Roofing in Dania Beach, FL

What is on the roofs in Dania Beach

As Broward's first town, Dania Beach keeps some of the county's earliest houses. The city's historic properties list starts with the Nyberg-Swanson House, circa 1912, and includes the Martin Frost House, the 1920s I.T. Parker House and the 1938 Crudup-Hansen House, alongside downtown buildings from 1900 to 1940 in Greek Revival, Mission Revival and Art Deco styles. Most homes in the city are newer. The Nyberg-Swanson House, on the National Register, is protected by the city's Historic Preservation Ordinance; the others are listed as significant or possibly eligible.^2,5

Local rules and history that affect your roof

• Dania was the first municipality in what became Broward County: 35 residents, most of them Danish farmers, incorporated the Town of Dania in November 1904; Broward County's own list of incorporations puts it first.^2,6
• The Nyberg-Swanson House is on the National Register and protected by the city's Historic Preservation Ordinance, and the city lists several other homes, including the Martin Frost House and the Art J. Ryan House, as locally significant or potentially eligible. If you own the Nyberg-Swanson House or another designated property, ask the city before changing roof material.⁵
• In 1926 Dania became part of neighboring Hollywood; it reincorporated as the City of Dania on June 6, 1927, and the areas that stayed in Hollywood are why Dania Beach's city limits are not continuous today. The name changed to Dania Beach in 1998.^6,7
• Dania was the Tomato Capital of the World until the late 1940s, when saltwater intrusion into the fields made crops fail. Today the city sits between the Atlantic, Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.²

Storms that hit here

• 1926 Miami Hurricane (1926). The September 1926 hurricane devastated Dania and destroyed its first church building; the National Weather Service's photo record of the storm shows the wrecked Dania school and ice plant.^2,8

What this means for a re-roof in Dania Beach

How old the houses are. The median home in Dania Beach was built in 1977; 82.2% of its 16,348 homes predate 2000 and 7.6% were built in 2010 or later. So most houses here went up before Florida’s first statewide building code took effect on March 1, 2002.^4,9,10,11

Pre-2002 wood-deck houses. When the old covering comes off, the deck gets re-nailed to current code and a secondary water barrier goes on; in the wind-borne debris region, insured homes of $300,000+ may also need roof-to-wall connections (capped at 15% of the re-roof cost).^9,10,11

Repair or replace. Replacing 25% or more of a roof section in 12 months generally means redoing the section to current code — unless that roof was built or replaced under the 2007 code or later.^10,11,12,13

Product approval. In the HVHZ every roofing component needs a current product approval — a Miami-Dade NOA or a Florida approval listed for HVHZ use. Ask for the numbers and look them up yourself.^12,14

Roof age and insurance. An insurer can’t refuse a policy just because the roof is under 15 years old. If it is 15 or older, you can get an inspection first; at least 5 years of remaining life means age alone isn’t grounds to refuse.¹⁵