Behind the gate on Plantation Boulevard
Palm Coast Plantation sits off Colbert Lane, reached by Plantation Boulevard and a gate staffed 24 hours a day. Inside, homes are spread around Emerald Lake, about 126 acres of open water, and the community has its own dock and boat ramp on the Intracoastal Waterway. Building started in the 2000s and has not stopped, so the roofs range from brand new to past twenty years old, sometimes on neighboring lots.
Two kinds of roof on one street
A newer roof needs little more than a yearly look. The weak points on a young roof are the small ones: sealant around plumbing vents and other penetrations, flashing at walls, and the odd shingle or tile a storm has disturbed. Our Roof Tune-Up is built for exactly that: a free inspection, one written quote for the fix list, the fixes done the same visit when the materials are on the truck, and after photos with a short condition report. We recommend it once a year, before June 1.
An early-2000s roof is a different conversation. Shingle roofs from those years are at or near the end of their life, and tile roofs from the same years usually have sound tile over underlayment that is wearing out. Many of those roofs were also installed before the 2007 Florida Building Code, which means the 25 percent rule applies: repair or replace 25 percent or more of the roof within 12 months, and the whole roof has to be brought up to current code. When repair stops making sense, we say so and quote a roof replacement. We never sell a tune-up on a roof that is finished.
Wind off the lake, salt off the river
Open water means open wind. Homes facing Emerald Lake or the Intracoastal take every gust with nothing to slow it, so the edges, rakes and ridges of those roofs carry the most load in a storm. The Intracoastal also brings salt air. It is lighter than on the oceanfront, but over the years it works on exposed metal flashing, fasteners and drip edge. Those are the first things we look at on a waterside roof.
Tidelands
Tidelands is a gated Intracoastal community on the same side of Palm Coast, started by Centex in 2006 and continued by Pulte, with about 170 single-family homesites plus condominium buildings. The first homes are coming up on 20 years. On a single-family home, the decision is yours, along with whatever architectural review your association runs; your association will tell you what it allows for color and material. On a condominium building, roof work normally goes through the association, and we quote and schedule with the board.
Marina del Palma
Marina del Palma is a marina community of about 110 acres running from Colbert Lane to the Intracoastal, since annexed into Palm Coast. The same waterside details apply there: salt on the exposed metal, wind on the edges, and flashing worth checking before each hurricane season.
How we work on Colbert Lane
Whichever gate you live behind, we clear the crew, the material delivery and the dumpster with it ahead of time, and we bring the manufacturer specs and color samples your association needs for its review. We pull the permit from whichever office covers your address and handle the inspections.
We are a Palm Coast family; the family has lived here since 1989, and Mark and Nicholas are on the job themselves. We work every part of Palm Coast, including Grand Haven, also off Colbert Lane. Call (386) 864-9600 or send us a note, and we will call back within one business day.