Roofing in Coral Gables
One roof here we can show you
Our work in Coral Gables
Real jobs, photographed on completion.
Two-piece barrel 
The roof above is a designated landmark
The City of Coral Gables added this house to its Register of Historic Places as a Local Historic Landmark in October 1978.
It was built in 1925, the year before the Biltmore Hotel opened, and the City attributes the design to H. George Fink, a cousin of city founder George Merrick and one of the architects who shaped Coral Gables from the beginning. The City record notes the house has had very few alterations and no substantive additions in almost a hundred years.
We re-roofed it in clay barrel tile.
Permits in Coral Gables
Coral Gables issues its own roofing permits through its Development Services Department. It is also the one place we work where the City regulates what your roof is allowed to be made of.
The zoning code lists what a pitched roof may be
Coral Gables enumerates the permitted materials for a pitched roof in its zoning code. This is not design advice, it is the code, and it is why a material that is ordinary two miles away can be a conversation here.
What is already on the roof usually decides it
The code carries an exception: where a pitched roof of another material was permitted when the house was originally built, a replacement may use that same material. That clause is usually what decides whether you are looking at a like for like replacement or a design review.
Colour is on the permit application
The roofing checklist asks you to specify the tile or material together with the selected colour. For some materials the colour itself is reviewable, and glazed tile may not be painted or repainted.
Standing seam metal goes to the Board of Architects
Metal is not off limits, but standing seam on a single family home needs full Board of Architects approval, judged against the architectural style of the house and the character of the neighbourhood. Plan for that review rather than being surprised by it.
Historic status does not mean a public hearing
Coral Gables passed the first local historic preservation legislation in the county in 1973, and properties on the City Register need a Certificate of Appropriateness. For a like for like re-roof that is handled administratively by staff, not at a hearing.
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