Active leaks
Water showing on a ceiling, a wall, or in the attic. The entry point is often well away from the stain, which is why guessing rarely works.
Roof Repair & Service
Find the leak.
Fix the cause.
Most roof leaks do not start where the water shows up. Southern Coast investigates the roof properly before recommending a repair, so you are fixing the problem rather than the symptom. Residential and commercial, across South Florida.
33+ YearsRoofing experience
All SystemsTile, metal, shingle, low-slope
BothResidential & commercial
In-HouseCrews, not subcontractors
[ Repair Overview ]
A repair is only
as good as the diagnosis.
Water travels. It runs down the underside of a deck, along a rafter, and shows up on a ceiling several feet from where it actually got in. Patching the stain does nothing. Southern Coast starts by working out where the water is entering and why.
Because we install every major roofing system on both residential and commercial buildings, we are diagnosing a roof we know how to build. That matters on a repair: the fix has to be right for the system it is going into, and it has to tie back into the existing roof without creating the next problem.
- Leak investigationTracing a leak back to its actual point of entry, not its exit.
- Storm & wind damageAssessing and repairing displaced, cracked, or lifted roofing.
- Flashing & detail workWalls, valleys, skylights, and penetrations, where roofs usually fail.
- Repair or replace adviceAn honest read on whether the roof is worth repairing at all.
[ Common Problems ]
What usually
goes wrong.
South Florida roofs fail in fairly predictable places. Knowing which of these you are looking at is most of the work, and it is what determines whether a repair will actually hold.
Failed flashing
Wall flashing, valley metal, and eave drip are the details that keep water out at every transition. They are also the first things to give up.
Storm & wind damage
Lifted or missing shingles, cracked or slipped tile, and displaced ridge and hip pieces after a storm has worked on the roof.
Penetration failures
Skylights, vents, pipe boots, and rooftop equipment curbs. Anything that puts a hole in a roof is a place a roof can leak.
Ponding & drainage
Standing water on a low-slope roof, blocked drains and scuppers, or a slope that no longer moves water where it was meant to go.
Worn roof surfaces
Granule loss on shingles, weathered and brittle membrane, and open seams or blisters on a low-slope system.
Previous bad repairs
Sealant smeared over a problem, or a patch installed in a way the system was never designed for. These often need undoing first.
Deck & structural damage
Soft spots, sagging, or deteriorated sheathing beneath the roof covering, usually from water that has been getting in for a while.
Seeing water inside? Get the roof looked at before the next storm rather than after it, so we are assessing a problem instead of a bigger one.
Request a roof evaluation[ Evaluation Process ]
How we work out
what is wrong.
A roof evaluation is an investigation, not a glance from the driveway. This is the sequence we work through before recommending anything.
- 01
Understand the symptom
Where is the water showing, when did it start, does it happen in every rain or only in driving rain from one direction? The pattern narrows down the cause before anyone gets on the roof.
- 02
Look from underneath
Where it is accessible, the attic or interior side tells us where water is actually tracking, which is often nowhere near the stain on the ceiling.
- 03
Inspect the roof itself
We walk the roof and examine the field, the flashing at every transition, the penetrations, the drainage, and the condition of the covering and its details.
- 04
Identify the cause
The point is to separate the cause from the consequence. A stained ceiling is a consequence; a failed wall flashing forty feet away is the cause.
- 05
Assess the whole roof
We also look at how much life the rest of the system has. There is no sense repairing one detail on a roof that is failing across the board.
- 06
Report and recommend
You get told what we found, what is causing it, and what the realistic options are — repair, a larger scope of work, or replacement — with a written estimate for the route you choose.
We will tell you if a repair is not the right answer. If the roof is near the end of its life, spending money on a patch is not in your interest, and we would rather say so than take the work.
[ Who We Service ]
Homes and buildings,
same standard.
Southern Coast repairs residential and commercial roofs, which means a homeowner gets a contractor used to working to a commercial specification, and a property manager gets one that will not treat a small repair as beneath it.
For homeowners
Residential repair
Leaks, storm damage, and worn details on tile, metal, shingle, and the low-slope sections most Florida homes have somewhere.
- Leak investigation and repair
- Cracked and slipped tile
- Lifted or missing shingles
- Flashing and skylight details
- Repair-or-replace guidance
For owners & managers
Commercial service
Repairs and leak investigation on commercial, multi-tenant, and association properties, including large and complex roof areas.
- Leak tracing on large roof areas
- Drainage, drains, and scuppers
- Membrane seams and blisters
- Equipment curbs and penetrations
- Coating and restoration options
[ Request Service ]
Tell us what
you are seeing.
Describe the property and the problem — where the water is showing, when it started, and what the roof is made of if you know. We will evaluate the roof and come back with what we found and what it needs.
Request a roof evaluationToll-free 1.800.585.5132
Licensed & insured · Residential & commercial · Over 33 years of experience