Lehigh Acres was carved into quarter-acre lots in the 1950s and sold by mail, and the grid of streets east of Fort Myers is still filling in seventy years later. That history shows on the roofs. A large stock of concrete block homes from the 1970s through the 2000s sits under architectural shingle, and the houses that went up during the last decade east of Sunshine Boulevard and out toward Alva have newer shingle or metal. Tile is uncommon here.
Lehigh sits far enough inland that storm surge is not the threat. Wind is. Hurricane Ian in September 2022 stripped shingle across Lehigh and soaked decking on roofs that were already old. Irma in 2017 did the same on a smaller scale. Roof age now drives most of the calls from Lehigh: the shingle roofs from the 1990s and 2000s are the ones insurers ask about.
Fort Myers Roofers connects Lehigh Acres homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor who runs crews east of Interstate 75.
A shingle roof at year eighteen with a renewal letter is a roof inspection with written findings before any decision. A roof that lost shingle in a storm is storm damage roofing, and it is worth photographing from the ground before the tarp goes on. When the inspection says the roof is done, the roof replacement is permitted through the county, since Lehigh is unincorporated.
Drainage in Lehigh is handled by the Lehigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District, which manages the canals and weirs that carry wet-season runoff off those quarter-acre lots. Roof permits go through Lee County. The town's center of gravity is Homestead Road, where the county's Veterans Park Recreation Center anchors an 81-acre park that doubles as a gathering point after storms.
Call (239) 306-8745 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Lehigh Acres.
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.