Roofing St Augustine FL

Yes -- and St. Augustine's Historic District is the strictest preservation environment in Florida. Any roofing work on a contributing structure within the HP-1, HP-2, or HP-3 zoning overlays needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the city's Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB), which meets twice a month. In-kind replacement (same material, same color, same profile as the existing roof) is usually approved at the staff level in 7-14 days. Anything that changes material -- say, going from a 5V crimp metal to architectural shingle, or vice versa -- has to go to the full HARB board, and they're rigorous about it. We've handled COA submittals for homes on Aviles Street, Marine Street, Charlotte Street, and the streets around the Castillo, and we know which products HARB will approve and which ones get rejected. We bring your packet through the process for you.

Barrel tile is the curved clay or concrete S-shaped tile most people associate with Spanish Colonial architecture, but actual original barrel tile is rarer in St. Augustine than people think. The truly historic Spanish Colonial structures downtown -- the ones built before 1900 -- typically had flat tile or coquina-supported wood roofs, not barrel tile. The Mediterranean Revival homes built between 1915 and 1940 in Davis Shores, the Lincolnville fringes, and a handful of King Street and Magnolia Avenue properties are where you find original barrel tile. The newer concrete S-tile roofs in Palencia, World Golf Village, and the Anastasia Island communities are modern installations using Eagle Roofing or Boral concrete tile. We work on all of them, but the repair approach is completely different between a 1925 clay tile roof in Davis Shores and a 2008 concrete tile roof in Palencia.

In St. Augustine the price spread is wide because the housing stock is. A standard 1,800-2,400 sq ft architectural shingle re-roof in Palencia, World Golf Village, or the Crescent Beach neighborhoods runs $11,000 to $19,000. A 2,500-3,500 sq ft home on Anastasia Island or in St. Augustine Beach with the salt-grade hardware upgrade runs $15,000 to $26,000. Concrete S-tile in Palencia or the Mediterranean homes in Davis Shores runs $32,000 to $58,000. The historic district homes on Aviles, Marine, Cordova, and the downtown side streets are by far the most expensive -- often $45,000-$110,000 -- because of HARB material requirements, the difficulty of access on narrow streets, and the structural surprises in 80-150-year-old framing. Free written estimates with line-item pricing.

Anastasia Island and Vilano Beach are barrier islands, which means salt-laden air from both the Atlantic and the Matanzas River -- and the corrosion damage on roofs there is significantly worse than even Jacksonville Beach. Standard galvanized fasteners corrode within 5-8 years on island properties. Aluminum flashing pits and discolors. The shingles on the windward east-facing slopes of homes in Davis Shores, A Street, and the Vilano stretches off May Street lose granules years ahead of schedule. We use stainless steel fasteners, aluminum (not galvanized) flashing, and impact-rated shingles with stainless ridge cap nails on every barrier island roof in 32080 and 32084. For homes within 1,000 feet of the Atlantic, we strongly recommend aluminum standing seam metal -- it'll outlast any shingle by 25+ years in that environment.

St. Augustine sits in one of the most hurricane-exposed positions on Florida's east coast. Hurricane Matthew (2016) and Hurricane Irma (2017) caused widespread roof damage citywide; Hurricane Ian (2022) and Hurricane Nicole (2022) hit again before many homes had fully recovered. The barrier islands -- Anastasia, Vilano, Crescent Beach, Summer Haven -- take the worst of it because there's nothing between them and open Atlantic. The historic district downtown also gets hit hard by storm surge from the Matanzas Bay. Florida Building Code requires roofs in St. Johns County to be rated for 130+ mph wind, but on island properties we recommend exceeding that with 150 mph rated shingles, 6d ring-shank nails on a 6/12 pattern, and a fully self-adhered peel-and-stick underlayment as a secondary water barrier. We also document everything for insurance the day we install.

Yes. We've completed projects in Palencia, World Golf Village (Cascades, Independence, Las Calinas, King and Bear), Marsh Creek, Sea Colony, Treaty Oaks, Anastasia Dunes, and the Crescent Beach communities. Each one has its own architectural review board with its own material and color matrix -- Palencia and WGV especially are strict about shingle color blends and tile color ranges. We maintain current sample packets for all the major St. Johns County HOAs and we prep your ARB submittal before we order materials. Most boards turn around in 2-4 weeks. We also handle the St. Johns County building permit (required for every roof replacement) and schedule the in-progress and final inspections so you don't have to coordinate any of it. Free estimates throughout 32080, 32084, 32086, 32092, and 32095.

Yes. St. Johns County requires a building permit for every roof replacement and for most repairs over a few squares of material. Properties inside the city of St. Augustine also require city-level permitting, and properties in the historic district require HARB approval before the permit will issue. We pull all the paperwork: county permit, city permit if applicable, HOA submittal if applicable, HARB COA if applicable. We schedule the dry-in inspection (after underlayment, before shingles or tile go on) and the final inspection. Permit fees in St. Johns County run roughly $150-$400 for a residential roof replacement and we include that in the quote so there are no surprises. Out-of-area roofers frequently skip the permit, which voids your insurance claim if anything happens later -- we never do.

Yes -- and we run dedicated crews into St. Johns County after every named storm. After Hurricane Matthew, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Ian, and Hurricane Nicole, we worked St. Augustine for weeks. The most common emergency calls are wind-stripped shingles on the Anastasia Island east-facing slopes, slipped barrel tiles on the historic Davis Shores and downtown Mediterranean homes, fallen branches through the deck on the heavily-canopied Lincolnville and Palencia properties, and water intrusion through chimney flashing on the older 19th-century homes. We carry tarps, plywood for emergency deck patches, salvage barrel tile for the Davis Shores repairs, and stock architectural shingle in the most common St. Augustine colors. We are typically on-site within a few hours of a call, and we handle the insurance documentation as we go. Call (904) 606-5313.

The Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) requires a Certificate of Appropriateness for any roofing work on a contributing structure within the HP-1, HP-2, or HP-3 overlay zones. In-kind replacement using the same material, color, and profile as your existing roof is usually approved at the staff level within 7-14 days without a full board hearing. Material changes (going from metal to shingle, or from flat tile to barrel tile) require a full HARB hearing, and the board evaluates whether the proposed material is historically appropriate for the period and style of your home. HARB also reviews color changes and will reject anything that does not fit the approved palette for the district. We have handled COA submittals on Aviles Street, Marine Street, Charlotte Street, and throughout the Lincolnville Historic District, and we know which products clear review on the first pass.

Hurricanes hit fast with extreme wind speeds and storm surge, but nor'easters grind on St. Augustine roofs for 2-4 days straight with sustained 40-60 mph winds and heavy rain from the northeast. That prolonged wind-driven rain is what makes nor'easters so damaging to roofs. The rain pushes water sideways under ridge caps, through aging flashing seals, and up under shingles on the north and east slopes of homes in Davis Shores, Vilano Beach, and the Anastasia Island oceanfront. Hurricanes strip shingles off in one event, but a nor'easter slowly saturates the underlayment and decking over days, causing hidden water damage that does not show up until weeks later. After any nor'easter, we recommend a professional inspection focused on the north and east roof slopes where the wind-driven rain hits hardest.