A New Commercial Roof, Engineered for South Florida

Replacing a commercial roof is one of the biggest capital decisions a Fort Lauderdale property owner makes, and the climate here gives you no margin for getting it wrong. Windward Roofing & Construction has installed and replaced commercial roofs for 42 years, and we run our Florida operations from our office at 6261 39th Street N in Pinellas Park, so we cover Broward County and the rest of the state. This is a family-owned business with the Kuhn name on it, and we approach a replacement the way we'd approach our own building: pick the right system, build it to last in this environment, and stand behind it.

A new roof in Broward isn't just a fresh membrane. It's a system that has to carry High-Velocity Hurricane Zone product approvals, shrug off year-round UV, resist salt-air corrosion, drain heavy daily rain, and hold down through hurricane-force wind. We design and install for all of it, not just the part that's easy.

Tear-Off or Recover?

The first real decision is whether to tear off the old roof or recover over it, and in South Florida that decision matters more than most owners realize. A recover installs a new membrane over the existing one, which saves money and time when the roof below is dry, structurally sound, and hasn't already maxed out its allowed number of layers. The catch down here is moisture. Years of ponding and humidity leave a lot of Fort Lauderdale roofs with quietly saturated insulation, and recovering over wet insulation just seals the problem in and shortens the life of the new roof. We take core samples and run moisture scans first, then give you the honest answer, even when it's the more expensive one.

Choosing the Right System

There's no single best roof, only the best roof for your building, your budget, and how long you plan to hold the property. For most flat and low-slope commercial roofs in Fort Lauderdale we walk owners through these:

  • TPO. A reflective white single-ply that fights the relentless South Florida sun, cuts cooling load, and offers strong value. It's the workhorse for warehouses, retail, and office roofs across Broward.
  • PVC. Also reflective and heat-welded, with superior resistance to grease, chemicals, and ponding water. Worth the premium on restaurants, food processing, and roofs that pond despite good drainage.
  • Metal. Long-lived and ideal for sloped sections and certain industrial buildings, specified with the corrosion protection coastal Florida demands.
  • Coatings. A restoration path that extends the life of a sound existing roof and adds reflectivity, when full replacement isn't yet necessary.

Whatever system we land on, it has to be an HVHZ-approved assembly installed to the approved fastening pattern, and we spec it that way from the start.

Manufacturer Warranties and Certified Installation

A roofing warranty is only as good as the certification behind it. Windward installs as a manufacturer-certified contractor, which lets us register the long-term no-dollar-limit (NDL) system warranties that protect your investment, covering both material and our workmanship. Those warranties require the system be installed exactly to the manufacturer's specification by certified crews, which is exactly how we work. You get a single point of accountability for the whole roof, not a finger-pointing match between the material company and the installer when something goes wrong.

Capital Planning and Code Upgrades

A replacement is a capital project, and we treat it like one. We give you a clear, itemized scope and budget you can take to ownership or a board, and we'll flag where a phased approach or a coating restoration could defer cost without gambling on a failing roof. Because a full replacement triggers current code, your new Fort Lauderdale roof also brings the assembly up to today's HVHZ wind and attachment standards, and often improves energy performance with a reflective membrane and better insulation. That's value you're buying anyway, so we make sure you see it.

Minimizing Disruption to Your Operations

For an occupied office, a busy retail center, a condo association, or an active warehouse, a roof replacement can't mean shutting down. We phase the work in sections, keep every area watertight overnight, sequence the noisy and disruptive steps around your operations, and protect the interior and equipment below as we go. Our crews coordinate with your facility team on access, staging, and safety so the building stays open and dry from the first day of tear-off to the final inspection. If your current roof is still patchable for now, our roof repair in Fort Lauderdale page covers that side of the work.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. A full replacement in Broward County is held to current code, and Broward sits inside Florida's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, the strictest wind-uplift and product-approval standard in the state. Every component, from the membrane to the fasteners to the edge metal, has to carry HVHZ product approval and be installed to the approved attachment pattern. We build the new system to those requirements from the deck up.

It depends on what's underneath. A recover, installing a new membrane over the old one, can save money and time when the existing roof is dry and structurally sound and the building hasn't already used its allowed number of roof layers. In South Florida, where ponding and humidity leave a lot of insulation quietly wet, a full tear-off is often the honest call so you're not sealing moisture into the new system. We core-sample and tell you straight which one your roof needs.

For most flat and low-slope commercial roofs in South Florida we steer owners toward reflective single-ply like TPO or PVC, which fight the relentless heat and UV and cut cooling load, with PVC earning its premium on roofs that see grease or chemical exposure. Metal and coating systems fit specific buildings. The right answer comes down to your structure, your budget, and how long you plan to hold the property, and it always has to be an HVHZ-approved assembly.

In almost every case, yes. We phase the work in sections, keep each area watertight overnight, schedule the noisy and disruptive steps around your operations, and protect the interior and equipment below as we go. For occupied office, retail, condo, and active warehouse space in Fort Lauderdale, keeping you open and dry through the replacement is part of the plan, not an afterthought.