Roof Replacement in Titusville, FL

The renewal letter says the roof is 27 years old and asks for an inspection by the end of the month. The roof was new when you bought the house in 1999. The house itself was new in 1966. This site connects you by phone with an independent local roofing contractor who replaces roofs in north Brevard County.

What the crew does first

The contractor walks the roof, measures it, and looks in the attic at the underside of the deck. On a 1960s home they are looking at the boards: how wide the gaps have opened, where nails have rusted through, which planks are dark from old leaks. They check how the roof meets the walls, because the current code can require straps or clips to be added during a reroof. Then they write a scope that names the shingle or metal product, the underlayment, the drip edge, the ventilation, and a per-board or per-sheet price for decking that turns out to be soft.

On tear-off day the old roof comes off down to the boards. What is found is photographed. Soft boards are replaced, gapped boards get a plywood overlay where the code or the product requires it, the deck is re-nailed to current spacing, a self-adhered underlayment goes down as the secondary water barrier, and the new roof goes on. An inspector from the city or the county checks the deck and the dry-in before the roof is closed up.

What to do in the next hour

Find the year of the last roof. It is on the permit record under the address at the city or county portal, on the old wind-mitigation form if you have one, or on the closing paperwork from when you bought. Pull the renewal letter and note what the carrier is asking for and by when.

Take a photo of the roof from the street and of any stains inside. Decide whether you want shingle again or want to talk about metal, and whether the flat section over the Florida room is going to be done at the same time. It usually should be.

What is replaced and what is kept

Everything above the boards is replaced: shingle or metal, underlayment, valley metal, drip edge, boots, and vents. The boards are kept where sound and replaced where not. Roof-to-wall connections are kept and, where the code requires, improved with straps or clips, with the cost of that retrofit capped by state law at a share of the reroof price.

A reroof is also the moment when wind-mitigation credits take the least extra work. Deck re-nailing, a sealed secondary water barrier, and improved connections all go on the state form when the job is done, and the wind mitigation page covers what each item is worth to an insurer.

North Brevard notes

Three triggers drive replacement here. Age: shingle roofs from the 1990s are at or past the end, and the county's 1960s and 1970s homes carry a lot of them. Insurance: since 2022 a carrier cannot refuse to renew solely for age if the roof is under 15 years old or an inspection shows five years of life left, but past that the letter arrives. Storms: Frances and Jeanne in 2004, Matthew in 2016, Irma in 2017, and Milton in 2024 each pushed a wave of roofs over the line.

Permits split at the city limit. Titusville addresses go through the city's building department. Mims, Scottsmoor, Port St. John, and the rest of the unincorporated north county go through Brevard County. Brevard is a wind-borne debris region under the Florida Building Code, and the roof covering has to carry a product approval for the wind speed on the county map. Riverfront addresses along US-1 sit at the higher end of that map. Whether the new roof is shingle or metal is a conversation about exposure and how long you plan to own the house; the older home roofing page covers what changes when the deck is planks.

Calling about roof replacement

Have the address, the year the house was built, and the year of the last roof if you know it. Say whether a renewal letter or a sale is driving the timing, and whether there is a flat section or an outbuilding to include. Call (321) 490-0701.