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Fast, Reliable Roof Replacement & Installation Across Palm Beach
A full roof replacement on Palm Beach Island typically runs $28,000 to $85,000+ for a standard home, and $65,000 to $180,000+ on the town’s historic Mediterranean Revival estates where ARBA compliance and custom tile fabrication drive both cost and timeline. Most projects take 6 to 14 weeks from approval to final inspection, not because labor is slow but because the Architectural Review Board review cycle and custom material lead times set the calendar. We’re Winslow Windows & Doors, and we’ve handled enough Palm Beach roofs to know exactly how that timeline works, where the delays hide, and how to keep your dry-in ahead of hurricane season. Call (561) 468-6136 for a free in-home measure and a written quote with the ARBA process mapped out week by week.

The difference between a smooth Palm Beach roof replacement and one that drags into November isn’t the crew you hire on day one. It’s what gets done in the spring before the owners leave for the season. Most roofing contractors in Florida never think about the ARBA review cycle because they don’t work on the island. We do. That’s the entire job here.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Palm Beach’s Preferred Roof Replacement & Installation Company
Our Roof Replacement & Installation team has worked on barrel-tile roofs along Seabreeze Avenue, South Ocean Boulevard, and the streets behind Worth Avenue, where every exterior change gets scrutinized before a single tile comes off. We’ve sat through ARBA hearings, submitted material samples for board approval, and coordinated with tile manufacturers on color-matching jobs that would have stalled a less experienced contractor. Palm Beach homeowners call us because we speak the island’s language: Mediterranean Revival profiles, parapet conditions, venting patterns, and the salt-corrosion realities of a barrier island.
Ed Winslow’s name is on the door and on every roof we replace in Palm Beach. That means when an ARBA condition comes back requiring a modified tile profile or a fastener spec change, you’re not calling a regional office for approval. You’re calling the owner, who answers, makes the decision, and keeps the schedule moving. Every crew member is background-checked and arrives in uniform. A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, including weekends during the spring ARBA prep window when Palm Beach seasonal owners are making decisions before they head north. And every quote we write is fixed, in writing, before we order materials. No change orders after the roof is opened.
Our Roof Replacement & Installation Services in Palm Beach
Architectural Review Board (ARBA) Compliance Coordination
Every roof replacement in the Town of Palm Beach requires ARBA approval before work starts. For non-historic structures, the review typically runs 4 to 6 weeks. For homes in the historic districts or properties with original Mizner-era details, expect 6 to 8 weeks minimum, and the board often attaches conditions to the approval: the tile profile must match the original, the color must complement the surviving patina, the parapet detail must be replicated, and in some cases even the original venting pattern must be preserved. We handle the application, the material submittals, the board hearing if one is scheduled, and the compliance documentation after installation. This is not a courtesy service we offer. It’s the core of doing roofing work on Palm Beach, and we do it in-house.

Custom Tile Roofing Fabrication
Standard barrel tile that passes Florida Product Approval frequently fails ARBA when the profile doesn’t match the original 1920s Spanish tile, or when the color reads as too uniform against the weathered look the board expects on a historic street. We’ve coordinated with tile manufacturers to match specific clay blends and firing techniques, and we’ve done color-match work that required custom batches from out-of-state kilns. Palm Beach’s housing stock demands this. Off-the-shelf tile works in West Palm Beach. Across the bridge on the island, the board will send you back to the drawing board if the tile doesn’t look like it belongs on the house.

Marine-Grade Fastener and Underlayment Specification
Palm Beach sits on a narrow barrier island with the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Lake Worth Lagoon on the west. Every roof on the island gets hit with salt-laden air from both directions simultaneously. Standard zinc-plated fasteners and economy underlayment that work fine inland will corrode within a few seasons here, leading to lifted tiles, moisture intrusion, and premature failure. We specify stainless steel fasteners and high-grade synthetic underlayment rated for the island’s wind zone and salt environment as a default, not an upgrade. It costs more at estimate time. It costs far less than redoing your roof in eight years when the fasteners start snapping.

Standing-Seam Metal Roofing for Modern and Historic Homes
Some Palm Beach homeowners want to move away from tile entirely and install a standing-seam metal roof. On new construction or post-1950 homes outside the strictest historic zones, ARBA will often approve metal if the color, profile, and seam spacing are presented correctly. On 1920s Mediterranean Revival homes, the answer is usually no unless the original structure had metal to begin with. We’ve guided clients through both outcomes. If metal is viable, we spec it with marine-grade coating systems and stainless fasteners suited to the barrier island environment. If it isn’t, we tell you that before you spend money on drawings and submittals.

What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Palm Beach
We install roofing systems from manufacturers with proven marine-environment performance records, and we work directly with the tile and metal suppliers who understand ARBA submittal requirements. For window and door work on the same Palm Beach properties, we’re authorized installers for PGT, CGI, and Therma-Tru products, which matters when a roof replacement includes matching impact windows or new French doors in a Mizner-era home. We keep our supplier relationships tight so that when a custom color-match or a revised tile profile comes back from the board, the reorder doesn’t stall your tear-off. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll walk through which brands and materials make sense for your specific house and your ARBA timeline.
Common Roof Replacement & Installation Problems We See in Palm Beach Homes
- Starting ARBA review after the owners leave for the season. This is the most common failure on the island. The board’s 6 to 8 week review clock starts when the application is complete. If you file in October after the owners have left for New York or Boston, the approval lands in December, the custom tile order lands in February, and the tear-off starts in March when afternoon thunderstorms are already building. We start ARBA applications in the spring, while owners are still here to sign off on material choices.
- Ordering standard barrel tile that fails the ARBA match test. Florida Product Approval is an engineering standard. It says the tile won’t blow off in a hurricane. It says nothing about whether the profile and color match a 1928 Mizner original. Too many roofing companies order the standard product, open the roof, and watch the board inspector flag the mismatch. Then the reorder adds 4 to 6 weeks with the roof already opened. We run ARBA submittals with physical samples and manufacturer spec sheets before anything gets ordered.
- Using inland-grade fasteners on a salt-island roof. Zinc-plated fasteners and standard underlayment corrode fast in Palm Beach’s two-front salt environment. The corrosion doesn’t happen evenly. It concentrates at nail points and seam overlaps, leading to lifted tiles and water intrusion that looks like storm damage but is really a materials-spec failure. Marine-grade stainless fasteners are not an upsell here. They’re the difference between a 30-year roof and a 10-year tear-off.
- Underestimating the dry-in window during hurricane season. If your ARBA approval lands in July or August, your tear-off and dry-in collides with the rainy season. Afternoon thunderstorms can soak an exposed roof deck, forcing delays and, worse, trapping moisture under the new underlayment. A properly sequenced Palm Beach roof replacement backs the schedule into the dry months of late fall through spring, or at minimum ensures the dry-in completes before mid-June. We build the calendar around the island’s weather, not around when our crew happens to be free.
Pricing for Roof Replacement & Installation in Palm Beach, FL
A standard asphalt shingle roof on a mid-century CBS home in Palm Beach runs $18,000 to $35,000. Concrete barrel tile on a typical island home starts around $38,000 and runs to $65,000 depending on square footage and parapet complexity. Clay barrel tile on a historic Mediterranean Revival home with ARBA-mandated color matching typically falls between $85,000 and $180,000, with the custom tile fabrication and board compliance work representing a meaningful share of that total. Standing-seam metal roofs run $45,000 to $95,000 depending on the seam profile, coating spec, and whether ARBA imposes visual conditions. The line-item quote we give you separates materials, custom fabrication, ARBA coordination, and labor so you see exactly where the money goes. Call (561) 468-6136 for a fixed written quote, and nobody changes that number once work begins.

What Roof Replacement & Installation Costs in Palm Beach
For the window and door portions of a Palm Beach exterior project, impact-rated windows run $800 to $1,500 per unit installed, with single-hung impact windows at $900 to $1,800. Large or custom arched openings in Mizner-era homes, which often require custom fabrication to match original profiles, run $2,500 to $5,000 per opening. Whole-home impact packages on Palm Beach properties typically land between $8,000 and $25,000 and up, depending on opening count, wind-zone requirements, floor height, and frame material. On the island, the variables that move price are opening count, second-story access, custom arch or circle-top fabrication, and HVHZ compliance. We measure every opening in person and give you a line-item written quote. Estimates are free, and the quote is fixed before anything gets ordered.
Florida Pays You Back
Florida has real incentive money available for wind-mitigation work on Palm Beach homes. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, including roof-to-wall connections and impact-rated openings. Florida also exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. On top of that, the federal 25C energy credit covers 30% of product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying energy-efficient units, and most Palm Beach homeowners see windstorm-premium credits averaging around 25% on the windstorm portion of their policy after a wind-mitigation inspection, which typically costs $75 to $150. We don’t guarantee any specific grant or credit amount. Programs and insurers set the final numbers. But we’ll document your installation so your application is complete and accurate. Every impact product we install carries Miami-Dade NOA or Florida Product Approval numbers per configuration, with design pressures matched to the opening. No rating below ±100 is specified anywhere on the island.
One comparison worth making before you commit to impact windows on a Palm Beach home: impact windows versus hurricane shutters. Shutters are cheaper up front, but they do nothing when you’re not home to deploy them, and you’re not home for six months of the year. Impact-rated windows protect the house 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with nothing to roll down or panel up. A seasonal Palm Beach owner who is in the Northeast from May through October isn’t there to hang shutters when a storm warning hits. The permanent protection is the point of the product.
We Also Serve Cities Near Palm Beach
Our Roof Replacement & Installation in Palm Beach coverage extends to the neighboring communities where the same coastal conditions and Florida Building Code requirements apply. We regularly work in West Palm Beach, Greenacres, Palm Beach Gardens, and Royal Palm Beach, where the housing stock ranges from mid-century CBS ranches to waterfront estates. The permitting processes differ across the bridge, but the standards we hold on the island carry over everywhere else we work. Ed’s name is on the door, and it’s on every roof we install in every one of these cities.
Serving Palm Beach, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the 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 Palm Beach
ARBA does not issue a prescriptive fastener spec, but the board’s design conditions combined with the island’s salt-laden air effectively mandate marine-grade stainless steel fasteners and a high-performance synthetic underlayment on every Palm Beach roof replacement. Standard zinc-plated fasteners and builder-grade felt corrode quickly when exposed to the two-front salt environment between the Atlantic and the Intracoastal. We specify stainless fasteners and a synthetic underlayment rated for the island’s wind zone as our default. If you’re comparing quotes, ask which fastener material is in the line item. Call (561) 468-6136 for a quote that lists the spec so you can compare apples to apples.
Generally no, unless the original 1928 roof was metal or you’re in a section of town where ARBA treats the structure as non-contributing. The board’s preservation guidelines for Mizner-era homes typically require replacement roofs to match the original clay barrel tile profile, color, and parapet detail. Standing-seam metal on a historic Mediterranean Revival home almost always fails that review. On newer homes on the island, metal is often approvable if the color and profile are presented with material samples. We’ll tell you which category your house falls into before you spend money on drawings, and call (561) 468-6136 to talk through your specific property.
Palm Beach’s narrow barrier island geography puts every roof between two salt sources, the Atlantic Ocean and the Lake Worth Lagoon, and that exposure changes the underlayment math. Salt-laden air accelerates corrosion of exposed fasteners, which is why nail-point failures are a real failure mode here and why standard underlayment doesn’t hold up the way it does inland. We specify a high-grade synthetic underlayment with sealed laps and stainless fasteners on every Palm Beach roof, and we never treat marine-grade spec as an optional upgrade. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll quote the spec explicitly so you can compare it against any competing bid.
From ARBA application to final inspection, a custom barrel tile replacement on a Palm Beach home runs 10 to 16 weeks. The ARBA review alone takes 6 to 8 weeks for historic structures, and if the board requires a color or profile match to original Mizner-era tile, the custom fabrication adds 4 to 6 weeks on top of that. The tear-off and dry-in itself is typically done in 4 to 8 working days once materials are on site. The long pole is never the labor. It’s the board review and the custom firing schedule. That’s why we start the ARBA process in the spring while owners are still in residence. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll map your specific timeline week by week.
Yes. Florida Building Code compliance satisfies the structural and wind-load requirements, but the Town of Palm Beach requires separate ARBA approval for virtually every exterior change on the island, including full roof replacements. A roofer who tells you the code inspection is all you need doesn’t work in the Town of Palm Beach. ARBA review is a separate application, a separate fee, and a separate approval document that must be issued before the building permit can move forward. We handle both applications in-house. Call (561) 468-6136 and we’ll confirm whether your property is in the ARBA jurisdiction and how long your review is likely to take.
Call Winslow Windows & Doors for Your Palm Beach Roof Replacement
If you own a home in Palm Beach and the roof is coming due, start the conversation now, even if you think the project is a year out. The ARBA clock, the custom tile lead time, and the need to dry in before hurricane season mean this is one of the few home projects where waiting costs more. We’ll measure, spec, and file the ARBA application on a timeline that works for your schedule and the board’s calendar, and the price will be fixed in writing before anything gets ordered. Call (561) 468-6136 to schedule your free in-home estimate. Ed’s name is on the door. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Palm Beach and the surrounding South Florida coast 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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