The original Palm Coast
Palm Harbor is one of the original neighborhoods of Palm Coast, the city ITT began laying out in 1969. Today it is the C and F sections, north of Palm Coast Parkway in the 32137 ZIP code, with European Village and Matanzas High School close by. Many homes sit on man-made saltwater canals that lead out to the Intracoastal Waterway, and others sit on the river. These are the only sections in Palm Coast where you can tie a boat up behind your house.
Next door, Florida Park is just as old: roughly 370 homes, the first from 1972, the median built around 1979.
Second and third roofs on block ranches
The typical original house here is a concrete-block ranch from the 1970s or 1980s. A roof lasts a fraction of the life of a block house, so most of these homes are on their second roof by now and some are on their third. Each re-roof is a chance to fix what earlier ones covered over. When the old roof comes off we look hard at the decking, replacing soft or delaminated sheets, and we put the house back together with new underlayment, new flashing and new drip edge, not the old metal bent back into place. Our roof replacement page walks through how that goes day to day, and if yours is shingle, our shingle roofing page covers what we install.
Low slopes and old additions
Fifty years of owners leave their mark on a roofline. Screened porches, carports and Florida rooms were often added with a roof that is close to flat, and the joint where that low section meets the main roof is a common leak point on older homes. Shingles need enough slope to shed water, so a nearly flat section needs a low-slope system made for it, tied into the main roof with proper flashing. We roof both parts in the same job so the transition is built once, correctly.
Salt from the canals
Living on saltwater is the reason most people choose Palm Harbor, and the roof pays a small price for it. Salt air off the canals works on flashing, drip edge, fasteners and the sealant around vents and pipes. Those parts usually give out before the shingles do, which is why a canal home can leak around a vent collar on a roof that otherwise looks fine. A roof repair that replaces the corroded metal, rather than smearing sealant over it, is often all an otherwise healthy roof needs.
The 25 percent line
Almost every original roof in Palm Harbor was installed before the 2007 Florida Building Code. Under Florida law, that means if 25 percent or more of the roof is repaired or replaced within 12 months, the entire roof has to be brought up to current code. Before a big repair on an older roof we tell you where it stands against that line, so you can decide between a repair and a full replacement with the facts in front of you. The inspection and the written quote are free.
A few minutes from our base
Our family has lived in Palm Coast since 1989, and Palm Harbor is part of the city we drive through every day. Mark and Nicholas, the second and third generations of roofers in the family, are on the job, with a core crew that has worked together for more than 30 years. We work every section of Palm Coast, including The Woodlands, the other original section. Call (386) 864-9600 or send us a note, and we will call back within one business day.