Butler Beach is the stretch of Anastasia Island south of the beach city and north of Crescent Beach, between the Matanzas River and the ocean. It carries the name of Frank B. Butler, the St. Augustine businessman who bought this shore in the 1920s and opened it to Black families when every other beach in the county was closed to them. The housing runs from 1950s and 1960s block homes on the streets between A1A and the river, to 1980s and 1990s houses on the ocean side, to raised builds from the last two decades. Shingle and metal share the blocks.
The ground is low between the dunes and the marsh. Ian's rain in September 2022 and Helene's tide in September 2024 both put water on Butler Beach streets, and a nor'easter here puts spray on the front slope and river humidity on the back. Roofs fail at the fasteners and the flashing first.
This site connects Butler Beach homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor by phone. It does not perform the work.
A leak at a screw line on a metal roof is a metal roofing question, and a leak at a chimney or wall on a 1960s block home is a roof repair. A house that took storm water at the floor and wind at the roof is two claims, and the insurance claims page explains why the roofing scope is kept separate.
Frank Butler Beachfront Park East on A1A South anchors the community and carries its history, with the park's west half on the river side. Butler Beach is unincorporated, so permits run through the St. Johns County Building Department.
Call (904) 895-7548 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Butler Beach.
A lifted shingle after a nor'easter, a rusted fastener line on island metal, or a flashing seam at a chimney, traced to the source and fixed in writing.
Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and a new shingle, metal, or tile roof permitted through the county, the city, or St. Augustine Beach.
Tarping, photos, and repair after a named storm, a nor'easter, or a live oak limb opens the roof.
A walk on the roof and a look in the attic, written up with photos for a purchase, a renewal letter, or a post-storm check.
Standing seam and 5V panels specified for salt air from Vilano to Crescent Beach, with the fasteners and trim the ocean side of A1A demands.
The state form that records deck nailing, roof-to-wall straps, and roof shape so the wind portion of a Florida premium reflects the roof you have.
Roof work inside the city's HP zoning districts, where a Certificate of Appropriateness from the review board comes before the permit.
What to photograph, what a written roofing scope gives your adjuster, and how Florida's claim deadlines and roof-age rules work after a storm.