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Roofing in Wellington is a different animal than roofing on the coast. We’re 15 miles inland, which means different wind patterns, different drainage concerns, and a housing stock dominated by concrete-block construction from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s. That matters when you’re choosing between shingle, tile, and metal. Our Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing team knows exactly what holds up on a Greenview Shores ranch versus a Palm Beach Polo estate. Call (561) 468-6136 and you’ll get a real person who knows Wellington’s streets, not a call center reading a script.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Wellington’s Preferred Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Company
Ed Winslow put his name on this business in 2011, and that name rides on every truck we send into Wellington. We’re not a franchise. We’re not a national chain that bought a local phone number and called it a “local branch.” Our published address and license number are right there on every estimate. That transparency matters when you’re spending real money on a roof that has to survive hurricane season.
Wellington homeowners call us because we answer the phone. A live person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When a tile flies off during a June afternoon storm and water is coming through the ceiling, you don’t want a voicemail loop. You want someone who says “we’re on our way.” Every technician who shows up at a Wellington door is background-checked and in uniform, so you know who’s at your house before the truck even stops.
Our reputation in Wellington is built on the Done Right Promise. If it’s not done right, we make it right. That’s not a warranty buried in fine print. That’s Ed’s word, and Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Our Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Services in Wellington
Shingle Roofing
Architectural asphalt shingles remain the most common roofing material in Wellington’s tract-home subdivisions. They’re cost-effective, they handle our UV exposure reasonably well when installed with proper underlayment, and they’re easy to repair sectionally. But not all shingle installs are equal. We see original 1980s roofs in communities like Greenview Shores that were nailed directly to sheathing with no secondary water barrier, and those fail differently than a modern install. We install shingle systems as a complete assembly: underlayment, starter strips, drip edge, and ventilation. That’s what keeps a Wellington attic from cooking at 140 degrees in August.
Tile Roofing
Tile is the prestige roof in Wellington, and for good reason. Concrete and clay tile shed heat better than any other material, which cuts your cooling load through our brutal summers. But tile is heavy. A concrete-block home from 1984 might have the structural margin, while a newer truss-framed addition might not. We evaluate the existing structure before we ever quote tile. In Palm Beach Polo and the equestrian estate tier, we’re regularly replacing barrel tile on homes where the original underlayment has degraded but the tile itself is still sound. That’s a different job than a full tear-off, and we’re honest about which one you actually need.
Metal Roofing
Standing-seam metal is the fastest-growing roofing category in Wellington, especially for homeowners who are done replacing their shingle roof every 15 years. A properly installed metal roof can outlast the mortgage, and it gives you a massive advantage on wind-mitigation credits because insurers love the uplift resistance and the Miami-Dade product approval numbers. Metal costs more upfront. For a typical Wellington ranch, figure $18,000 to $35,000 depending on seam profile and complexity. But when insurance renewal comes around, that wind-mitigation credit starts looking like a rebate on the roof itself.
Roof Repair
Not every job is a replacement. We do a lot of targeted repair in Wellington: replacing cracked tiles, resealing pipe boots, fixing ridge vents that let water in during our summer squalls. The honest truth is that a 35-year-old shingle roof with granule loss across every slope is past the point where patching makes sense. But a tile roof with one cracked barrel and sound underlayment can be repaired for a few hundred dollars. We’ll tell you which situation you’re in before we ever ask for a deposit, and our free second opinion on any written estimate means you can get another contractor’s number and we’ll tell you if it’s fair.
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 Wellington
We’re an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, and CWS roofing-adjacent products, and we carry the parts and fasteners those systems require. That matters in Wellington because not every roofer stocks the right clips and battens for a PGT-rated metal system, and waiting on parts from a regional distributor can stall a dry-in for weeks. Our local inventory means faster turnaround on repairs and replacements for Wellington homeowners, and our technicians are factory-trained on the exact products we install.
What Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Costs in Wellington
Here’s what we’re quoting in Wellington right now. A full architectural shingle re-roof on a 2,000-square-foot concrete-block ranch runs $12,000 to $18,000, including tear-off, underlayment, and all trim work. Tile re-roofs, where the tile itself is salvageable, land between $8,000 and $15,000 for underlayment replacement and tile re-bedding. Full tile replacement on the same footprint pushes $25,000 to $45,000 because of material weight and labor. Standing-seam metal on a typical Wellington home starts around $18,000 for a simple gable and runs to $35,000 or more for complex hips, valleys, and detail work. The variables that move your number: roof pitch and complexity, whether the existing decking is rotten, the price of material (which swings with supply chain), and whether your home requires any structural upgrades to meet current wind-load standards. We give you a written, line-item quote before any work starts, and that number doesn’t change unless we uncover something we showed you and you approved. Call (561) 468-6136 for a free in-home measure and written estimate.
Common Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Problems We See in Wellington Homes
- Sun-baked shingle granule loss. Wellington’s relentless UV exposure cooks asphalt shingles faster than coastal installs because we don’t get the morning marine layer that tempers the sun near the ocean. Granule loss shows up as bare patches and dark streaks, and it’s the first sign your shingle roof is entering the failure window.
- Cracked and displaced tile from uplift. Our inland thunderstorms arrive with straight-line wind gusts that catch tile edges differently than hurricane winds at the coast. We regularly see tile roofs in Wellington where a single storm lifted and dropped rows of tile, cracking the ribs and breaking the interlocks.
- Failed underlayment above concrete-block walls. The original underlayment on Wellington’s 1980s tile roofs has passed its service life, and water is getting through to the decking. Homeowners often don’t see it until a ceiling stain appears in the back bedroom, by which point the plywood is compromised.
- Metal roof fastener backs out from thermal cycling. Wellington’s hot days and cool winter nights expand and contract metal panels at a rate that tests every fastener. Cheap installations use standard gasketed screws that fail in five to seven years, and we spend a lot of time replacing them with the proper system-rated fasteners.
How Wellington’s Housing Stock and Climate Shape Roofing Decisions
Wellington is in Palm Beach County’s designated Wind-Borne Debris Region. That’s not a marketing phrase. It’s a code designation that means every new roofing system, and many repairs, must meet specific uplift and impact standards. Your 1984 concrete-block home in Greenview Shores was built to a different code than 2026 requires, and that gap shows up when your insurer asks for a wind-mitigation inspection and then sends you a non-renewal notice because the roof decking isn’t nailed to current spacing or the original tile doesn’t carry a Florida Product Approval number.
This is the pattern we see all over Wellington: original roofs on 30- to 50-year-old homes, insurance deadlines attached, and homeowners who didn’t plan on a $20,000 roof replacement this year. Our job is to give you the straight answer: what needs to happen, what it costs, and what you can defer. No scare tactics. Just the facts, and a written quote you can take to your insurer.
Florida Pays You Back
A few programs can offset your roofing investment in Wellington, and we encourage you to check all of them with your own tax advisor and insurance carrier before you sign anything. The My Safe Florida Home program has offered matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, and a new roof counts when it meets the program’s standards. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax, which matters when you’re doing a full roof-and-fenestration package. The federal 25C energy credit can return up to 30% of product cost, with a $600 yearly cap on qualifying units. And the big one for insurance: a wind-mitigation inspection, typically $75 to $150, can unlock windstorm-premium credits that average around 25% of the wind portion of your premium. We can’t guarantee your numbers, your carrier sets those, but we can tell you exactly what our installs have produced for other Wellington homeowners. One more thing worth thinking through: impact-rated roofing and openings beat hurricane shutters in the long run because there’s no panels to hang, no storage, and no race against the storm when the forecast turns. It’s permanent protection, and in Wellington’s insurance environment, permanent is what counts.
We Also Serve Cities Near Wellington
Our Wellington crews also cover Royal Palm Beach, Greenacres, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach Gardens. If you’re just north or south of us and need shingle, tile, or metal roofing, call the same number and you’ll get the same live person.
Serving Wellington, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Wellington 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 Wellington
No. The original aluminum single-pane windows and sliding glass doors installed in Wellington’s 1980s subdivisions were built before the current wind-borne debris codes existed, and they carry no Florida Product Approval number. That means they fail a wind-mitigation inspection, and your insurer can use that failure as grounds for non-renewal. Replacement with impact-rated units, typically PGT or CGI systems with laminated glass, brings the opening into compliance. We can tell you exactly which of your openings need replacement versus which ones happen to already be compliant. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll do a free walkthrough.
Replacing original single-pane windows with impact-rated units in Greenview Shores typically increases your wind-mitigation score by a measurable margin, and that translates to a lower windstorm premium because the insurer sees verified large-missile protection at every opening. The exact credit depends on your carrier’s filed rates and the rest of your home’s mitigation features. What we can tell you is that Wellington homeowners who replace all their original windows routinely report windstorm premium credits averaging around 25% on the wind portion after a new inspection. Call (561) 468-6136 for an exact quote on the window work itself.
Generally no. Wellington’s original aluminum frames from the 1980s are single-pane extrusions that cannot accept the thicker laminated impact glass, and even if a retrofit were possible, the frame itself would never pass the design pressure testing required for Florida Product Approval. Adding a film or internal reinforcement doesn’t meet the standard either. The honest answer is that full frame replacement is the only path to code compliance and insurance acceptance. It’s more expensive upfront, but keeping the old frame means keeping the insurance problem.
Custom impact windows are fabricated to your specific opening sizes and typically run 4 to 6 weeks from order to delivery. That means the time to start is before the season peaks. If you’re sitting on an insurance non-renewal notice with a 30-day deadline, you need to get us moving immediately, because the fabrication clock is the same for everyone. Standard-sized openings can sometimes be sourced faster from local inventory, and we’ll always check that option before quoting you the longer lead time. Call (561) 468-6136 the day you get your notice, not the week before it expires.
Most Wellington HOAs, particularly in the master-planned communities, have architectural guidelines that dictate window frame material and color, and many require a uniform look across the front elevation. That’s why we handle the HOA approval process as part of our installations. We pull the architectural guidelines, prepare the submittal, and work with the board directly. In our experience, HOAs in Wellington are far more flexible when the replacement is impact-rated, because the HOA’s own insurance and liability picture improves when its structures are code-compliant.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Wellington since day one of this business.
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.