Fort Myers is a city of concrete block homes under three kinds of roof. Along McGregor Boulevard and in the older neighborhoods near the river, 1920s through 1950s houses carry clay tile and the occasional metal roof that has been there for decades. The subdivisions that filled in from the 1970s through the 2000s, from Whiskey Creek south to Daniels Parkway, went up with architectural shingle or concrete barrel tile over felt. The gated communities out toward the airport are almost all tile.
Hurricane Ian's eyewall passed just offshore on September 28, 2022, and the city took hurricane-force wind for hours. Two years later a tornado spun out of Milton's outer bands and tore across the city on October 9, 2024. A large share of Fort Myers roofs are now either brand new or thirty years old with three storm seasons of cracked tile behind them.
Fort Myers Roofers connects homeowners in the city with an independent local roofing contractor. You describe the roof by phone, and the contractor who calls back decides what to look at first.
A 1990s tile roof with a stain inside is usually an underlayment failure and a roof repair or lift-and-relay question. A shingle roof past year fifteen with an insurer letter is a roof inspection first, then a decision. A roof still under a tarp from the last storm is storm damage roofing, and the photos taken before the tarp went on matter more than anything else.
Inside the city limits, a re-roof is permitted through the City of Fort Myers Building, Permitting and Inspections division on Hendry Street, which also handles contractor registration and inspection scheduling. Much of what has a Fort Myers mailing address is actually unincorporated Lee County, and those homes go through the county's portal instead. The contractor will know which one applies to your parcel.
Call (239) 306-8745 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Fort Myers.
A leak, lifted shingles, or cracked tiles traced to the source and fixed before the next rain band reaches Lee County.
Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and a new roof permitted and inspected under the Florida Building Code.
Tarping and repair after wind, tornado, or hurricane damage, with photos taken before anything is covered.
A walk of the roof and attic with written findings for a sale, an insurer, or a roof that is past year fifteen.
Barrel tile, architectural shingle, standing-seam metal, and low-slope membrane compared for Southwest Florida sun, salt, and wind.
What to photograph, what a contractor's written scope gives the adjuster, and the Florida deadlines that apply.