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Fast, Reliable Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Across Westgate
If you own a home in Westgate, your roof is doing more work than you think. The flat and low-slope CBS construction on most of these 1950s-1970s homes handles wind and rain differently than the gabled roofs you see in neighboring West Palm Beach. That difference drives everything about how shingle, tile, and metal roofing should be specified, permitted, and installed here. It also drives what you pay. A typical reroot in Westgate runs $14,000-$32,000 depending on the system, and the wrong product choice on a low-slope deck will leak long before the warranty runs out. Call (561) 928-0302 and we’ll walk the roof with you before you spend a dime.
We’re Winslow Windows & Doors. Ed Winslow’s name is on the door. We’re a full exterior-protection specialist, locally owned since 2011, and our Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing team has worked on enough Westgate CBS ranches to know exactly what we’re going to find under the old membrane. That matters because what’s under the roof is usually where Westgate roofs fail first.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Westgate’s Preferred Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Company
Westgate homeowners call us because we answer the phone. A live person picks up 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No voicemail trees, no call center in another state. When a storm tears shingles off a low-slope roof on Haverhill Road, you’ll reach someone who knows where Haverhill Road is and understands what Palm Beach County wind-load compliance requires for your specific deck pitch.
Our crews know Westgate’s housing stock from the inside out. The original flat built-up roofs on these CBS homes aren’t a surprise to us. We know they pond water at the parapet wall. We know the jalousie windows in the Florida rooms predate any meaningful hurricane standard and often get missed when homeowners think the whole house is protected. Ed’s walked enough of these roofs to tell you what’s actually code-required versus what an out-of-area crew might skip to make a bid look cheaper.
Every technician who arrives in Westgate is background-checked and in uniform. Upfront pricing means written line-item quotes, not verbal ballparks. And if it’s not done right, the Done Right Promise means we come back and make it right. A lasting standard. Ed’s name is on the door, and it’s on every job we do.
Our Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Services in Westgate
Westgate homes force decisions that other parts of Palm Beach County don’t. Here’s what we handle most often in this neighborhood, and why each one plays out a little differently here than it does a few miles east.
Tile Roofing
Concrete tile on a Westgate home has to be engineered for low slope. Many of these original roofs were built with a pitch that barely meets modern tile minimums, and that means the underlayment does the actual waterproofing. Palm Beach County wind-load requirements demand stainless steel fasteners, not reused battens. We see failed tile installs all over Westgate where a previous roofer nailed new tile over old, rotting battens, and whole sections blew off in a wind event. Properly done, tile on a Westgate CBS home runs $18,000-$32,000. Done wrong, you pay twice.

Metal Roofing
Standing-seam metal is the best answer for a flat or low-slope Westgate roof, and it’s what we recommend on most original 1950s-1970s CBS ranches. The weight is low, the wind uplift can be mechanically fastened per the required design pressure, and a Florida Product Approval-rated peel-and-stick underlayment gives you a secondary water barrier that the original built-up roof never had. A 1,400-square-foot Westgate metal reroot typically runs $24,000-$32,000 with tear-off, tapered insulation, and new crickets at the parapet walls.

Shingle Roofing
If your Westgate home has a moderate slope roof and the deck is still sound, architectural shingles remain a solid, budget-conscious choice. The key here is the secondary water barrier. Palm Beach County code requires it on reroofs. A cheap quote that skips the peel-and-stick layer will pass a visual inspection on a sunny day and fail catastrophically the first time a storm peels a shingle. Proper shingle reroofing in Westgate runs $14,000-$21,000, and that includes the underlayment and ice-and-water shield at the eaves.

Roof Repair
Not every Westgate roof needs full replacement. Parapet wall flashing failures, ponding areas around old HVAC curbs, and loose tile at the eaves are all repairable. If the underlayment is still intact and the deck is dry, a targeted repair can buy you years. We’ll tell you honestly when repair makes sense and when you’re throwing good money at a roof that’s already failed. Repairs in Westgate typically run $400-$2,800 depending on scope.

What happens when you call
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Westgate
For Westgate roofing projects, we install and service shingle, tile, and standing-seam metal systems from manufacturers whose product approvals are already on file with Palm Beach County. That matters. It means your permit doesn’t stall while an inspector hunts for a Florida Product Approval number. For the window and door work that often accompanies a Westgate reroot, Winslow Windows & Doors is an authorized installer for PGT, CGI, CWS, ES Windows, ECO Window Systems, Mr-Glass, Therma-Tru. If your Florida room jalousies need to be addressed as part of a wind mitigation package, we can quote that at the same time as the roof. One crew, one inspection schedule, one accountable contractor.
Common Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Problems We See in Westgate Homes
These aren’t hypotheticals. These are the failure modes we find on Westgate roofs week after week.
- Parapet wall rot on original flat roofs. The original built-up roofing on 1950s-1970s CBS homes ponds water at the parapet wall flashing. By the time you see a ceiling stain, the top plates are already wet. Tear-off is the only way to know how far the rot goes.
- Missing secondary water barrier on shingle reroofs. Palm Beach County requires a peel-and-stick secondary water barrier under shingles. Contractors who skip it to hit a lower number leave a direct path for storm-driven water into the living space.
- Tile blow-offs from reused battens. Code requires stainless steel fasteners for tile. Installers who reuse old battens and nailed connections create a roof that looks fine from the street and loses whole sections in the first named storm.
- Unaddressed jalousie windows in Florida rooms. Homeowners replace main living-area windows with impact units and assume the house is covered. But the jalousie windows in the screened porch or utility room are still there, and they’re the first points of failure in a hurricane. Palm Beach County permits require them addressed as part of a whole-home wind mitigation package.
Pricing for Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Westgate, FL
Westgate is not West Palm Beach, and the rooflines prove it. Because so many of these homes are low-slope CBS construction, the price of a reroof includes things a gable-heavy neighborhood never sees: custom crickets, tapered insulation, parapet wall flashing details, and mechanical fastening patterns for wind uplift. A straightforward architectural shingle reroof on a moderate-slope Westgate home runs $14,000-$21,000. Tile runs $18,000-$32,000. Standing-seam metal on a flat or low-slope deck runs $24,000-$32,000. Tear-off, deck repair, and underlayment are included in those numbers when we quote them. The free in-home measure is exactly that: free, and it comes with a written line-item quote you can use to compare against any other contractor. Call (561) 928-0302 to schedule.
What Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing Costs in Westgate
Let’s put real anchors on the table. A shingle reroof in Westgate on a 1,400-square-foot ranch runs $14,000-$21,000. Tile starts around $18,000 and climbs to $32,000 when you factor in low-slope engineering and stainless steel fastening. Metal sits at $24,000-$32,000 for the same footprint. What moves the number? Deck pitch, the condition of the top plates, whether the parapet walls need rebuilding, and the wind-load rating your specific location requires. If your home is east of Military Trail with less tree cover, your design pressure goes up and so does the fastener density. We’ll show you the math. We’ll show you the product approvals. And we’ll leave you with a written quote, not a handshake and a shrug. Free in-home measure, free second opinion on any written estimate from another contractor. Call (561) 928-0302.
Florida Pays You Back
If you’re replacing an original Westgate roof, you’re likely already in the crosshairs of a Palm Beach County insurer that wants documented wind mitigation. Here’s what might offset the cost. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades. Florida exempts impact-resistant windows and doors from sales tax. The federal 25C energy credit can return 30% of product cost, up to $600 per year, on qualifying units. And after a wind mitigation inspection ($75-$150), windstorm-premium credits average around 25% on the windstorm portion of your policy. No guarantees. Your carrier sets the final numbers, and program funding cycles change. What we can guarantee is that a documented, code-compliant roof with a Florida Product Approval-rated underlayment is the single biggest lever you have on a nonrenewal notice. Ed will walk you through the paperwork, because in Westgate the insurance conversation and the roofing conversation are the same conversation.
One decision worth making early: impact windows versus hurricane shutters. Shutters protect only when someone is home to hang them, and they do nothing for energy costs or daily noise. Impact-rated windows are permanent protection, always in place, no panels to drag out of the garage at 3 a.m. before a storm. For Westgate’s jalousie-heavy Florida rooms, replacement with impact-rated units is usually the first recommendation we make on a whole-home wind mitigation job. Ratings matter: every product we install carries Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade NOA numbers per configuration, with design pressures matched to the opening. We never spec a rating higher than ±100 unless the site calcs demand it. If a big-box retail installer hands you a quote without design pressures, walk away.
Westgate’s Flat-Roof Legacy: What Every Homeowner Here Needs to Know
Westgate’s original 1950s-1970s CBS homes often have flat or very low-slope built-up roofs. That wasn’t a coincidence. Concrete block construction went up fast and cheap after the war, and a flat roof was the fastest way to cover it. The problem arrives decades later when that roof needs replacing. Any shingle, tile, or metal reroot on these homes must address custom crickets and tapered insulation to meet Palm Beach County’s wind-load uplift requirements. Neighboring West Palm Beach’s gable-heavy housing stock rarely faces this. A contractor who’s only ever reroofed gabled homes sees a flat Westgate roof and reaches for shingles, which is exactly the wrong move. The roof has to slope water, and the only way to create slope on an original flat deck is with tapered insulation or a sloped metal system engineered for it. Skip that step and the new roof ponds in exactly the same places the old one did.
Here’s what that looks like in real life. On a 1963 CBS ranch off Pinehurst Drive, our crew rerooted the original flat built-up roof with a standing-seam metal system after the homeowner’s insurer threatened nonrenewal. We added a Florida Product Approval-rated peel-and-stick underlayment and mechanically fastened every panel per the required design pressure, then walked the homeowner through the wind mitigation inspection so the new roof could be documented for a premium credit. That’s the entire Westgate job in one paragraph: insurance pressure, low-slope engineering, code-compliant fastening, and paperwork that proves it. If your current contractor isn’t talking about all four, you’re not getting a Westgate roof. You’re getting a roof that would be fine in a different neighborhood.
We Also Serve Cities Near Westgate
Our crews work throughout the Westgate area and into Mangonia Park, West Palm Beach, South Palm Beach, and Royal Palm Beach. Same live-answer phone, same upfront pricing, same Done Right Promise. If you’re in any of those communities and need an honest roof assessment, call (561) 928-0302. Ed’s name is on the door, wherever the job is.
Serving Westgate, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Westgate area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing in Westgate
A shingle roof in Westgate must meet the wind-load design pressures for Palm Beach County per the Florida Building Code, which for most of Westgate means a design pressure of at least ±100 or higher depending on roof height, exposure, and proximity to open water. The exact number comes from the structural calcs on your specific home, and it has to be matched by the shingle manufacturer’s Florida Product Approval. Call (561) 928-0302 for a free roof assessment and we’ll show you the required rating for your address. Estimates are free, and we’ll put the number in writing.
Yes, and you want it to. A flat-roof replacement on a Westgate CBS home requires a permit, and the completed work should then be documented through a wind mitigation inspection so your insurer can apply premium credits. The inspection itself runs $75-$150 and verifies the underlayment, fastener pattern, and secondary water barrier. Without it, your new roof exists but your insurance company doesn’t know it. We walk every Westgate homeowner through this inspection because the paperwork is worth money. Call (561) 928-0302 for an exact scope on your home.
The failure pattern comes from the low-slope geometry. On a Westgate roof, water moves slower and sits longer at the eave line, where the tile terminates. If the underlayment wasn’t run correctly or the eave metal wasn’t installed to Palm Beach County code, that saturation point rots the deck and loosens the first course of tile. West Palm Beach’s steeper gables shed water fast enough to avoid most eave failures. It’s not the tile. It’s the pitch. Call (561) 928-0302 and we’ll quote the repair or reroot with the correct eave detail.
In some cases, yes. If the tile is still sound and the fasteners meet current code, we can lift the tile, replace the underlayment and battens with code-compliant materials, and reset the same tile. But on a low-slope Westgate roof, the underlayment has to be rated for the slope, and that often means a self-adhered system, not felt. We’ll tell you honestly during the free assessment whether a recover is worth doing or whether the money is better spent on a full metal reroot. Call (561) 928-0302.
Standing-seam metal is about half the weight of concrete tile, so it loads a 1960s CBS structure far less. The wind-load requirement is handled by mechanical fastening: every panel is screwed through the seam into the deck per the design pressure, with a peel-and-stick underlayment beneath. The system carries a Florida Product Approval for the required pressures. For Westgate’s low-slope homes, tapered insulation or a sloped subframe creates drainage so the metal sheds water instead of ponding. Call (561) 928-0302 for a free in-home measure and we’ll show you the specific system and rating for your roof.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Westgate with shingle, tile, and metal roofing since 2011.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Winslow Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.










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