Roofing in Davie, FL

What is on the roofs in Davie

Davie is a mix of suburban subdivisions and acre-plus ranch lots. Its Rural Ranches (RR) and Agricultural (A-1) zoning districts are planned at one home per acre, and horses and cattle are allowed only in the RR, AG, A-1 and R-1 districts. On those lots the house often shares the property with stalls, tack rooms and feed rooms, which the town code regulates as animal housing.^4,5

Local rules and history that affect your roof

• Davie's roofing checklist requires the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone roofing package, Notice of Acceptance (NOA) product approvals, and, for tile set with adhesive, an uplift test at the job site.⁶
• Inspections follow a set order: the tin cap inspection must pass before any peel-and-stick underlayment goes down, and the peel-and-stick inspection must happen before tiles are loaded on the roof. The town also asks for an OSHA-approved ladder secured to the roof on inspection day.^1,6
• Davie's roofing hurricane mitigation form applies Florida Building Code, Existing Building 706.8: on a wood-deck home insured (or assessed) at $300,000 or more that was permitted before September 1, 1994, a re-roof must improve the roof-to-wall connections, prioritizing gable ends and hip rafters when the full job would exceed 15% of the re-roof cost.⁷
• In March 2001 Davie voters approved, by nearly 90%, a charter amendment to preserve the town's rural character and equestrian lifestyle. The town maintains more than 165 miles of trails.^8,9
• Davie's Western Theme District design manual prefers 5V-crimp and standing-seam metal roofs, but it covers commercial, office and institutional buildings downtown and specifically excludes standalone homes.¹⁰

Storms that hit here

• Katrina (2005). Katrina came ashore as a Category 1 hurricane near the Miami-Dade/Broward line on August 25, 2005. An unofficial station in Davie logged a 64-knot (74 mph) gust, and three of Florida's direct deaths came from trees falling in Broward.¹¹
• Wilma (2005). Wilma crossed the peninsula in about four and a half hours on October 24, 2005. The National Hurricane Center concluded that parts of Broward likely had Category 2 conditions, with gusts near 100 knots (115 mph).¹²

What this means for a re-roof in Davie

How old the houses are. The median home in Davie was built in 1989; 73.4% of its 41,755 homes predate 2000 and 13.9% 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.^3,13,14,15

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).^13,14,15

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.^14,15,16,17

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.^16,18

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.¹⁹