Lake Washington is the neighborhood at the west edge of Melbourne, along Lake Washington Road between Wickham Road and the lake itself. The lake is one of the largest in the chain of upper St. Johns River lakes, and it supplies about two-thirds of the city's drinking water through the treatment plant on its shore. The houses came in two waves: 1970s and 80s homes on the streets nearest Wickham Road, and 1990s and 2000s subdivisions and lakefront estates on the larger lots toward the water. Shingle is common, tile appears on the estate streets, and metal is spreading on the lakefront.
Inland, treed, and low, the neighborhood gets rain rather than surge. Ian's outer bands in September 2022 stood water in the swales here for days, and Irma in 2017 dropped oaks on roofs across the older streets. A 1998 shingle roof on Lake Washington Road is at the age where the insurer's letter arrives.
This site connects Lake Washington homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor by phone. It does not perform the work.
A limb through the shingle is a storm damage call that starts with a tarp. A 1990s roof with a renewal letter is a roof inspection and, when the report says so, a roof replacement with the wind-mitigation photos taken while the deck is open.
The neighborhood is inside Melbourne city limits, so re-roofs go through the City of Melbourne Building Section. The lake itself is managed as part of the upper St. Johns by the St. Johns River Water Management District, whose marsh restoration west of the neighborhood is why the lake level and the neighborhood's drainage behave the way they do.
Call (321) 490-1097 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Lake Washington.
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.