One section, one building boom
Lehigh Woods is the R section, in the 32164 half of Palm Coast. Listings here cluster in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the peak of the decade when Palm Coast built more homes than in any other. Avalon at Lehigh Woods is a neighborhood inside the section.
When a whole section goes up at once, its roofs age together. Today the original roofs in Lehigh Woods are 20 to 22 years old. They are all past 15 years, and they are all pre-2007-code roofs.
Built around the 2004 storms
Many of these homes went up in the years right around the 2004 hurricane season. The Florida Building Code was revised in the years that followed, and the 2007 edition is now the dividing line in state law. That doesn’t mean a 2005 Lehigh Woods roof was built badly. It means it was built to the earlier standard, and Florida treats it that way: if 25% or more of a pre-2007 roof is repaired or replaced within 12 months, the whole roof must be brought up to current code.
The 15-year insurance rule
Owners of roofs this age often get questions from their insurer, and the law gives them a path. Insurers may not refuse to write or renew a policy solely because a roof is under 15 years old. Once a roof passes 15, the owner can have it inspected at their own expense, and if that inspection shows at least five years of useful life remaining, the insurer may not refuse solely on roof age.
Our free roof inspections come with photos and a written condition report. If your roof has years left, that report is what your agent needs. If it doesn’t, we’ll say so plainly.
What we check on a twenty-year roof
On a shingle roof this age we look for granules collecting in the gutters, bare or brittle shingles on the slopes that take the afternoon sun, lifted or cracked shingles along the ridge and rakes, and pipe boots whose rubber has split. We check flashing at walls and around vents, and we walk the decking for soft spots underfoot, which tell us whether water has already been getting in.
When it is time
A section-wide wave of twenty-year roofs means many of your neighbors are making the same decision. Our roof replacement process starts with a full tear-off, a check of every sheet of decking, and a rebuild to today’s code, with shingle roofing from Atlas, which our crew is manufacturer-certified to install. We guarantee to beat any competitor’s warranty, and we never quote a price before we have seen the roof.
If a storm gets there first, we document the damage and meet your adjuster as part of our insurance claim help.
Family, close by
Our family has been in Palm Coast since 1989, and the same core crew has roofed together for more than 30 years. For the nearby P section, see roofing in Belle Terre. Contact us or dial (386) 864-9600; we return calls within one business day.