Commercial roofing in Eatonville, FL

Roofs on multi-unit buildings are often low-slope. New low-slope roofs must be designed to at least one-fourth unit in 12, or 2 percent. Ask each bidder to show the slope on the drawings and where water will drain.

Eatonville gets about 51 inches of rain a year at Orlando International Airport, and about 23 inches of that falls June through August. Drainage that clears standing water within two days matters most in that wet season, so ask how the bid handles it.

• Confirm the minimum slope and where water will drain.
• Where a parapet could hold water, look for secondary overflow drains or scuppers in the scope.
• Confirm the membrane material and its ASTM standard, such as TPO under ASTM D6878.
• Ask for a weathering test record of 2,000 hours under ASTM G152 through G155.

Under Fla. Stat. 489.113, roofing work must be done by a contractor holding a state roofing certification or registration, or be subcontracted to one. A general contractor who advertises as a roofer must hold that roofing credential too. Check the license on the state site before you compare prices on an Eatonville job.

A permitted job should show a recorded Notice of Commencement posted before the first inspection. Without it, an Eatonville property owner may end up funding the same work twice. Ask the bidder who records the notice and when.