If you are planning a roof replacement in Lehigh Acres, you are spared a step most of Lee County has to take. The community was laid out without homeowners associations, so there is no review board, no sample package and no monthly meeting to wait for. You pick the roof, we pull the permit and the work goes ahead.
The houses that need new roofs here are mostly the ones built during the 2003 to 2007 boom. At eighteen to twenty-two years old, their shingles and underlayment are reaching the end of their working life, and carriers are acting on roof age at renewal rather than waiting for a leak. Our southern crew, run by co-owner Troy Martin out of Estero, does a lot of this work.
Not every older roof needs replacing this year. The free roof inspection tells you where yours stands, and if a roof repair in Lehigh Acres will carry it a few more years, that is what we recommend.
Asphalt Shingle Roof Replacement on Boom-Era Homes
Shingle covers almost every roof in Lehigh Acres, and on a boom-era house the replacement is usually like for like, only better built. We tear the old roof off to the deck, because that is where twenty years of slow leaks tend to show up. Soft or damaged decking is repaired as part of the job, not added later as a change order.
The new roof uses architectural shingles from Owens Corning, GAF, TAMKO or CertainTeed. All four carry Florida Product Approval and the Class F wind rating required for re-roofing, with a realistic twenty to thirty year life in this climate. Without an HOA, the color is entirely your call.
Switching to Metal or Tile Roof Installation
No association means no one can tell you to stay with shingle. A replacement is the natural moment to consider standing seam metal, which lasts forty to seventy years, needs little upkeep and earns the strongest wind mitigation credits of any covering.
Tile is possible too, but it is heavy, often three to four times the weight of shingle. A house framed for shingle needs a structural check before tile goes on, and we include that check at no charge. If the framing cannot take it, we will walk you through metal roofing or a better shingle instead.
What the New Roof Installation Includes
Every job follows the same order: tear-off and disposal, deck repair, secondary water barrier, enhanced deck fastening, then the new covering. Roof-to-wall connections are addressed where they apply. Those details are what a wind mitigation inspector looks for afterward on Form OIR-B1-1802.
Once the permit is in hand, installation on most homes takes one to three days. We photograph the old roof, the open deck and the finished system, so you have a dated record of everything under the shingles.
- Full tear-off and haul-away of the old roof
- Deck repair inside the agreed scope
- Secondary water barrier and upgraded fastening
- Permit, milestone inspections and close-out
Lee County Permits and the Certificate of Completion
Lehigh Acres is unincorporated, so re-roof permits are issued by Lee County, and only a Florida DBPR-licensed contractor can pull one. Trade permits are often processed over the counter, so the wait between signing and starting is usually short. The county inspects at set stages and the job closes with a Certificate of Completion.
Keep that certificate somewhere safe. It answers the roof questions that come up at renewal, and it settles the permit history when a buyer’s inspector asks. Nearby, our roof replacement work in Fort Myers goes through the city or the county depending on the address.
Why Lehigh Acres Owners Pick Us for a New Roof
- A start date set by the permit. No architectural review, so the schedule depends only on Lee County, not on a board.
- Deck repair is part of the job. On twenty-year-old homes the deck is where the surprises are, and fixing it is in the scope.
- Four shingle brands, your color. Owens Corning, GAF, TAMKO and CertainTeed, with no HOA limiting the choice.
- Certificate of Completion in hand. Permit filed, inspections met and the job closed out by us.
- Honest about newer roofs. If your post-Ian roof was installed properly, the report says you do not need us.