Metal Roofing in St. Augustine, FL

The 5V roof on the cottage at Vilano has been there since before you bought it, and this spring every screw head has a rust ring around it. From the yard it still looks like a roof. This site connects you by phone with an independent local roofing contractor who works metal roofs in St. Johns County.

What the crew does first

The crew starts with the fasteners. On an exposed-fastener 5V or ribbed panel, they count how many screws have backed out, how many gaskets have split, and whether the rust is on the screw or has spread into the panel. On a standing-seam roof they check the clips, the seams, and the trim at the eaves and rakes where salt air gets to cut edges first. Then they look at the deck from the attic for the stains that show which fastener line is leaking.

The answer is one of three things: a re-screw with new oversized fasteners and gaskets, panel replacement on the slope that faces the ocean, or a new roof. The crew writes down which, and why.

What to do in the next hour

Walk the yard, not the roof, and photograph any panel edge that is lifted and any screw line you can see from the ground. Inside, note which rooms have stains and which wall they are near. If the house is in a community with an architectural committee, find the exterior rules on metal profiles and colors before the estimate visit so the conversation starts with what is allowed.

If the roof is leaking now, a bucket and a towel are the first move and the roof repair page covers what to do next.

What goes on the ocean side of A1A, and why

Salt air is a schedule. It finds exposed fasteners, cut edges, thin flashing, and any place two metals touch, and it never takes a season off. A metal roof specified for the island uses concealed-fastener standing seam or a well-detailed 5V, aluminum or a coated steel matched to the distance from the water, stainless or coated fasteners, and closures at every rib. The trim work at the eaves, rakes, and penetrations decides whether the roof lasts, more than the panel does.

Inland, from World Golf Village to Fruit Cove, metal is chosen for the wind rating, the roof-to-wall credit on the wind mitigation form, and the look, and a standard galvanized steel panel is common. Out in Elkton and Hastings, metal has been the farmhouse and barn roof for a century and stays the default on a roof replacement.

St. Johns County notes: where metal is the look, and where it needs a vote

On Anastasia Island, Vilano, and the older streets of St. Augustine Beach, 5V crimp on a cottage is the historic pattern, and the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum has stood over that weather since 1874. Inside the City of St. Augustine's historic districts, metal has deep roots on the older buildings, but a change from another material to metal on a visible slope goes to the review board for a Certificate of Appropriateness before the permit, and the historic district roofing page explains how that runs.

In Nocatee, Palencia, and the gated villages of World Golf Village, the architectural committee decides whether standing seam is allowed, and in what color and profile. Contractors who work those communities send the product sheet to the committee before the order goes in.

Every re-roof to metal is a permitted job with inspections, through the county, the City of St. Augustine, or St. Augustine Beach, whichever the address needs.

Calling about metal roofing

Have the address, whether the roof is 5V, ribbed, or standing seam, roughly when it went on, and how close the house is to the ocean or the Intracoastal. Say whether the house is in a community with an architectural committee or inside the city's historic districts. Call (904) 895-7548.