Most of these roofs are ours
Sea Colony is a community our family knows roof by roof. The family has lived in Palm Coast since 1989, and Mark built and ran its first roofing company here. That company roofed most of Sea Colony. Mark later retired, and when Nicholas was older the two of them started again as First Coast Roofing, the second roofing company the family has grown. The Sea Colony work predates 2006, when the county’s online permit records begin, so you will not find it in a portal search. The people who did it are still on the job.
First row off the ocean
Sea Colony is gated and oceanfront, behind a gate manned 24 hours a day, with a clubhouse, pool and boardwalk to the beach. The homes in the first row take the wind straight off the Atlantic and a steady coat of salt. On these roofs, salt finds the metal first: flashing, valley metal, fasteners, vent collars and the sealant around them. The wind works on the edges and ridges, where a lifted shingle or a loose ridge tile lets the next storm’s rain in. Those are the details we check first on every Sea Colony roof we walk.
Homes from the late 1980s
The houses here date from the late 1980s; listings show homes built from about 1986 to 1989. A roof put on then would be more than 35 years old today, so most Sea Colony homes are on their second roof and some are on their third. That history matters for two Florida rules.
The first is the 25 percent rule. Roofs installed before the 2007 Florida Building Code still fall under it: repair or replace 25 percent or more of the roof within 12 months, and the whole roof has to come up to current code. Before a large repair on an older roof we tell you how close it comes to that line, because sometimes the sensible job is a full roof replacement rather than a big patch that triggers one anyway.
The second is the 15-year roof rule. Florida law keeps an insurer from refusing to write or renew a policy solely because a roof is under 15 years old. For an older roof, an inspection showing at least five years of useful life left keeps age alone from being the reason. Our free roof inspection gives you a photographed record of the roof before that conversation with your insurer.
Water after the storm
Sea Colony shares a drainage system with neighboring Marineland Acres, and after Hurricane Nicole in 2022 the county pumped it. Standing water on the ground is a different problem from a roof leak, but the storms that flood the streets are the same ones that drive rain sideways under edges and flashing. If water is coming into the house, call for emergency roof repair. We tarp or patch what we can, document the damage with photos, and help with the insurance claim that follows.
Second roofs, done the way the first ones were
Replacing a roof that our family put on decades ago is work we take personally. The same core crew has worked together for more than 30 years, and the standard has not moved: tear off to the deck, check and repair the decking, new underlayment, and new flashing and edge metal. We are Florida Certified Roofing Contractor #CCC057958, fully insured, and we guarantee to beat any competitor’s warranty.
Neighbors on the island
We work the length of the Hammock, from Sea Colony to Hammock Dunes, where we have put down hundreds of squares of tile. To set up an inspection, call (386) 864-9600 or send us a note. We call back within one business day and arrange entry with the gate.