 and can reach $28,000 on larger custom floor plans with multiple hips and valleys. TPO on a flat section adds $6,500 – $14,000 depending on whether the live coating needs replacement or the sheathing needs work. The biggest variable is what we find under the old roof: pre-1994 strapping retrofits, rotted decking in valleys, and corroded flashing all get added to the written price after a roof inspection, not sprung on you after the old roof is in the dumpster. Estimates are free. Call (743) 200-8347 and we’ll come out, walk the roof, and put a line-item price in your hand.
We Also Serve Cities Near The Acreage
Our crews cover The Acreage and the surrounding communities, including Roof Installation in The Acreage as well as Miami, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines. If you’re near the Palm Beach County line and need a straight answer on a roof, call (743) 200-8347 and we’ll tell you whether your job is a match for our schedule this month.
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FAQs About Roof Installation in The Acreage
Because Palm Beach County requires a structural retrofit on most pre-1994 homes here, and that retrofit is not optional. When your roof is stripped, the inspector checks for hurricane clips or straps at every rafter-to-wall connection. Homes built before the post-Hurricane Andrew code changes usually have nothing but toenails holding the rafters, so the project must pause while we install code-required strapping and add a second inspection cycle. Coastal homes on newer construction don’t trigger this. Call (743) 200-8347 for an exact quote on your home, and we’ll tell you before we strip anything whether your roof is a likely retrofit candidate.
It affects the quote in three ways: debris removal, decking repair, and staging. The mature canopy over your roof drops material into the valleys year-round, which traps moisture and often means the decking under the valley metal has to be replaced once we open it up. That’s a predictable cost, but it only shows up after the old roof is off. Second, the same canopy means more hand-clearing of debris before we can work. Third, a heavily treed lot with limited driveway turnaround space means we stage materials carefully and haul debris out with smaller equipment, which takes more trips but keeps your yard from being torn up. The estimate accounts for all three.
Yes. Every re-roof in The Acreage requires a permit through Palm Beach County, and we pull it for you. If the home sits near a shared property line or a private road easement, we’ll also coordinate with your neighbors before we start so the staging and dumpster placement don’t surprise anyone. On a full tear-off with a pre-1994 strapping retrofit, we schedule the mid-job inspection with the county ahead of time so the crew isn’t standing around waiting. You won’t have to call the permit office once.
Yes, TPO works on the right roof sections, and we recommend it whenever you have a low-slope area, a flat addition, or a carport roof that holds water after a storm. TPO is a single-ply membrane welded at the seams, so there’s no place for standing water to enter. It’s not for steep-pitched main roofs, which are better served by shingle or tile. If your home has a mix of pitched and flat sections, we’ll quote both systems in the same estimate so you’re not juggling two companies.
We install GAF, CertainTeed, Owens Corning, IKO, Atlas, and Tamko asphalt shingles, plus Boral concrete tile systems. The brand we recommend depends on your roof’s pitch, how much shade your lot gets, and your budget. The quote you get will name the specific product line and color, not just “architectural shingle.” If you want a second opinion on a brand another company quoted, call (743) 200-8347 and we’ll walk through the differences without the sales pitch.
Written by Grant Whitlock, Owner at Mercer Roofing, serving The Acreage since 2000 as part of the Threshold Group family.
If your roof is showing its age or a recent storm left you wondering, call (743) 200-8347 for a free estimate. You’ll get a real person on the phone, a written price before any work starts, and a technician at your door whose name and photo you already know.