The wind dropped an hour ago. There are shingle tabs in the pool, a sheet of the neighbor's screen enclosure in the yard, and a wet spot spreading on the ceiling of the back bedroom. The next band is due after dark. This site connects you by phone with an independent local roofing contractor who handles storm damage in south Brevard County.
The first job is to stop water from getting in. That means a tarp or a temporary dry-in over the open area, fastened so the next gust does not take it, which is a real concern on the beachside where the wind keeps blowing for a day after the storm passes. Before the tarp goes on, the crew photographs the damage from the roof and, where possible, from the attic. Those photos are the record of what the storm did.
Then the contractor walks the whole roof. Wind lifts shingles and reseals them crooked. It works exposed-fastener metal panels loose at the screw line. It bends drip edge and pulls at flashing. Damage you cannot see from the driveway shows up as a leak in November, so the walk covers every slope and the scope lists everything found.
Stay off the roof and away from downed lines. Photograph what you can see safely from the ground, from windows, and from the attic hatch. Photograph the inside too: stains, drips, wet insulation. Do this before anything is covered or moved.
Keep receipts for anything you buy to protect the house. Do not sign a contract on the doorstep. After Irma in 2017 and again after Ian and Nicole in 2022, out-of-area operators worked Palm Bay street by street, and some took deposits and left. Look up any contractor's license before you sign, and do not sign a document that assigns your insurance benefits to anyone.
Localized damage, a slope of lifted shingles, a dozen loose panel screws, a torn section of a flat porch roof, is repaired. The contractor matches material where it can and replaces underlayment beneath the disturbed area. That is roof repair with a storm cause.
Widespread loss, meaning shingle stripped across several slopes, metal panels peeled back, or decking soaked through, is a roof replacement. On a roof that was already 18 years old, an insurer often reaches the same conclusion. Either way, the contractor's photos and written scope are what the adjuster works from.
Brevard's storms have mostly been brushes and bands rather than direct hits, and roofs fail in bands too. Matthew ran up the coast just offshore on October 7, 2016, with 100 mph gusts at the Cape and lesser winds in Melbourne. Irma on September 10 and 11, 2017, damaged more than 7,000 homes in the county and put an EF-1 tornado through a beachfront condo roof in Indialantic. Ian on September 28 and 29, 2022, was a rain and flooding event here, with four to six inches in Palm Bay and culverts washed out. Nicole's eye passed over Brevard on November 10, 2022, and the surf took dunes and seawalls from Melbourne Beach north. Milton on October 9, 2024, spun up 46 tornadoes statewide, with one confirmed in Cocoa Beach and gusts to 80 mph on the beachside.
Every summer afternoon brings a small version of the same thing. A sea-breeze storm with a 60 mph gust front lifts shingle edges and drops branches on porch roofs. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30, and the National Weather Service office in Melbourne issues the warnings and the post-storm damage surveys for the county.
Florida policies require the homeowner to take reasonable steps to prevent further damage. A tarp is exactly that. Delay is what hurts: water spreading through decking and drywall for weeks turns a wind claim into an argument about neglect. Tarp first, then see the insurance claims page for what comes next.
Have the address and say whether water is coming in now. Say what came off, shingle, metal panels, or a porch roof, and roughly how much. Say whether you can see daylight from inside, and whether you have already photographed the damage. Call (321) 490-1097.
Standing byDescribe the roof in plain words. The call is routed to an independent local roofing contractor who works shingle, metal, and tile roofs in your part of south Brevard County.
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.