Need A New Roof - Recommendation? (Miami, Tampa: gated, jobs, new home)

[boomer]

About 4 years ago, getting a new roof was pretty affordable. Then came the 4 hurricanes. I think the roofers double the prices in the span of one year.

It is now time for me to get a new roof. With the housing slowdown, cheaper housing supplies, and all the lost construction jobs on new homes, does anyone know if the price of getting a new roof come down? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Any roofers out there can send me an a direct message. I live in the Ruskin/Riverview/Sun City Center area.

[heydade]

I think tallrick is very well versed with construction in general...maybe he will show up and give you a good reply.

[tallrick]

As long as you are not in south Florida, especially Miami-Dade county, a roof replacement is not rising very much. With the high rate of inflation due to loose monetary policy, the prices of materials have continued to increase. A friend in the Tampa area did find a good deal though, he found a roofing contractor to do the job for about 8,000.00 to replace the shingled roof. Prices statewide have been relatively stable, no drops yet. Higher material costs seem to be mitigated by low labor costs. Now in the Miami area, prices increased due to the stupid new requirements in the building code. I gave up on the idea of legally replacing my parent's roof. Instead, it's going to be another patch.

[wacahootaman]

I read of a new law that ups the cost of a new roof a lot.

If you are in certain wind zones, if you replace the shingles, you have to cut out the roof decking over the load bearing exterior walls so the trusses or rafters of the roof can be bolted to the top plate of the wall.

I dont think this applies to interior areas of North Florida though.

[faithfulFrank]

I need to replace the roof on my Lake county Florida home soon. I talked to the building inspector and he told me that these are the "rules"

1) Strip the roof down to the sheathing, and reinforce the sheathing around all edges and up each rafter with 8d ringshank nails.

2) All plywood seams need to be covered with ice/water seal.......or you can just use the same stuff in wider rolls, we call it ice/water shield up north, on the whole roof. If you do this you do not have to use roofing felt.

3) you must use 6 nails per shingle, and drip and rake edge around the edges.

I'll do more research before I actually start it to make sure I'm compliant.

Frank D.