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The Material Question That Decides Everything in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale’s salt air eats standard roofing hardware. We see zinc-plated roof-to-wall flashings pit through within 3 to 5 years on canal-front homes, even when the shingle or tile above them still looks fine. The same inland-spec system that lasts 20 years in Plantation fails in a decade along Las Olas Boulevard because the fasteners corrode before the roofing material does. That’s the whole conversation in one sentence: you’re not buying shingles, tile, or metal here. You’re buying the spec, and the spec has to match the salt, the UV, and Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone code. Call us at (904) 893-3309 and we’ll walk you through exactly what that means for your roof.
Winslow Windows & Doors handles Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing for homeowners across Fort Lauderdale who want a roof that actually holds up here. Not a roof that looks right for five years and then starts failing at the fasteners.
Fast, Reliable Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Across Fort Lauderdale
We work in Fort Lauderdale every week. Rio Vista, Tarpon River, Coral Ridge, Edgewood, Harbor Beach, the condo corridor along A1A. Our crews know the housing stock: 1950s through 1980s concrete block construction, flat and low-slope roofs near the beach, barrel tile on Mediterranean-style homes in the Las Olas Isles, and standing-seam metal on newer builds where HOAs demand a specific profile. For Fort Lauderdale homeowners, that local familiarity matters more than any brochure ever could. If your roof has a problem, you want someone who already knows what 40 years of salt air does to a roof-to-wall transition. Call (904) 893-3309 for a free estimate, and a real person answers. Always. It’s Ed’s name on the business, and Ed doesn’t hide behind a voicemail tree.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Fort Lauderdale’s Preferred Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Company
We’re not a faceless chain. Ed Winslow owns this company, founded it in 2011, and has built it around a promise that’s on paper and backed by his name: the 36500-Day Done Right Promise. If we don’t get it right, we fix it. That’s a one-hundred-year standard of accountability, and no national installer will put anything close to that in writing. In Fort Lauderdale, homeowners have dealt with enough no-show crews and vague estimates to know the difference between a contractor who disappears after the check clears and one who lives with the work.
Every technician who arrives at your Fort Lauderdale home is background-checked and in uniform. You’ll know who’s at your door before the truck even pulls up. And when you call at 2 a.m. with a roof leak after a summer squall, a live person picks up. Not a call center. Not a callback. A person. That’s how we’ve handled Fort Lauderdale calls since day one.
Our Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Services in Fort Lauderdale
Asphalt Shingle Roofing in Fort Lauderdale
Shingle roofs are still the most common roof we see across Fort Lauderdale’s ranch homes in Coral Ridge and Edgewood. The catch: standard shingle systems are only as good as their fasteners, and Fort Lauderdale’s salt air fails zinc-plated hardware in the single-digit years. We specify stainless and hot-dip galvanized fasteners on every roof-to-wall flashing and every drip edge, and we install shingles rated for our wind zone. The shingle itself may look the same as an inland spec. The system underneath is not.

Concrete and Clay Tile Roofing in Fort Lauderdale
Barrel tile defines the look of Fort Lauderdale’s pricier streets: Las Olas Isles, Rio Vista, Harbor Beach. Tile roofs can last 50 years here if the underlayment and attachment system are correct. Many are not. We regularly find tile roofs where the original installer used standard galvanized nails on the battens, and salt intrusion from the canals has left those nails rusted to dust. We pull the old tile, replace the underlayment, re-set with stainless clips, and put the tile back where it belongs.

Standing-Seam Metal Roofing in Fort Lauderdale
Metal roofing handles Fort Lauderdale’s worst weather better than anything else we install. It sheds water fast, it holds up in hurricane-force wind when the panel profile and clip system are right, and it doesn’t care much about UV. The critical piece is the panel gauge and the coating. Salt air will eat unprotected aluminum over time, so we specify marine-grade finishes and stainless fasteners throughout. For canal-front properties on the 165-plus miles of navigable waterways, this is the roof that finally stops rusting.

Flat and Low-Slope Roofing in Fort Lauderdale
Mid-century Fort Lauderdale homes built between the 1950s and 1970s often have flat or very low-slope sections, particularly in neighborhoods like Tarpon River and Victoria Park. These need a membrane system, not a shingle. We install modified bitumen and TPO systems with heat-welded seams, and we always check the roof-to-wall transition where salt air and standing water do their worst damage. If your Fort Lauderdale flat roof leaks every August, the problem is usually the detail work, not the membrane itself.

What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Fort Lauderdale
We’re an authorized installer for specific manufacturers, and we stock the components Fort Lauderdale jobs actually need. That means PGT impact-rated systems, CGI, ViewLux, and CWS among our lineup. No shell game of whatever the supplier has in the warehouse. If your Fort Lauderdale roof or window package calls for a particular brand, we install that brand, with the right fasteners and the right flashing for a salt-air environment. Turnaround is faster because we’re not waiting on a distributor three counties away to figure out what we ordered.
Common Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Problems We See in Fort Lauderdale Homes
- Rusted roof-to-wall flashings. The zinc-plated hardware that works in Weston fails within 3 to 5 years within a mile of the Intracoastal or the canals. The shingles look fine; the flashing crumbles when you touch it. We replace with stainless and hot-dip galvanized, and that’s not an upsell. It’s the only thing that survives here.
- Underlayment failure under tile. Fort Lauderdale’s daily thermal cycling plus the UV load cracks and dries out old organic felt underlayment. Tile roofs that look perfect on top leak through the underlayment. We see this in Rio Vista and Coral Ridge constantly.
- Corrosion at metal roof panel clips. The panel never fails first. The clip does. Salt air gets under the clip and eats the fastener. Then a summer microburst peels the panel right off the deck. Proper marine-grade stainless clips prevent it.
- Flat roof ponding water. Low-slope Fort Lauderdale roofs from the 1960s and 1970s often don’t drain well, especially after years of settling. Standing water under our sun destroys older membranes fast. We correct the slope when we rebuild, and we never lay a new membrane over a bad deck.
Pricing for Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A shingle roof on a typical 1,800-square-foot Fort Lauderdale ranch runs $9,000 to $16,000, depending on tear-off, decking repairs, and the fastener spec. Tile roofing generally starts around $18,000 and can reach $35,000 or more on a larger canal-front home in Rio Vista or Harbor Beach, especially if we’re replacing underlayment and re-setting original tile. Standing-seam metal on a modest Fort Lauderdale house typically lands between $18,000 and $30,000, with marine-grade coatings and stainless clips included. Flat or low-slope systems run $6,000 to $14,000 depending on the membrane and the detail work. No change orders, no vague allowances. We give you a written line-item quote before we start, and that’s the price. Call (904) 893-3309 for a free in-home estimate.
What Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Costs in Fort Lauderdale
The cost of a roof here is set by four things: the size and pitch of the roof, the number of penetrations and flashings, the material spec you choose, and how close you are to salt water. The salt-air premium is real and it’s the one item we’ll never let you cut. A standard inland-spec fastener package might save $400 to $800 on the front end. It will cost you $4,000 to $8,000 in rust-related repairs within a decade. That math works the same in every canal-front neighborhood from Tarpon River to Harbor Beach.
We offer free in-home measures and written quotes, fixed pricing, and full permit handling. Every Fort Lauderdale roof we install gets pulled with the correct Broward County permits and passes inspection. The price we quote is the price you pay. Call (904) 893-3309 and we’ll come out and take a look.
Florida Pays You Back
Fort Lauderdale homeowners can stack several incentives on a new roof or impact-rated window package. My Safe Florida Home offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, which can include roof-to-wall connections and impact-rated openings. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection (which runs about $75 to $150), most Fort Lauderdale homeowners see a meaningful cut in the windstorm portion of their insurance premium, often around 25% depending on the carrier. Programs and carriers set the final numbers, so we won’t quote a check you might not get. We will tell you what’s eligible and hand you the documentation for each incentive.
One comparison we get all the time: impact-rated roofing and windows versus hanging hurricane shutters. Shutters only work if someone is home to hang them, and they do nothing for the salt-air corrosion already working on your roof or windows. A permanent impact-rated system protects the house around the clock and pays back through lower insurance costs. We don’t install shutters. We build the protection into the house itself.
The Code Reality in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale sits entirely within Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. Every replacement window and door must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, a standard so strict it disqualifies products sold legally one county north in Palm Beach. That’s the only U.S. municipality with this exact blanket requirement, and it changes what you can actually buy and install here. The cheap impact window from a big-box store often doesn’t carry an NOA. It’s legal in Boca. It’s not legal in Fort Lauderdale. Our Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Fort Lauderdale work sits inside the same code envelope: materials, fasteners, and attachment systems all have to pass HVHZ review. We only install what passes. That’s not us being difficult. That’s the law, and your insurance company will check.
We Also Serve Cities Near Fort Lauderdale
Our crews cover Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward communities, including Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, Margate, and Deerfield Beach. If you’re just over the city line and wondering if we’ll come out, the answer is yes. Same crews, same pricing, same 36500-Day Done Right Promise.
Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Fort Lauderdale 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 - Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Fort Lauderdale
Because Broward County’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone applies to the entire county, not just waterfront lots. Fort Lauderdale sits fully inside that zone, so every replacement window and door has to carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance. No exceptions for inland neighborhoods like Coral Ridge or Edgewood. If a product lacks an NOA, it’s not legal to install here, period. We specify PGT, CGI, ViewLux, and CWS products that carry the proper NOAs for Fort Lauderdale’s wind zone.
You need impact-rated units with a Miami-Dade NOA, and you need them anchored into the concrete block with stainless fasteners, not wood bucks. The original jalousies were set into wood bucks, and those bucks are often rotted from decades of humidity and salt. We pull them, anchor the new frames directly into the CBS wall, and finish with marine-grade aluminum. Standard impact units are fine, as long as they carry the NOA and get installed the right way. Call (904) 893-3309 and we’ll check your specific openings.
You really need them, especially within a mile of the Intracoastal or the canals. Standard zinc-plated fasteners pit and fail within 3 to 5 years in Fort Lauderdale’s salt air. We’ve pulled rusted window frames from Rio Vista homes where the fasteners had turned to powder. Stainless steel anchoring into concrete block is the only spec we’ll stand behind on any Fort Lauderdale job. The upcharge is small relative to the cost of re-doing the work.
Florida’s post-Surfside law requires milestone inspections for condos three stories or taller, and it forces many associations to replace aging windows and doors that fail the structural integrity review. In Fort Lauderdale’s A1A corridor, hundreds of mid-rise condos from the 1960s through 1980s are now under deadline to bring windows up to HVHZ code with Miami-Dade NOA products. If your association is in the inspection cycle, you’ll likely need impact-rated replacements. We work directly with Fort Lauderdale condo boards and unit owners on these projects.
You might save a little on the front end, but you’ll pay it back fast. Inland-spec packages usually don’t carry a Miami-Dade NOA, which means they can’t legally be installed in Fort Lauderdale at all. If you somehow get one installed, you’ll be replacing failed seals and warped sashes within seven years from UV and thermal cycling. The marine-grade aluminum and stainless fastener spec we install costs more because it’s the only thing that survives the salt air and the code. Call (904) 893-3309 for a real quote and we’ll show you the difference in writing.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Fort Lauderdale
Your roof is the first line of defense against Fort Lauderdale’s wind, salt, and sun. If it’s older than 15 years, or if you’re seeing rusted flashings, missing tile, or ponding water on a flat section, get it looked at before the next storm season. We’ll send a background-checked, uniformed technician to your Fort Lauderdale home, give you a written line-item quote, and stand behind every fastener we drive. Call (904) 893-3309 to schedule your free estimate. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every roof we install. When you call, a real person answers. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Fort Lauderdale and Broward County with shingle, tile, and metal roofing since 2011.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Winslow Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.







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