Free in-home measure and quote - PGT, CGI and CWS impact lines compared on your actual openings, style by style
Before
After
Before
After
Before
AfterFast, Reliable Roof Replacement & Installation Across West Palm Beach
A full roof replacement in West Palm Beach typically runs $12,000 to $28,000 for most mid-century CBS homes, and $25,000 to $60,000-plus on larger Mediterranean Revival properties in the historic districts where additional masonry and flashing work is required. Most standard tear-off and re-roof jobs are completed in 3 to 7 working days once materials arrive, though homes in El Cid or Flamingo Park with dual-permit requirements should budget roughly one to two extra weeks for Historic Preservation Board and building-code sign-off. If your roof is leaking, showing granule loss, or you’re planning to sell and the inspector flagged the decking, call (561) 468-6136 and a real person answers, day or night.
We’re Roof Replacement & Installation specialists who know West Palm Beach’s housing stock at the stud level. Ed Winslow’s name is on the business, and that means when we quote a roof here, we’re quoting what it actually takes to do it right in this city’s wind zone, not what a spreadsheet says a generic Florida roof should cost.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is West Palm Beach’s Preferred Roof Replacement & Installation Company
We’ve built our reputation in West Palm Beach the slow way: showing up when we say we will, writing quotes that match the final invoice, and answering the phone at 2 a.m. when a parapet cap lets go during a summer squall. Uniformed, background-checked technicians arrive in marked trucks. You know who’s on your property before they ring the bell.
Because we’re an exterior-protection specialist – windows, doors, and roofing – we catch the connection failures other roofers walk past. On a roof replacement in Flamingo Park, the flashing detail where the roof meets an impact window matters as much as the shingle itself. Most roofing crews don’t touch that seam. We’re already looking at it. That’s the difference when one company owns the whole building envelope.
Every job carries the Done Right Promise. If it isn’t done right, we come back and make it right. No fine print. No ticket number. Just Ed’s word, which has meant something in South Florida since 2011.
How Much Does a Roof Replacement Cost in West Palm Beach?
Here’s what we’re quoting right now for West Palm Beach work, based on the city’s actual housing stock:
- Standard architectural shingle re-roof on a mid-century CBS ranch (1,200-2,000 sq ft): $12,000-$19,000
- Larger CBS two-story or sprawling ranch with new decking and fascia replacement: $18,000-$28,000
- Mediterranean Revival home in El Cid or Grandview Heights with parapet cap rebuild, step flashing replacement, and dual-permit coordination: $25,000-$45,000
- Tile or metal roof replacement on a waterfront-adjacent home near Lake Worth Lagoon: $30,000-$60,000+
- Roof-to-wall flashing and counter-flashing replacement (standalone or as part of a re-roof): $1,800-$4,500 depending on linear footage and masonry condition
What moves the price in West Palm Beach more than anywhere else in the county? The age of the original openings. Homes built between the 1940s and 1960s frequently have roof framing anchored directly into the concrete block with no wood buck behind the top plate. If we’re re-roofing and the edge needs to hold under that 150 mph design wind speed, the top plate anchor rail has to be fabricated and inspected first. That’s a real line item. Out-of-town roofers miss it. Then the first hurricane season arrives and the edge tries to peel off.
What Roof Replacement & Installation Costs in West Palm Beach
Roof replacement in this city isn’t a commodity price. A 1,400-square-foot CBS ranch in a normal West Palm Beach neighborhood will run in that $12,000-to-$16,000 range for architectural shingles, full synthetic underlayment, and new drip edge. Walk over to El Cid and the same square footage might be $30,000 because the parapet cap is original 1920s concrete, the step flashing is corroded from eighty years of Lake Worth Lagoon salt air, and the Historic Preservation Board has to sign off on the flashing profile before we even pull the main permit.
Opening count matters too. If we’re replacing roof-to-wall flashing around six or eight historic window heads, that’s real fabrication time. Wind zone matters. Design pressures differ between a home a block off Flagler Drive and one out near the western edge of the city. And floor height matters: a two-story Mediterranean Revival roof over a second-floor addition needs steeper staging and a different anchoring sequence than a single-story ranch.
We give a free in-home measure and a written line-item quote. No budget cloudiness, no allowance games. You see exactly what you’re paying for before you sign anything.
Our Roof Replacement & Installation Services in West Palm Beach
Full Roof Replacement
When a West Palm Beach roof has hit the end of its service life – usually 18 to 22 years for shingles in this salt-heavy climate – we tear it to the deck and inspect what’s underneath. On mid-century CBS homes that often means discovering the original plywood has delaminated from decades of attic humidity. We replace it with code-compliant decking rated for the county’s wind zone, then install synthetic underlayment and new flashing before the shingles or tile go on.
Roof-to-Wall Flashing and Counter-Flashing Replacement
This is the detail that separates a roof that survives a West Palm Beach hurricane season from one that starts leaking in year two. Salt air off Lake Worth Lagoon corrodes exposed flashing faster than inland markets see. We replace the step flashing, counter-flashing, and any masonry-embedded flashing with materials spec’d for coastal exposure, and we make sure the new flashing integrates correctly with any impact windows or doors at the roof line. An West Palm Beach reroof that ignores this joint is a leak waiting for the next storm.
Parapet Cap and Wood Buck Fabrication
On the 1920s-to-1940s Mediterranean Revival homes throughout El Cid, Flamingo Park, and Grandview Heights, the parapet cap isn’t trim. It’s structural. The original cap often sits directly on weathered masonry with no proper wood buck behind it, and after a century of salt exposure, it’s failing. We fabricate pressure-treated anchor rails, set the new cap, and coordinate the material profile with the Historic Preservation Board before the building inspector ever sees it.
Wind Mitigation Inspection and Re-Certification
After a reroof in West Palm Beach, your insurance company wants proof the work actually reduced your windstorm risk. We perform the wind mitigation inspection, document the new deck attachment, flashing, and underlayment, and file the uniform mitigation verification form. Most homeowners see a meaningful drop on the windstorm portion of their premium after this lands with the carrier. We can’t guarantee your carrier’s number, but we’ll give you every document they ask for.
What happens when you call
- 1
A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
- 2
You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
- 3
A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
- 4
You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
What We Find When We Open Up an Older West Palm Beach Roof
Every reroof in this city starts the same way: we pull the first section of old shingles and look at what’s underneath. On a 1950s CBS ranch, that often means original decking nailed directly into the block top plate with fasteners that loosened decades ago. On a 1920s El Cid home, it means flashing embedded in mortar that’s been quietly corroding since the Coolidge administration. In either case, the contractor who quoted you from satellite imagery is about to watch their number fall apart.
We handle it differently. Before we write a final quote, we inspect. If we can’t see the decking from the attic, we say so and we write an allowance into the contract for decking replacement and top plate anchoring. If the wall condition is unknown until the shingles come off, we treat it the same way: an allowance, priced in writing, and any change order signed by you before we touch anything. A surprise is something that happens to other people’s customers. Our customers see it coming because we built the quote for reality, not best-case.
Trusted Brands We Service in West Palm Beach
We install roofing systems from brands engineered for Florida’s coastal wind-speed requirements, including PGT, CGI where roof-to-wall integration with impact-rated windows and doors comes into play. Because we stock the flashing profiles and anchor hardware these products require, we don’t leave a West Palm Beach job half-open waiting on a backordered part while the afternoon thunderstorms roll in off the Atlantic. Our long-standing relationships as an authorized installer mean we source correct components fast, and when a roof edge has to interface with an existing PGT or CGI impact window, we already know the profile and the design pressure number before the first ladder goes up.
Common Roof Replacement & Installation Problems We See in West Palm Beach Homes
- Salt-air corrosion on roof flashing and fascia metal. Homes east of I-95 and anywhere near Lake Worth Lagoon take constant airborne salt exposure. Exposed galvanized flashing that would last 20 years in Loxahatchee fails in 10 here, and we find it during tear-offs all the time – black, pitted, and leaking behind the gutter line.
- Missing or rotted wood bucks at the roof-to-wall junction. Mid-century CBS construction often set roof framing directly against block with no treated anchor. When we strip the old roof and find that, the fix is a fabricated anchor rail bolted into the block and inspected before new decking goes down.
- Historic district flashing conflicts. In El Cid and Flamingo Park, the original step flashing profile doesn’t match what the Florida Building Code now requires for wind-load performance. We can’t just swap it. The Historic Preservation Board has to approve the replacement profile first, so we coordinate that review before demolition starts.
- Uplift failures on gable ends and parapet caps. Under West Palm Beach’s 150 mph design wind speed, the roof edge takes the worst of the suction pressure. Old caps and under-driven fasteners let go first. We see homes after every major storm where the shingles survived fine but the edge peeled back because the original cap wasn’t anchored to anything structural.
What Makes a West Palm Beach Reroof Different From Anywhere Else
West Palm Beach runs mandatory dual-track approval for any exterior replacement in El Cid, Flamingo Park, and Grandview Heights. That means a roof replacement touching roof-to-wall flashing or attached window and door head details has to pass two separate permitting reviews: Historic Preservation Board design sign-off and Florida Building Code structural and wind-load review. This process essentially doesn’t exist in neighboring Boynton Beach or Delray Beach. It adds time, it adds paperwork, and it demands a contractor who can source historically sympathetic profiles that still meet current code wind-load requirements.
We handle both tracks. On a 1920s Mediterranean Revival home in El Cid, our crew found the original step flashing embedded directly into weathered masonry with no proper wood buck behind the parapet cap – a classic failure waiting to happen. We fabricated a pressure-treated anchor rail, coordinated the HPB’s material profile sign-off alongside the Florida Product Approval for the new system, and set the new assembly so the design pressure stayed continuous from roof deck to header. No more salt-air corrosion eating the metal, and no more water finding its way behind the masonry each summer.
If you’re planning a reroof in a historic district, budget an extra half-day per opening for this coordination. Out-of-area roofers routinely underquote these jobs because they’ve never sat through an HPB review. We have.
Florida Pays You Back
Several programs can offset the cost of a West Palm Beach roof replacement with impact-rated components. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and a reroof with new deck attachment and secondary water barrier frequently qualifies. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which matters when your roof-to-wall flashing ties into impact units at the window heads. On the federal side, the 25C energy credit applies to qualifying energy-efficient products at 30% of product cost, capped at $600 per year for qualifying units.
After a wind mitigation inspection – which runs about $75 to $150 – many West Palm Beach homeowners see their windstorm premium drop. We hear averages around 25% on the windstorm portion once the carrier processes the uniform mitigation form, but every carrier calculates it differently. We’ll prepare all the documentation. Your insurance agent runs the final numbers.
Permits, Inspections, and Historic District Coordination
We pull the building permit for every roof replacement in West Palm Beach. Every job gets the required inspections, and we don’t ask for final payment until the city or county inspector signs off. In the historic districts, we coordinate the HPB review in parallel with the building permit so the two tracks don’t stall each other. Our quote includes all permit fees and inspection scheduling. If you’re replacing a roof in El Cid, you’ll never be the one chasing down an HPB submittal. That’s our job, and it’s written into the contract.
We Also Serve Cities Near West Palm Beach
Our roofing crews cover the full West Palm Beach metro, including Palm Beach, Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens, and Royal Palm Beach. If your home is in one of those cities and you need the same level of attention we give to West Palm Beach’s historic districts, call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll schedule a free in-home roof evaluation.
Serving West Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the West Palm Beach 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 - Roof Replacement & Installation in West Palm Beach
Because the roof-to-wall flashing and any attached window or door head details are considered part of the exterior architectural character. The HPB reviews the material profile, finish, and visual compatibility of any exterior element within the public-facing elevations. On a Mediterranean Revival home from the 1920s, that means the flashing color, cap profile, and finish have to match the original character before the building permit can move forward. We submit both reviews in parallel so one doesn’t stall the other. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll walk you through what your specific home will need.
For a standard reroof in West Palm Beach outside the historic districts, you need code-compliant decking, synthetic underlayment, and a secondary water barrier that meets current Florida Building Code requirements. The impact-rating requirement applies to your windows and doors, not the roof deck itself. But if you’re upgrading the roof edge and flashing, that interface has to maintain a continuous design pressure connection with any impact windows below it. If you want the insurance credits, we document the whole assembly in your wind mitigation report. Call (561) 468-6136 for a quote that covers the full assembly, not just the shingles.
Plan for roughly one to two extra weeks from HPB submittal to sign-off, depending on the board’s meeting calendar and whether any design revisions are requested. We manage both the HPB and building-code reviews concurrently, which keeps the total delay to a minimum. Most Flamingo Park reroofs with flashing work land in the 5-to-8-week total window from contract to final inspection, including fabrication and weather delays. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll give you a realistic schedule for your street.
The hidden cost is the fabrication labor when the original flashing is set directly into weathered masonry with no wood buck behind it. That requires anchoring a new pressure-treated rail into the block, fabricating custom step flashing to match the HPB’s approved profile, and inspecting the assembly before the new roof edge goes on. In West Palm Beach homes near Lake Worth Lagoon, salt-air corrosion usually means the old flashing must be completely removed rather than spliced, adding to labor. Budget roughly $60 to $90 per linear foot for this work, depending on masonry condition and access. Call (561) 468-6136 for a written, line-item quote for your specific roof edge.
In most cases, yes. After a reroof with a secondary water barrier and upgraded deck attachment, your wind mitigation inspection will show the improvements, and insurers typically reduce the windstorm portion of the premium. The exact drop depends on your carrier, your home’s age, and whether you also have impact-rated windows and doors. We document every upgrade and file the uniform mitigation form. No guarantees, but the paperwork we produce is exactly what carriers in West Palm Beach want to see. Call (561) 468-6136 for a free roof evaluation and we’ll tell you what your home qualifies for.
Impact Windows vs. Hurricane Shutters: What Happens When You Reroof?
If you’re already tearing off the roof in West Palm Beach, the question usually comes up: do impact windows make sense while the scaffolding is already up? In our experience, if your home has original single-pane windows from the 1940s or 1950s, yes. Impact windows are permanent protection – no panels to drag out of the garage at 4 p.m. before a storm, no shutter rails to corrode in the salt air. The PGT and CGI units we install carry Florida Product Approval numbers matched to the design pressure of each specific opening, and they’re engineered to work with the roof-to-wall flashing we’re already replacing. If you want to spread the cost, start with the windward-facing openings and do the rest later. But while the scaffolding is up, doing both at once saves on labor and staging.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Your West Palm Beach Roof Replacement
When you call (561) 468-6136, someone picks up. Not a phone tree, not a call center in another state. A real person who knows West Palm Beach roofs. We’ll schedule your free in-home roof evaluation, walk the property with you, and hand you a written line-item quote that stands behind Ed’s name. No trip charge in the home county. A free second opinion on any written estimate. Ten percent off for seniors and veterans, every day, permanently. And the Done Right Promise on every job. That’s the one down the road, and we’re here for you.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving West Palm Beach since 2011. Dispatch and scheduling are coordinated from the brand’s Miami (South FL) office; crews serve West Palm Beach locally.
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.