Bonita Springs · Lee County, Florida
Roofers who actually
work in Bonita Springs.
The southern end of our patch, and the closest to the Gulf. That proximity is the single biggest factor in how roofs age here. Free inspection, photographs of everything, and a written report you keep.
About 30 minutes from our office. Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. Water coming in right now? Call, don't use the form.
- Free, with no obligation
- Written report with photos
- Office on Cypress Lake Drive
Free inspection
Photos and a written report, no obligation.
Local office
Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers — not a call centre.
Lee County permits
Your contractor pulls them. You don't.
Repair before replace
When repair genuinely holds.
Local knowledge
What's different about roofs in Bonita Springs
Roofs don't fail the same way everywhere, even inside one county.
Closest to the Gulf, hardest on metal
Salt exposure is the dominant ageing factor in coastal Bonita. Fasteners, flashing and drip edge corrode years ahead of the tile above them — and a roof with sound tile and failed fastenings is a roof that looks fine right up until it isn't.
Wind exposure at the coast
Closer to open water means less upwind ground roughness, which means higher design wind pressures at the roof edge. Whether the edges were fastened to current standards is the question that matters most on a coastal roof.
A real mix of ages
Older single-storey homes and newer gated development sit within a couple of miles of each other. There's no typical Bonita roof, which is why nobody should quote one from a satellite image.
Flood and wind are different claims
Storm surge damage and wind damage sit under different policies, and the distinction matters far more here than inland. The inspection documents what's visible on the roof; how it's categorised is for your adjuster.
Permits
Who actually issues your roof permit in Bonita Springs
Roofing is permitted work here, and the office that issues the permit is not the same in every one of our four cities. Your contractor pulls it either way — but it is worth knowing which desk your job lands on, because it changes what gets inspected and when.
Bonita Springs Community Development, on its own system
Bonita Springs permits roofing through its own Community Development Department, on its own EnerGov self-service portal — a separate installation from Cape Coral's, despite the software sharing a name. Different login, different fees, different queue.
Storm repairs still need a permit here
The city has published guidance specifically reminding homeowners that repairs after a storm are still permitted work. That matters in Bonita more than most places, because the pressure to let someone start immediately is highest right after weather — and unpermitted roof work surfaces later, when you sell or when you claim.
What we won't state here
We couldn't confirm Bonita's roofing-specific inspection sequence and fee schedule from a primary source, so we don't publish one. It gets confirmed with Community Development before quoting.
After the roof: wind mitigation
Once a roof is replaced, Florida's uniform mitigation inspection form (OIR-B1-1802) is what lets an insurer see the wind-resistant features you've just paid for — roof cover, deck attachment, roof-to-wall connection, and whether there's a secondary water barrier. Under s. 627.0629 insurers have to give actuarially reasonable discounts for those features. We won't quote you a dollar figure, because the saving depends on your carrier and your house — but a new roof with no mitigation form filed is money left sitting there.
Sourced from each issuing authority's own published guidance. Where we could not confirm a detail directly with the department, we say so above rather than fill the gap — and it gets checked on your job rather than guessed at here.
What we do here
The same work, in Bonita Springs.
Free roof inspection
Full walk of the exterior, attic where there's safe access, photographs of every problem area and a written report. How an inspection works
Roof repair
Tile, shingle and flat. The right answer is fixing the section that failed, not selling a roof you don't need yet. What gets repaired
Storm damage repair
Emergency dry-in first, documented before cleanup, rebuilt afterwards. After a storm
Roof replacement
When the roof has reached the end rather than failed in one spot, and what the 2023 Florida code requires once the covering comes off. How replacement works
Roof rejuvenation & restoration
More years from a roof that is worn rather than failed, when the inspection says it is a candidate. When it is worth it
Insurance claim documentation
Photographs, measurements and a scope of work. We're not permitted to negotiate the claim and we'll explain who is. What a roofer may do
Roof replacement
Replacing a roof in Bonita Springs.
Closest of the four to the Gulf and the most exposed, so fasteners and flashing tend to age years ahead of whatever is sitting on top of them. Each covering fails in its own way and raises its own questions, so they have a page each.
Shingle roof replacement
The common one, and the page that explains why the underlayment specification matters more than the shingle brand.
Metal roof replacement
Standing seam or exposed fastener, coastal corrosion, and why metal does not automatically earn an insurance credit.
Tile roof replacement
The tile is usually fine. The underlayment beneath it is what expires, and that decides lift-and-relay against full replacement.
Flat roof replacement
Low-slope and flat sections, where most Florida failures turn out to be drainage rather than the membrane.
Not sure a replacement is what you need? A leak does not mean a new roof, and a free inspection settles it either way. We cover four cities in Lee County.
Around Bonita Springs
Bonita Springs, from the beach to I-75.
The closer to the Gulf, the faster anything metal on a roof gives out. That one fact organizes most of what we see here.
West of 41: Bonita Beach, Bonita Bay and along the Imperial River
Salt air reaches fasteners, flashings, valley metal and drip edge first, and on metal roofs, the cut edges and seams. Corrosion here can be well along before anything shows from the ground. Homes near the river and the bay also see flooding in big storms, and flood is a separate claim from wind, under a separate policy.
The gated communities: Bonita Bay, Pelican Landing and others
Mostly tile, mostly with approved profile and color lists, and many of those tiles are now discontinued. That makes matching the first question on any repair. How matching works.
After Irma and Ian
Irma tracked up this part of the coast in 2017, and Ian brought wind and surge in 2022. Roofs repaired after either storm are worth checking at the repaired areas, because rushed storm repairs are where leaks start. If yours was replaced, make sure the permit was closed with a final inspection.
Metal roofs near the water
A metal roof with early corrosion at its fasteners is often a restoration job: new fasteners, treated rust, resealed seams and, on sound panels, a coating. Once the panels themselves have rusted through, it is a replacement. What that costs in Lee County.
Bonita Springs
Questions from Bonita Springs
Does being near the water really shorten a roof's life?
It shortens the life of the metal on it, which is not quite the same thing but has much the same effect. We check fasteners and flashing first on coastal properties.
You're 30 minutes away. Does that matter in an emergency?
It matters after a widespread event, when everyone is calling at once. You'll get a realistic arrival window rather than a hopeful one, and if nobody can get to you the same day we'll say so.
Do you charge for the visit?
No. The inspection, the photographs and the written report are free, and there's no obligation to book work afterwards.
How far out are you booking?
Depends on the week and on whether anything has just come through. Call and we'll tell you the real number rather than a comfortable one. Active leaks get moved up.
Who pulls the permit?
Your contractor does. Roofing work here is permitted work and the licensed contractor files it, not you. If a roofer asks you to pull an owner-builder permit for their work, that should worry you.
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Free, about an hour on site, and you keep the photographs and the written report whatever you decide to do next.
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About an hour on site. Photos and a written report, whether or not you hire us.
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