Metal Roof Installation and Repair in Orlando and Central Florida

More Orlando homeowners are choosing metal when it is time for a new roof. Here is what we hear most often:

• They are tired of patching shingles after every summer storm and want a roof with fewer weak spots.
• They want a roof that sheds heavy rain fast and does not lose granules in the gutters.
• They like the clean look of standing seam on a newer home, or the classic 5V look on an older Florida house.
• They have a barn, workshop, porch or carport that needs a simple, tough roof.

We are based in Apopka, northwest of downtown Orlando, and we install metal roofs all over the city and the surrounding area. For everything else we do in the city, see our Orlando roofing contractor page.

• Standing seam: long vertical panels with raised seams and the fasteners hidden underneath. No screw heads face the weather, which makes it the most popular metal roof for homes. Seam heights such as 1 inch, 1.5 inch and 2 inch are made for different roof slopes and looks.
• 5V crimp: the classic Florida metal roof, with a V shaped rib, fastened with screws through the panel.
• PBR and Ultra Rib: ribbed exposed fastener panels that are common on barns, workshops, commercial buildings and porches.
• Metal shingles: metal pressed to look like shingles or tile, for homes and HOAs that want a traditional look.

Exposed fastener panels usually cost less up front, but the rubber washers on the screws wear out in the Florida sun and need to be checked over the years. Standing seam usually costs more but has no exposed screws. We help you pick the right panel for your roof slope, your budget and your HOA rules.

Who issues the permit depends on where your home is:

• Inside Orlando city limits, the City of Orlando Permitting Services Division says you need a building permit to replace or repair the roof on your home. For re roof jobs, the city requires a dry in inspection while the work is in progress and a signed inspection affidavit on the roof decking nailing and secondary water barrier before the final inspection. When the work is worth more than $5,000, a recorded Notice of Commencement is also required.
• Many homes with an Orlando mailing address, including much of Dr. Phillips, Conway and Pine Hills, are in unincorporated Orange County. Orange County takes roof permit applications online through Fast Track and asks for the type of work, the value of the work, the roof square footage, the number of stories and the roofing material. It also requires a Notice of Commencement when the work is worth more than $5,000.
• Cities such as Apopka, Winter Park, Maitland, Ocoee, Winter Garden and Sanford, and Seminole, Lake and Osceola counties, run their own permit offices.

We look up your address and pull the permit in our name. A permit also leaves a record of the new roof, which helps when an insurer or a buyer asks about it.

Metal roofs in Florida are installed to the Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), which took effect statewide on December 31, 2023. A few rules matter most for a metal roof:

• Product approval. Roofing panels used in Florida need a state product approval from the Florida Building Commission or a local approval. The approval comes with installation requirements that the job has to follow.
• Wind design. How the panels, clips and screws are spaced depends on the design wind speed at your address and on the height and shape of the roof.
• Roof deck and secondary water barrier. When an old roof on a wood deck is removed and replaced, section 706.7 of the Florida Building Code, Existing Building, covers renailing the roof deck and adding a secondary water barrier under the new roof.
• The 25 percent rule. Under section 706.1.1, not more than 25 percent of an older roof or roof section can be repaired, replaced or recovered in any 12 month period unless the whole roof or section is brought up to the current code. Roofs built under the 2007 Florida Building Code or later only need the repaired part brought up to code.

Sometimes, and it is a Florida code question, not just a sales question. Section 706.3 of the Florida Building Code, Existing Building, says the old roof has to come off down to the deck when:

• The existing roof is water soaked or too deteriorated to be a base for new roofing.
• The existing covering is wood shake, slate, clay or concrete tile, or asbestos cement tile.
• There are already two or more layers of roofing.
• The new roof would be attached to the old covering and the code attachment rules cannot be met.

The same section allows a complete and separate roofing system, such as a standing seam metal roof that carries its load to the building structure and does not rely on the old roof for support, to go over the existing covering. Even when going over is allowed, we often recommend a tear off so we can see and renail the decking. We check your roof and explain the choice before you decide.

Metal roofs need less upkeep than most, but not none. The problems we fix most often are:

• Screws that have backed out or have cracked, sun worn rubber washers on 5V, PBR and Ultra Rib roofs.
• Open or lifted seams and loose ridge caps after high wind.
• Leaks at wall flashing, pipe boots, vents and skylights.
• Rust where cut edges, scratches or wet debris sit on the panels.
• Panels dented or punctured by falling limbs.

Learn more about metal roof repair and roof leak repair.

• Inside Orlando: older homes in neighborhoods such as College Park and Audubon Park, where a 5V or standing seam roof suits the style of the house, and newer HOA neighborhoods where we work to the community rules.
• Unincorporated Orange County: Pine Hills, Dr. Phillips and Conway, where permits go through Orange County.
• Northwest Orange County: Apopka, Zellwood and Plymouth, with larger lots, barns, workshops and horse properties.
• West Orange and Seminole County: Winter Garden, Ocoee, Windermere, Sanford, Casselberry and Altamonte Springs.

See metal roofing in Apopka, Pine Hills, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Sanford and Casselberry. We also work in Winter Park, Maitland, Windermere, Doctor Phillips, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo, Longwood and Kissimmee.

1. Free roof inspection. We measure the roof, check the existing covering, flashing and decking, and the attic when we can, and take photos.
2. Panel choice and a written price. We go over panel types, colors and HOA rules with you and put the price in writing before any work begins.
3. Permit and HOA approval. We pull the permit from the City of Orlando, Orange County or your city, and help with your HOA application.
4. Installation. Old roof off when needed, decking renailed, secondary water barrier and underlayment, then the panels, trim and flashing, done to the Florida Building Code.
5. Inspections, cleanup and photos. We schedule the inspections, clean up the site and show you photos of the finished roof.

Want a ballpark number first? Try our instant online roof estimate, then book a free roof inspection.

Home Pros Roofing and Contracting holds Florida licenses CGC1527172 and CCC1332789. You can look up both on the Florida DBPR license search. For shingle roofs, we are a TAMKO Pro Certified Contractor and a CertainTeed ShingleMaster. Roof financing is available for good, fair and bad credit through Service Finance and Foundation Finance. See roof financing.

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Ready to talk about a metal roof? Call 407-766-4388, email [email protected] or book a free roof inspection. Home Pros Roofing and Contracting, 1935 Rafton Rd, Apopka FL 32703.