Repair
Nine in ten El Portal homes were built before 1980 and a third before 1950. We repair where repair is right and put the reason in writing when a roof is due instead.
El Portal roofing company · Miami-Dade County A 1937 village of houses on the Little River
El Portal is a village of about 870 homes on the Little River, nine in ten of them single-family houses built before 1980. Its code calls for tile or single-color flat metal roofs, with shingles only where they replace an existing shingle roof. Perkins Roofing repairs and replaces roofs here to that rule and to HVHZ requirements, from the Miami office.
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Miami office Minutes from Perkins Miami
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Village roof rule Tile or flat metal, section 5-23
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Own building department Village roofing inspector
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Median home 1953 Nine in ten built before 1980
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El Portal
Design wind speed contour · 160 / 170 mph · FBC Fig. 1609.3(1)
- Expect the permit from
- Village of El Portal building department
- High Velocity Hurricane Zone
- Yes. The Florida Building Code defines the HVHZ by county boundary, and Miami-Dade County is inside it.
- Design wind speed contours crossing Miami-Dade County
- 160 mph 170 mph Ultimate design wind speed, Risk Category II, from Florida Building Code (2023) Figure 1609.3(1). The governing value for a specific address is set by the design professional and confirmed by the building official.
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El Portal roofing company · Miami-Dade County · complete briefing
El Portal roofing and permitting guide
Reviewed by Tim Kanak, President · Sep 2026Our work here
Perkins roofs in El Portal
8 Perkins jobs documented in El Portal since January 2023. See them on the project map.
Every job on the map is documented by our crews in CompanyCam and shown at city level only. We never publish a customer’s address.
The building stock
Mid-century houses and an archaeological zone
The Village of El Portal was incorporated in 1937. Census figures count about 870 homes; the median was built in 1953, 90 percent before 1980 and 34 percent before 1950, and 90 percent are single-family detached houses, most of them owner-occupied. The village’s oldest known house dates to about 1910.
Along the north bank of the Little River, between the railroad and NE 2nd Avenue, the El Portal Archaeological Zone was designated by the Miami-Dade County Historic Preservation Board in 1983; the village describes its burial mound, made a park in the 1920s, as the first archaeological site in the county to be recognized and preserved.
The village roof code
What an El Portal roof may be
Section 5-23 of the village code requires residential roofs to be clay tile (flat or barrel), white concrete tile, cement tile colored through, or flat metal in a single color limited to copper, patinated copper or a neutral color. Where an existing roof is another material that was originally permitted, a replacement may use that material, which is why the village roofing application notes that shingles are acceptable only where they replace existing shingles.
El Portal runs its own building department with a building official and a roofing inspector. The roofing packet includes the HVHZ uniform roofing application, the owner’s notification for roofing considerations and notarized affidavits for roof decking attachment and secondary water barrier and for flue vents, and a recorded notice of commencement is due by the first inspection. Construction is not allowed on Sundays or holidays, or between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Permitting authority
Roofing permits in El Portal
- Department
- Village of El Portal Code Enforcement & Building Department
- Address
- Village Hall, 500 NE 87th Street, El Portal, FL 33138
- Phone
- 305-795-7880
Checked against the city’s published information on September 25, 2026 (source). Perkins prepares and pulls the permit for every roof we install; requirements can change, so we confirm them for your address.
What we do here
Roof repair and replacement in El Portal
Replacement
The village’s own building department reviews the HVHZ roofing application, with the owner’s notification, the decking and secondary water barrier affidavit and a recorded notice of commencement by first inspection.
Roof systems
Village Code section 5-23 calls for clay tile, white concrete tile, through-colored cement tile or single-color flat metal; shingles only where they replace an existing shingle roof.
Commercial
Low-slope and multifamily roofs, including phased replacement on occupied buildings.
Inspection
A written roof condition report for an insurer or a buyer: the roof section of a 4-point inspection or a roof certification.
Selling the house? See roof certification for a Florida home sale.
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How we cover it
Served from the Miami office
Perkins Roofing has two Florida offices, Miami and Jupiter. El Portal is covered from the Miami office, 305-642-7663. Contact details and directions are on the Miami office page; other towns nearby are on the Miami-Dade County service area page.
Want a rough number before anyone visits? The roof calculator measures your roof from satellite imagery and shows a rough South Florida price estimate by material. It is not a quote; your price comes from a measured inspection and a written proposal.
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Questions
El Portal roofing FAQ
Is El Portal in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone?
Yes. All of Miami-Dade County is in the HVHZ. The village uses the HVHZ roofing application, with product approval pages and design calculations for the roof system.
Can I put a shingle roof on my El Portal house?
Only if the roof being replaced is already a permitted shingle roof. Otherwise section 5-23 of the village code calls for clay tile, white concrete tile, through-colored cement tile or single-color flat metal in copper, patinated copper or a neutral color.
Who issues roofing permits in El Portal?
The village’s own Code Enforcement & Building Department at Village Hall, 500 NE 87th Street (305-795-7880), open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Plans go in through the electronic plan review portal or as hard copies by appointment; the village asks that plans not be emailed. Perkins prepares and pulls the permit for the roofs we install.
Which Perkins office serves El Portal?
The Miami office, 305-642-7663, on NW 152nd Street, which covers Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties.
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Get a straight answer on your El Portal roof.
Repair when repair is right, replacement when it is not, and a written reason either way.
Estimates and permits run from the Miami and Jupiter offices · Tim Kanak, President
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