Roofing in Deerfield Beach, FL

What is on the roofs in Deerfield Beach

The oldest buildings in Deerfield Beach date to the 1920s and are mostly Mediterranean Revival, like the 1923 Butler House. The Cove, between U.S. 1 and the Intracoastal, was farmland until the early 1950s, when builder Robert Sullivan started putting up white CBS homes with white tile roofs; the neighborhood was built out by 1963. Out west, Century Village East opened in 1979 with 8,508 units, so for thousands of owners there the roof is a shared building roof, not a single-family one.^5,6,7

Local rules and history that affect your roof

• The city's re-roof checklist asks for the Broward County Uniform Building Permit Application, the HVHZ Uniform Roofing Permit Application under Florida Building Code 2023 section 1525, and product approvals (Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade NOA) for the roof covering and anything mounted on it, including attic vents and skylights.²
• Every roofing application also needs the Broward County Mandatory Rooftop Mounted Equipment Affidavit, required by Broward County Board of Rules and Appeals policy 22-03, and an owner's notification form under FBC section 1524.1 that you initial section by section and sign with the contractor.²
• If the house is insured for $300,000 or more (or, if uninsured, the property appraiser's building value is that high), the city requires a Hurricane Mitigation Affidavit with the re-roof permit. A Statement of Responsibilities Regarding Asbestos is also required for every re-roof under Broward County's asbestos code.²
• Deerfield Beach requires its DFB HOA Affidavit with all residential permits. Century Village East, an over-55 community that opened in 1979 with 8,508 units on 800 acres, is one of the largest retirement communities in South Florida.^6,8
• Deerfield got its post office in 1898, incorporated as the Town of Deerfield on June 11, 1925, and renamed itself Deerfield Beach in 1939. The Hillsboro River forms the city's northern line with Palm Beach County.^7,9

Storms that hit here

• Irma (2017). A station at Deerfield Beach measured a 97-knot (112 mph) gust at a height of 15 meters, cited in the National Hurricane Center's report, which notes that nearly all inland stations in the Miami-Dade and Broward metro area had sustained winds just below hurricane force.¹⁰

What this means for a re-roof in Deerfield Beach

How old the houses are. The median home in Deerfield Beach was built in 1978; 90.4% of its 46,578 homes predate 2000 and 3.8% 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.^4,11,12,13

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).^11,12,13

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.^12,13,14,15

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.^14,16

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.¹⁷