Commercial Roof Repair Built for South Florida

Windward Roofing & Construction has repaired commercial roofs for 42 years, and we run our Florida operations from our office at 6261 39th Street N in Pinellas Park, near Tampa Bay. That gives us statewide reach across Florida, and our service crews work Broward County and Fort Lauderdale regularly. This is a family-owned business with the Kuhn name on it, which means when we tell a property manager on Las Olas or a facility director out by Port Everglades that the leak's been fixed at the source, that's our family's reputation standing behind it. We don't patch a roof and hope.

A leaking commercial roof in Fort Lauderdale never stays just a roof problem for long. With the humidity down here, water in the building means soaked insulation, stained ceilings, ruined inventory, slip hazards, and mold that can set in fast and turn into a tenant and compliance headache. The quicker the leak is found and stopped, the smaller that whole bill gets, so our service department is built around fast, accurate diagnosis instead of guesswork.

Why Commercial Roofs Fail in Fort Lauderdale

Few climates work a flat roof as hard as the South Florida coast. The repairs we make in Broward County trace back to the same handful of local stresses, over and over:

  • Relentless heat and UV. Year-round sun bakes the top surface of a membrane every single day, breaking down sealants, drying out adhesives, and aging the roof faster than almost anywhere else in the country.
  • Salt-air corrosion. This close to the Atlantic, salt in the air eats at fasteners, edge metal, and any exposed steel, loosening the very components that hold a roof down when the wind comes.
  • Ponding water. Heavy daily rain pools on low spots and around drains, and water that sits longer than a couple of days softens the membrane, adds structural load, and finds its way through the smallest opening.
  • Hurricane and tropical-storm wind. Broward sits in the direct path of hurricane season, and the uplift on edge metal and flashings is exactly what HVHZ rules are written to resist. Once a flashing lifts, the next downpour drives water straight in.
  • Aging flashings and penetrations. Rooftop AC equipment, drains, and pipe penetrations are where the heat, salt, and wind concentrate, and they're where most Fort Lauderdale leaks actually begin.

The Fort Lauderdale Buildings We Repair

Our crews work the full range of commercial property across Broward County, and each kind of building brings its own repair challenges:

  • Downtown and Las Olas office towers, mixed-use buildings, and hospitality properties, where setback roofs, terraces, and mechanical penthouses make detail work and access the real job.
  • Coastal condo and multifamily along the beach and Intracoastal, where salt air is brutal on flashings and edge metal, and where a leak affects a whole association of unit owners.
  • Port Everglades and the industrial corridors off I-95 and along State Road 7, where large flat membrane roofs on warehouses, distribution, and light manufacturing take the full force of sun and storm.
  • Retail and shopping centers across Broward, where keeping tenants dry and open through repair work is as important as the repair itself.

Commercial Roof Repairs We Handle in Fort Lauderdale

Whatever membrane is on your building, we trace the leak to its source and repair it with materials compatible with the existing system, and where the work falls under HVHZ scope, with approved products and fastening.

Leak Diagnosis to the True Source

Water travels sideways through insulation and along deck flutes before it drips inside, so the interior stain almost never sits directly under the actual roof opening. Our technicians investigate the roof systematically, use infrared moisture scanning where needed, and fix the true entry point. For TPO and PVC we heat-weld a patch, for modified bitumen and built-up we restore the layers properly, and for coatings we re-prep and re-coat the failure.

Flashing and Parapet Repair

Flashings at parapet walls, equipment curbs, drains, and pipe penetrations are the most failure-prone parts of any Fort Lauderdale roof, and the combination of salt-air corrosion and hurricane uplift is hard on them. We re-secure, re-flash, and re-seal these transitions with corrosion-resistant materials so they hold through storm season.

Ponding and Drainage Correction

We clear and add drains and scuppers, install tapered insulation or crickets to move water off the roof, and correct the low spots where rain pools, so the membrane isn't sitting in standing water after every afternoon storm.

Hurricane and Storm Damage

After a named storm we assess wind-lifted membrane, displaced edge metal, and debris impact, document it for your insurance carrier, and restore the waterproofing integrity of the roof with HVHZ-compliant repairs.

Emergency Roof Repair in Fort Lauderdale

When your roof lets go during a 2am downpour or a tropical storm, you need someone to pick up the phone. Our 24/7 emergency line is answered around the clock, and we move fast to stop active water intrusion with temporary weatherproofing before it does more damage inside. The permanent repair gets scheduled as the follow-up. If you're dealing with an active leak right now, see our emergency roof repair in Fort Lauderdale page or call (844) 880-8844.

Honest Repair or Replace?

We'll tell you straight. Repair is the right call when the damage is localized, the membrane and insulation are otherwise sound, and the roof has real service life left. When leaks keep coming back across the roof, when the membrane is UV-shot and brittle, or when more than a quarter of the insulation is wet, repairs become money down a hole and a roof replacement in Fort Lauderdale is the better investment, especially since a new system has to meet current HVHZ code anyway. Either way you get an honest assessment, not a sales pitch.

Frequently Asked Questions

We run our Florida operations from our office at 6261 39th Street N in Pinellas Park, and we dispatch repair crews across the state, including Broward County and Fort Lauderdale. For active leaks that threaten contents or operations, we move quickly to stop the water, and our 24/7 emergency line is answered around the clock at (844) 880-8844.

Often, yes. Broward County sits inside Florida's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which carries the strictest wind-uplift and product-approval rules in the state. Many like-for-like repairs are limited in scope, but anything touching attachment, edge metal, or membrane replacement has to use HVHZ-approved products installed to the approved fastening pattern. We know where that line falls and keep the repair compliant.

South Florida is punishing on a flat roof. Year-round UV and heat bake the membrane and dry out sealants, salt air near the coast corrodes fasteners and edge metal, daily rain and ponding sit on low spots, and hurricane-force wind drives water under any flashing that has lifted. We trace the leak back to its true source rather than patching the wet spot inside, because in this climate the entry point is rarely directly above the stain.

Yes. We repair TPO, PVC, modified bitumen, built-up, metal, and coating systems, which is the bulk of what's on Fort Lauderdale's commercial, condo, and light-industrial buildings. We repair with materials compatible with the existing membrane and, where the work falls under HVHZ scope, with approved products and fastening, so the fix holds through the next storm season.