Tile
Off with the tile, inspect and re-fasten the deck, new underlayment, new flashing, then tile back on. The waterproofing is the purchase; the tile is the finish.
Broward County
Pembroke Pines is inland Broward: planned single-family and townhome communities, mostly concrete tile and architectural shingle, built in phases so whole neighborhoods reach the end of their roof life together. Broward is inside the High Velocity Hurricane Zone. Perkins Roofing serves the city from the Miami office.
The building stock
Pembroke Pines is a suburban city of platted, master-planned communities: single-family houses, townhomes and villas, laid out in phases, with concrete tile and architectural shingle doing nearly all the work. Roof geometry is simple and repetitive — hips and gables, a lanai or patio section at the back, a handful of penetrations — which means the failure points repeat street by street just as the construction did.
Being inland matters in exactly one way: less salt in the air, so the fasteners and flashings live longer than they would on the coast. It does not soften the sun, the rain or the wind, and it does not lower the standard — Broward is part of the High Velocity Hurricane Zone along with Miami-Dade, so the work is done to that regime.
Broward adds a layer most Florida counties do not have. The countywide Board of Rules and Appeals was created by special act and is written into the county charter, which provides that the Florida Building Code shall be amended only by that board for Broward. It also certifies every building department in the county — a department cannot operate unless its building official is BORA-certified, and that certification is renewed every two years. In practice a Pembroke Pines roof answers both to the city building department and to countywide amendments, and those departments, not this page, are the authority on what applies to your address.
For what a full replacement involves, see residential roofing.
What we do here
Tile
Off with the tile, inspect and re-fasten the deck, new underlayment, new flashing, then tile back on. The waterproofing is the purchase; the tile is the finish.
Shingle
Nailing pattern, starter course and tab sealing decide wind performance far more than the brand on the wrapper — and in the HVHZ that is not a detail you improvise.
Low-slope
Where a low-slope rear section meets the main roof. Water sits here rather than runs, and this junction leaks long before the open field of the roof does.
How we cover it
Broward is worked from the Perkins Roofing Miami office, one of two Florida offices — address and directions on the Miami office page. Every county and city covered is listed on the South Florida service area page, and the regional picture is on South Florida roofing contractors.
Questions
Because the houses were built at once. A master-planned phase goes up over a year or two with the same covering, the same underlayment and the same details throughout, so two decades later they arrive at the end of their service life together. If three houses on your street have been re-roofed recently, that is real information about yours.
It usually controls appearance — color, profile and sometimes material — and requires written approval before work begins. That is a private agreement between you and the association, entirely separate from the building permit, and it is the most common reason a Pembroke Pines project starts late. Get the architectural guidelines and the approval timeline before anything is ordered.
Less salt reaches the fasteners and flashings, which genuinely extends the life of the metal in the assembly. Nothing else changes: full sun, thermal cycling, heavy rain and wind loading the perimeter and corners hardest. And because Broward is in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, the standard the work is built to is the same as on the beach.
Two bodies, which is unusual. Your municipal building department issues the permit and inspects the work — but Broward also has a countywide Board of Rules and Appeals, created by special act and written into the county charter, which certifies every building department in the county and is the body through which the Florida Building Code is amended for Broward. A Broward roofer therefore answers both to the city and to countywide amendments most of the state does not have. It is worth knowing that your contractor knows it.
Because concrete tile is the shade, not the waterproofing. It shrugs off sunlight and can look presentable for decades while the underlayment bonded to the deck underneath ages out. A tile roof with no broken tiles that leaks after wind-driven rain is the standard case, and it needs the system replaced rather than tiles swapped.
No. Perkins Roofing has two Florida offices, Miami and Jupiter. Pembroke Pines and the rest of Broward are worked from the Miami office. We are not going to list a local address we do not occupy.
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