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Census permit data show Fort Lauderdale permitting 262 new single-family homes in 2025 and 1,052 units in buildings of five or more, about four larger-building units for every new house. Each of those projects is permitted under the 2023 Florida Building Code and its High-Velocity Hurricane Zone sections, and applications submitted on or after December 31, 2026 move to the Ninth Edition.

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Code edition and HVHZ paperwork for new Fort Lauderdale roofs

The Eighth Edition has governed permits since December 31, 2023. Its successor takes over for every permit application and set of plans submitted on or after December 31, 2026, so on a project still in design, the filing date decides which book the roof is checked against.

In Broward the residential roof chapter defers to Chapter 44 and Building code Sections 1512 through 1525. For a new building that means a low-slope deck of at least 1/4:12 (1515.2.2.1), minimum slopes by system in Table 1515.2, such as 4:12 for mechanically fastened tile and 2:12 for architectural metal panels, and a uniform roofing permit application that carries the product approval or NOA numbers and the owner's notification.

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Inspections and private providers on a Fort Lauderdale new build

The code lists inspections in order: foundation, then framing with trusses and connectors once the roof framing is in place, then sheathing, either at dry-in or as a separate visit, then roofing. In the HVHZ the roof is also inspected during application (1512.4), and adhesive- or mortar-set tile gets a field uplift test under TAS 106 before final.

Builders on a tight schedule can bring in a private provider for plan review or inspections under Fla. Stat. 553.791, with the fee owner's written authorization. New construction is still a small share of what stands: only 13 percent of the city's homes date from 2010 or later.

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New construction roofing in Fort Lauderdale: questions

Can a Fort Lauderdale builder put the roof on a new home itself?

Only in one narrow case. Fla. Stat. 489.113(3) requires a general, building or residential contractor to subcontract roofing unless it also holds a roofing certificate or registration. Its one carve-out covers asphalt, fiberglass or wood shingles and shakes on a new building the contractor is constructing itself, so a tile, metal or membrane roof on a new house here is always subcontracted. With 262 new single-family homes permitted in Fort Lauderdale in 2025, plus larger buildings, that split decides who signs the HVHZ roofing permit application on most jobs.

Source: Fla. Stat. 489.113, read October 5, 2026; Census Building Permits Survey 2025, read October 5, 2026.

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How long is a Fort Lauderdale builder responsible for code defects in a new home?

One year under state law. Since July 1, 2025, Fla. Stat. 553.837 has required builders to stand behind a newly constructed home for 1 year against defects in equipment, material or workmanship that amount to a material violation of the Florida Building Code, counted from closing or first occupancy, whichever comes first. Normal wear and tear, settling, owner-caused damage and acts of God such as a natural disaster fall outside it. In a city where only 13 percent of homes were built since 2010, most buyers of a new house are new to that rule.

Source: Fla. Stat. 553.837, read October 5, 2026.

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What should soffits on a new Fort Lauderdale house be built to resist?

The same wind loads as the walls. FEMA's Hurricane Michael advisory found widespread wind damage to building envelopes and costly water intrusion from wind-driven rain, and it notes that the 2007 Florida Building Code was revised to require soffits to resist the same wind loads as walls. Its minimum practice is to fasten soffit panels at the wall and at the fascia. In Fort Lauderdale, where Irma's gusts reached 97 knots at Deerfield Beach in 2017, ask the builder how the soffit panels are fastened.

Source: FEMA, Hurricane Michael Recovery Advisory 2 (June 2019), read October 5, 2026.

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