What Actually Happens When You Call Us
Most people have never replaced a roof before and have no idea what they are agreeing to. So here is the whole thing, start to finish — the inspection, the estimate, the permit, what your house looks like on tear-off day, and the paperwork you should end up holding when we drive away.
The Short Version: Three Steps
If you read nothing else on this page.
You call. We come look.
Free, no obligation, and we actually get on the roof — not a drive-by from the street.
We tell you what we found.
Photos, a written estimate, and a straight answer — including if the answer is that your roof is fine.
We pull the permit and build it.
Most homes are one to two days. We do not leave until the county signs off on the final inspection.
Step 1 — The Free Inspection
You call (386) 392-8952 or request an estimate online. We set a time, we show up, and we get on the roof with a ladder. That part matters more than it sounds — plenty of "free inspections" in this market are a walk around the yard with a phone camera.
What we are actually looking at: the shingle field, but more importantly the places Florida roofs really fail — pipe boots, flashing, and valleys. We check the decking for soft spots, the soffit and fascia, the ventilation, and we look in the attic when we can get to it. Here is the full breakdown of what a roof inspection actually includes.
Sometimes the Answer Is: Your Roof Is Fine
This is the part we would rather be known for. Not every stain on a ceiling is a roof. Not every roof over fifteen years old needs replacing. We have looked at plenty of roofs and told the homeowner to keep the one they have — sometimes it is a $250 pipe boot, sometimes it is nothing at all.
Two examples we run into constantly:
- That brown ring on the bedroom ceiling is often air handler condensation, not the roof. Different trade, much smaller bill.
- A leak in one spot is usually a repair, not a replacement. Here is how we decide when a repair is genuinely the right call.
If someone knocks on your door after a storm and tells you that you need a full replacement before they have been on the roof, that is a sales tactic, and it is worth reading how the storm-chaser playbook works before you sign anything.
Step 2 — The Written Estimate
You get it in writing, with the scope spelled out. What should be on it, on ours or anyone else’s:
- The shingle, by name and wind rating. We install Titan XT, backed by a 160 MPH wind warranty.
- The underlayment, by type. Peel-and-stick versus felt is a real difference in a hurricane zone — see the underlayment comparison.
- How decking replacement is priced. Nobody can see under your shingles until tear-off day. Every honest estimate handles this as a per-sheet unit price agreed up front, which is why your estimate says "plywood not included".
- The permit — who pulls it and that it is included.
- Both warranties — the manufacturer’s on the material, and the contractor’s on the labor. Ours is a 5-year labor warranty. Here is how to read a Florida roof warranty.
- The license number, so you can verify it at myfloridalicense.com. Ours are CCC 1327602 and CGC 1509441.
If you are holding two or three estimates and they are thousands apart, they are almost never quoting the same job. Here is how to compare them line by line.
Step 3 — Permit, Materials, Schedule
A roof replacement in Volusia County requires a permit. There is no version of this where a permit is optional, and an unpermitted roof turns into a problem years later when you sell or refinance — we wrote a whole guide on what happens when a roof permit never gets closed, because we keep meeting people who inherited one.
We pull it. You do not stand in line at the building department. The Volusia County permit process and the homeowner’s permit guide cover the details if you want them.
Materials get delivered to your driveway, usually a day or two ahead. On steep or two-story homes they go up by crane and get staged on the roof itself.
About rain: we watch the forecast and we dry-in as we go, so an open deck is never left exposed overnight. Afternoon storms are a fact of life here from June through September and they do not stop roofs from getting replaced — here is what actually happens if it rains mid-job.
Before We Arrive: What to Do at Your House
Nobody tells homeowners this part, and it is the part that makes the day go smoothly. The night before:
- Move every vehicle out of the driveway and off the apron. We need the driveway for the dump trailer and the material staging. Park on the street or at a neighbor’s.
- Plan for pets. This is the big one. A tear-off is hours of continuous hammering and things hitting a metal trailer directly above them. Anxious dogs do much better at a friend’s house or day boarding.
- Take pictures and mirrors off the walls, especially anything on an interior wall that runs up to the ceiling. The vibration travels.
- Cover what is in the attic and the garage. When the old roof comes off, decades of dust and grit come through the decking seams. If you store anything up there you care about, throw a sheet over it.
- Tell us about anyone sleeping days — night shift, a newborn, someone recovering. We cannot make it quiet, but we can tell you honestly which hours are the worst so you can plan around them.
- Point out the fragile stuff outside — landscape lighting, a pond, orchids, a screen enclosure. We tarp beds and walkways and we sheet the AC condenser, but we would rather you show us than have us guess.
- Satellite dish, solar, or Starlink? Tell us at the estimate, not on tear-off morning. Solar panels need a separate removal and reinstall, and a dish or Starlink mount has to come off and go back on correctly or it becomes tomorrow’s leak.
Tear-Off Day, Hour by Hour
Most single-family homes in Volusia County are a one- to two-day job. Bigger, steeper, or tile roofs run longer — here is what drives the timeline.
Around 7:00 AM — Trailer and trucks arrive. Tarps go down over landscaping, the AC unit gets covered, ladders go up.
Morning — Tear-off. This is the loud part. Old shingles and underlayment come off down to bare decking and go straight into the trailer.
Midday — Deck inspection. Every sheet gets walked and checked. Soft or rotten plywood gets replaced now, at the per-sheet price already on your estimate. We show you the bad sheets before we replace them — you should never get a decking charge you did not see with your own eyes.
Afternoon — Dry-in. Drip edge, then peel-and-stick underlayment across the whole deck. Once this is on, your house is watertight even with no shingles on it yet.
Day one or two — Shingles, starter course up, valleys, flashing, pipe boots, ridge vent, ridge cap.
End of the job — Cleanup, magnet sweep, trailer hauled off.
Cleanup Is Part of the Job, Not a Favor
Ask around about roofers and cleanup is the complaint you hear most — nails in tires, a dumpster parked in the driveway for three weeks, shingle scraps in the flower beds a year later.
Our standard: debris goes into the trailer as it comes off rather than onto your lawn, the trailer leaves when the job does, and we run a rolling magnet over the driveway, the walkways, and the perimeter of the house before we go. Gutters get cleared of tear-off grit.
One of our Google reviewers put it better than we can: "The crew showed up, worked incredibly hard, cleaned up every last nail and piece of debris and left our property looking immaculate. The dumpster was dropped and picked up within two days." That is the bar. Read more of what customers actually said.
After We Leave: The Three Pieces of Paper
A roof job is not finished when the last shingle goes on. It is finished when you are holding these three things. If a contractor cannot produce all three, the job is not done.
1. A closed permit. The county inspector comes out, passes the final, and the permit closes in the county’s records. This is the one that gets skipped, and it is the one that stops a closing dead two years later. If you are not sure yours closed, here is how to look it up yourself in about five minutes.
2. A wind mitigation report. Included with every roof we install — we do not charge for it and we do not wait to be asked. It is the one-page form your insurer uses to apply hurricane credits, and on a new code-compliant roof it is usually the largest discount available on a Florida homeowners policy. What the form actually asks and why it saves money.
3. Your warranty paperwork. The manufacturer’s warranty on the material, plus our 5-year labor warranty in writing. Two different documents covering two different failures — and it is worth knowing which is which.
Who Is Actually on Your Roof
Vladimir is on the job. Not a salesman who hands you off after the contract is signed and is never seen again — the owner, on site, through the job. That is the single most common thing customers mention in our reviews, and it is the reason we can promise the cleanup standard above and actually hold to it.
He also holds CertainTeed ShingleMaster™ credentials plus dual Master Craftsman certification — Shingle Quality Specialist and Roofing Contractor, earned by examination and current through April 2028. What that certification requires.
Want more detail?
- The long-form walkthrough of the replacement process — material selection, scheduling, and warranty paperwork in depth.
- A photo tour of a recent Daytona Beach job — delivery through completion.
- Our recent projects — real jobs across Volusia County.
Start With the Free Inspection
We will come look and tell you what shape your roof is in — even if the answer is that you do not need us yet. No pressure, no obligation, and no charge either way.
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Licensed CCC 1327602 & CGC 1509441 · Fully insured · Serving Port Orange, Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, New Smyrna Beach, South Daytona, Holly Hill, Edgewater, DeLand, Deltona, DeBary and all of Volusia County.
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