Pine Island is the largest island on Florida's Gulf coast and the least developed in Lee County: Matlacha at the bridge, Pine Island Center in the middle, Bokeelia at the north end, and St. James City at the south. The housing is stilt homes, 1960s and 1970s block ranches, manufactured-home parks, and fishing cottages, and the common roof is metal, with shingle on the older block homes.
Ian's surge crossed the island on September 28, 2022, and the storm cut the only road at Matlacha, leaving Pine Island reachable by boat until a temporary fix reopened Pine Island Road days later. Metal roofs on stilt homes largely held; shingle roofs and manufactured homes did not. Rebuilding has been slow, and many roofs are still the ones that came through the storm.
Fort Myers Roofers connects Pine Island homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor who takes island work.
A stilt home with a metal roof that leaks at a fastener line is a roof repair, often sealant and screws rather than panels. A block ranch in St. James City with shingle from before Ian is a roof inspection first. A rebuild is a roof replacement through the county with flood-zone rules attached, and the roofing materials page covers why marine-grade metal is the island's default.
Pine Island is unincorporated, so permits go through Lee County. The island's civic voice is the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce in Matlacha, which ran recovery information for the island after Ian.
Call (239) 306-8745 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Pine Island.
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.