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If you own a home in Hollywood, FL, you already know the roof is not a set-it-and-forget-it part of the house. Salt air, hurricane season, and decades-old flat roofs all work against you here. Mercer Roofing handles roof repair, roof replacement, and full re-roofs across Hollywood, from the beachside condos on A1A to the CBS ranch homes west of 95. When you call (743) 200-8347, a live person answers – day or night – and we’ll send a background-checked, photo-badged technician whose name and photo you receive before they ever knock on your door.
Why Mercer Roofing Is Hollywood’s Preferred Roofing Company
We’ve spent years working on Hollywood’s particular housing stock, and it’s not like roofing anywhere else in Florida. The Hollywood market is dominated by concrete block and stucco homes built between the 1950s and 1970s, most with flat or low-slope roofs, many still carrying the original tar-and-gravel built-up roofing they were born with. That’s a very different job from the shingle-over-plywood homes you see in newer cities.
Grant Whitlock, who leads our Hollywood crews, has walked more of these roofs than he can count. He knows what a 1968 CBS ranch off Hollywood Beach Boulevard is hiding before we even set up a ladder. Our technicians all work under the Threshold Verified standard: background-checked, identity-verified, badge in at the door, and every repair carries a written 365-day guarantee. If the repair fails within a year, we come back free and fix it. That’s the Done Right Promise, and it’s not a slogan – it’s on paper, every job.
Metal Roof Installation in Hollywood
Metal Roof Installation in Hollywood is a growing choice for homeowners who are done replacing a flat roof every decade. Standing seam metal and metal shingle systems hold up against salt spray far better than conventional shingles, especially for homes east of Federal Highway where the ocean air eats through standard flashing in just a few years. A full metal roof installation on a typical Hollywood home runs $18,000 to $38,000 depending on square footage, existing deck condition, and whether tear-off of old layers is required. It’s a bigger upfront number than a recover, but it’s also the last roof many homeowners in this city ever buy.
HVHZ-Compliant Metal Systems
In Hollywood, every metal roof we install must meet Miami-Dade NOA or HVHZ-approved standards. That means specific panel profiles, enhanced fastener spacing, and secondary water barriers under the metal. We stock and install systems that already carry those approvals, so the permit process moves without surprises.
When Metal Outperforms Shingles in Salt Air
Within a mile of A1A, we see galvanized pipe boots and ridge caps corrode in as little as six years. Metal roofing eliminates most of those failure points because the panels themselves are the water barrier, and the fasteners sit under the panel seams, not exposed on top. For a beachside condo or a home on the Hollywood Lakes side of town, that’s a meaningful difference in long-term maintenance cost.
Residential Roofing in Hollywood
Residential Roofing in Hollywood is not a one-size-fits-all operation. The east side of town is dominated by flat-roof CBS homes and older condominium buildings, while neighborhoods west of 441 have more pitched shingle roofs. A full residential re-roof in Hollywood typically runs $9,500 to $22,000 for an average single-family home, with the final number driven by whether we’re doing a recover or a full tear-off, the roof’s slope, and the condition of the decking underneath.
Flat Roof Tear-Off vs. Recover
The biggest cost variable in Hollywood is whether your flat roof can be recovered or must be torn off. If multiple built-up roofing layers are sitting over saturated insulation, code requires a full tear-off before any new membrane goes down. We inspect first, then write the allowance into your contract so you’re not blindsided mid-project.
Shingle Re-Roofs on CBS Homes
Many Hollywood CBS homes have low-slope or near-flat sections that can’t take standard architectural shingles. We evaluate each section independently. Where the slope allows, we install GAF or Atlas shingles with HVHZ fastening schedules. Where it doesn’t, we recommend a properly detailed flat membrane system. You get a straight answer, in writing, before any work starts.
Trusted Brands We Service in Hollywood
We install and repair roofs using manufacturer-recognized systems from GAF, Atlas, and Boral, among others. Because we’re working in Hollywood regularly, we keep common HVHZ-approved fasteners, underlayments, and flashing stock on hand, which means less waiting on parts for local homeowners. If you have an existing GAF system that’s under a manufacturer defect issue, or an Atlas shingle roof that needs matching repairs after a storm, we can service it and document everything for warranty purposes.
Common Roofing Company Problems We See in Hollywood Homes
- Stacked BUR layers over saturated insulation: Hollywood’s older east-side condos and ranch homes often have two or three built-up roofing layers sitting over wood-fiber or ISO insulation that’s been wet for years. You can’t recover over that – HVHZ code requires tear-off, which changes the job scope and the price.
- Salt-air corrosion of flashing and fasteners: Within a mile of A1A, we routinely replace pipe boots, ridge caps, and metal flashings that have corroded well before their expected lifespan. Standard galvanized parts simply don’t hold up to Hollywood’s direct ocean frontage.
- Wind-uplift failures after named storms: Roofs that were originally fastened to code in the 1960s or 1970s don’t meet current HVHZ wind-uplift standards. We see peeled-back membrane and lifted shingles after every major storm, almost always on roofs that weren’t re-fastened to current specs.
- Permit-triggered code upgrades when the deck is open: Once a flat roof is torn off in Hollywood, the building inspector will require that any exposed electrical, framing, or waterproofing issues be brought to current code. If your contract doesn’t include an allowance for that, the price changes mid-job. Ours does.
Pricing for Roofing Company in Hollywood, CA
Here’s what Hollywood homeowners should expect, in real dollars. A standard shingle re-roof on a pitched Hollywood home runs $9,500 to $16,000. A flat-roof tear-off and replacement on a CBS ranch runs $14,000 to $26,000 depending on insulation condition and deck repairs. A full metal roof installation runs $18,000 to $38,000. Repairs like a leak around a pipe boot or a small flashing failure run $350 to $900. The biggest swing factor in Hollywood is whether your flat roof has saturated insulation underneath the old layers – that’s the difference between a recover and a tear-off, and it’s why we inspect everything before quoting. Call (743) 200-8347 for a free estimate with a written price before any work starts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Hollywood
Mercer Roofing serves Hollywood and the surrounding South Florida communities. If you’re in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, or San Francisco, our crews handle roofing work there too, with the same Threshold Verified standard on every job. Call (743) 200-8347 and a live person will get you scheduled.
Serving Hollywood, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
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FAQs About Roofing Company in Hollywood
The quote changes because Hollywood’s building code forces changes once the old roof is exposed. In this city, most flat roofs on pre-1992 CBS homes have multiple stacked BUR layers, and if the insulation underneath is saturated, HVHZ code requires a full tear-off before any new membrane can be installed. A roofer who quotes a recover without inspecting the insulation is guessing. We inspect before we quote, and if tear-off is even a possibility, we write an allowance into your contract with a specific price per square foot. That way, when the roof is opened and the inspector requires tear-off, you already know what it costs and you’ve already approved it in writing. No mid-project surprise. Call (743) 200-8347 if you’re looking at a quote that keeps moving.
Hollywood sits entirely inside Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, a designation covering only Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, and it changes everything about how a roof must be built here. Every re-roof in Hollywood must use Miami-Dade NOA or HVHZ-approved materials with enhanced fastening schedules and secondary water barriers. That requirement does not apply to jobs 15 miles north in Palm Beach County cities like Deerfield Beach or Boca Raton. A roofer who does most of their volume in Palm Beach may never have filed an HVHZ permit in their life. We file them in Hollywood constantly, and we know what the inspectors here look for.
Yes. Hollywood’s direct Atlantic Ocean frontage drives persistent salt-air exposure that accelerates corrosion of metal flashings, ridge caps, pipe boots, and fasteners, particularly within a mile of A1A. We’ve replaced galvanized pipe boots on Hollywood Beach Boulevard homes that were less than eight years old and already rusted through. If you live east of Federal Highway, standard metal components are a false economy. We spec corrosion-resistant fasteners and approved flashings on every coastal job, and we check the existing ones during every inspection. Call (743) 200-8347 to schedule a roof inspection if you’re within a mile of the ocean and haven’t had one in two years or more.
We handle them by putting an allowance in your contract before we ever cut into the roof. When a flat roof is torn off in Hollywood, the building inspector will examine what’s exposed – and if there’s outdated wiring, undersized framing, or failed waterproofing visible, code requires it be brought up to current standard before we can close the deck back up. That’s not a scam, it’s the law, and it happens on older Hollywood homes constantly. Our approach is to inspect the accessible areas first, write a specific allowance for code-triggered upgrades into your contract, and get written approval from you before any change order is executed. On an original 1968 CBS ranch off Hollywood Beach Boulevard, our crew opened the flat roof to find three stacked BUR layers sitting over saturated wood-fiber insulation, which triggered a mandatory full tear-off under HVHZ code before any new membrane could go down. We installed a GAF HVHZ-approved system with a secondary water barrier, new flashing, and code-correct fastening, and priced and got written approval for the extra tear-off square before we touched the deck. That’s how it should work on your home too.
Yes, but only where the roof slope allows it. Architectural shingles require a minimum slope, and many Hollywood CBS homes have sections that are too low-pitch for shingles to perform. On those sections, we install a properly detailed flat membrane system with HVHZ fastening. On sections with enough slope, we install architectural shingles from GAF or Atlas using HVHZ-approved fastening schedules. Metal roofing is also a strong option on CBS homes, especially east of Federal Highway where salt air makes other materials fail early. We’ll evaluate each section of your roof independently and tell you exactly what works where, in writing, before you commit. Call (743) 200-8347 for a free estimate.
Written by Grant Whitlock, Owner at Mercer Roofing, serving Hollywood since 2000.