New Construction in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Custom Roofing Solutions for Fort Lauderdale Homes

Roof design here is driven by geometry and exposure. A low-slope rear section and a steep hip over the main body are different problems on one roof.

What shapes it:

• Pitch and geometry, including valleys, hips, and low slope areas
• Proximity to water, which governs how quickly metal corrodes
• Ventilation, because net free ventilating area is designed in

Choosing the Right Roofing Material

The systems we install most often on new homes here are shingle, tile, and metal.

Shingle Roofing

Asphalt shingle is the least expensive to install and simplest to repair. Wind performance depends on the product and its fastening, so any rating traces to a test standard. See our shingle roofing page.

Tile Roofing

Concrete and clay tile suit much of Fort Lauderdale’s architecture and handle salt air well. Tile is heavier, so the framing has to be designed for the load at the design stage.

Metal Roofing

Standing seam metal resists wind and sheds water quickly. Salt air attacks fasteners and trim before panels, so their specification decides how it ages.

Why Fort Lauderdale Rainfall Shapes the Roofing Stage of a New Build

Fort Lauderdale receives enough rain, concentrated in enough of the year, that the roofing stage of a build becomes a scheduling decision, not only a construction one. National Weather Service climate records for South Florida run continuously for Fort Lauderdale from 1912 and list the wettest year on the local record at 113.61 inches in 2023, with a single wettest day of 22.5 inches in April of that year.

That is the number that matters to a house standing open. Between the day framing tops out and the day the deck is dried in, every board and sheet of sheathing is exposed. Repeated wetting of framing lumber can cause swelling and movement, and can lead to remediation.

So the roof is planned around getting the deck covered and the underlayment down as one continuous operation rather than a stop-and-start one. Material is staged before the deck is ready, and the underlayment follows the sheathing.

We plan that stage with you at the start of the project, because the alternative is discovering the constraint in the middle of a wet week with a house standing open and framing exposed.

Code Compliance and Proper Installation

Broward County sits inside Florida’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, so a new roof here is built to the HVHZ provisions of the Florida Building Code rather than the statewide requirements. Assemblies there carry product approval specific to the zone.

This governs:

• Which assemblies may be specified, since only approved systems qualify
• How it is fastened, including the tighter perimeter pattern
• What is documented for permit and inspection

Action Roofing operates under Florida Certified Roofing Contractor license CCC1336714. We pull the permit and are present for the inspection.

Planning for Long-Term Roof Performance

A new roof reaches its service life only if the assembly beneath it allows.

Where longevity is won or lost:

• Balanced intake and exhaust ventilation sized to the vented area
• Underlayment rated for sustained heat and humidity
• Flashing detailed at every wall and penetration

Keeping the warranty intact means documented maintenance.

Supporting Your Project From Start to Finish

We stay on the job from specification through warranty registration.

At closeout, you receive:

• The permit and inspection record
• Product documentation for the assembly installed
• Warranty registration, with our workmanship warranty in writing

Two customers of our Pompano Beach team describe what a new build depends on, being told the plan and having weather managed. Both jobs were repairs.

Jayne Barton wrote of the crew, “They told me exactly what they were going to do.”

Carmine Greco wrote of a job pushed by weather, “Action scheduled the repair for Friday, but they couldn’t do it because of rain.”

That second is the Fort Lauderdale calendar in a sentence. Read more reviews on Google.

Start Your New Construction Roofing Project in Fort Lauderdale

We install new roofs throughout Fort Lauderdale and Broward from our Pompano Beach location, and the best time to bring us in is at design.

Start with our free estimate request form and we will set a time to go through your plans.

For an existing structure, our Fort Lauderdale roofing services page covers it.