The City of St. Augustine runs from the Vilano causeway south past Lincolnville and across the Bridge of Lions to Davis Shores, and it holds the oldest roofs in the country. The housing stock spans four centuries: coquina and frame buildings from the Spanish and British periods on the narrow streets around the Plaza, Flagler-era hotels and cottages from the 1880s off King Street, late Victorian frame houses in Lincolnville and Abbott Tract, 1920s bungalows in Nelmar Terrace, and 1950s and 1960s block ranches filling in the rest of Davis Shores. Metal, tile, built-up flat, and shingle all show up within a few blocks of each other.
The city sits low. Matthew passed offshore on October 7, 2016, and put up to four feet of water above ground near the bayfront and the San Sebastian River, into roughly a thousand historic buildings. Irma repeated it on September 11, 2017, Helene flooded the same streets on September 27, 2024, and Milton pushed river water half a mile inland two weeks later. Between storms, king tides and nor'easters test the same roofs from the northeast.
Call this site and you are connected with an independent roofing contractor who works the city. The contractor evaluates the roof and explains what it needs.
The most common call from a city address is a leak on an older metal or flat roof after a nor'easter, which is a roof repair question about flashing and fastener lines. The second is a house inside one of the five HP zoning districts, where a visible change is a historic district roofing job with a review board step before the permit. A 1960s ranch in Davis Shores on its second or third shingle roof is a roof replacement permitted through the city, not the county.
UF Health Flagler Hospital on Health Park Boulevard, the county's hospital since 1889 and under the University of Florida since 2023, is the landmark crews use for the US 1 corridor at the south edge of the city. Downtown, the St. Augustine Historical Society keeps the Oldest House and the building records that a contractor working on a contributing structure will be asked about. Re-roofs inside the city limits are permitted through the city's Planning and Building Department on its own portal, separate from the county's.
Call (904) 895-7548 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving St. Augustine.
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.