Downtown Melbourne moved once. The original commercial street was Front Street on Crane Creek, and a 1919 fire took every building on it. The town rebuilt a few blocks west on New Haven Avenue during the 1920s boom, and that is the downtown that stands today: one- and two-story brick storefronts with flat or low-slope roofs behind parapets, the 1919 Henegar school building, and a 1924 hotel. The houses around it, on the streets between US 1 and the railroad and south toward Florida Tech, are 1920s and 30s frame and stucco cottages, 1940s houses, and 1950s block homes, many of them in the city's historic district.
Downtown roofs are two trades in one neighborhood. The storefronts need membrane and flat-roof work, and the houses need shingle, metal, and, on the oldest, tear-offs that find plank decking. Crane Creek and the lagoon put salt in the air on the east side. Frances and Jeanne in 2004 and Irma in 2017 both worked the older roofs here.
Melbourne Roofing connects downtown homeowners and building owners with an independent local roofing contractor.
A flat storefront roof that ponds after every afternoon storm is a roof repair or a roof inspection by a contractor who actually works membrane. A 1920s cottage at the end of its shingle is a roof replacement that prices decking by the sheet and follows the historic district's review for visible changes.
Downtown is inside the city, so permits go through the City of Melbourne Building Section a few blocks away at City Hall, and visible changes in the historic district get a review first. Historic Downtown Melbourne, the main street organization, keeps the account of the 1919 fire and the buildings that replaced it.
Call (321) 490-1097 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Downtown Melbourne.
A lifted shingle, a rusted pipe boot, a valley that drips in every afternoon storm, or salt-eaten flashing on a beachside roof, found and fixed.
Tear-off to the deck, re-nailing, sealed underlayment, and a new shingle or metal roof permitted through the right city or county desk.
Tarping, photos, and repair after wind, a tornado band, or a named storm lifts shingles or peels panels off a Brevard roof.
A walk on the roof and a look in the attic, written up with photos for a renewal letter, a closing, or a check before June 1.
Standing-seam and exposed-fastener metal for Space Coast homes, with the coastal-grade fasteners and trim the beachside needs.
The state OIR-B1-1802 form that records deck nailing, roof-to-wall straps, and roof shape so your insurer prices the wind risk correctly.
What to photograph, what a written roofing scope gives your adjuster, and how Florida's claim deadlines and roof-age rules work.