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Roof repair in Kendall usually means one of two things: a storm opened a spot you can see from the driveway, or a ceiling stain told you something’s been leaking for weeks. Either way, you need a crew that knows Kendall’s CBS construction, its HVHZ wind rules, and the way afternoon downpours find every weak flashing on a slab-on-grade home. Winslow Windows & Doors has been doing exactly that through our Kendall Shingle, Tile & Metal Roofing services since 2011. Call (863) 251-5864 and you’ll get a live person, not a dispatch queue.
Why Winslow Windows & Doors Is Kendall’s Preferred Roof Repair Company
Ed Winslow put his name on this business, and that fact shapes how every job in Kendall gets run. We don’t send a different subcontractor every time. We don’t hand you a ticket number. The crew that shows up at your door off Kendall Drive or SW 88th Street is background-checked, uniformed, and accountable to the owner who lives with the reputation. When a Kendall homeowner calls about a leak near their roofline, we listen for the clues in how they describe it, because we have seen the same failure modes across West Kendall, the Falls area, and the neighborhoods around Dadeland for over a decade.
Our Roof Repair team works Kendall regularly, and our local customers know something national chains can’t fake: we answer the phone at 2 a.m. when a storm rips a section of tile off, and we show up with the right flashing, the right sealants, and the right understanding of Miami-Dade code. That’s why so many of our Kendall callers are referrals from neighbors. Ed’s name is on the door, and on every job we do.
Our Roof Repair Services in Kendall
Roof Leak Detection and Repair
Kendall’s flat, low-lying terrain means standing water pushes against roof-to-wall transitions longer than it does on sloped lots elsewhere in Miami-Dade. We trace leaks to the exact source: a cracked tile, a rusted flashing joint, a rotted edge board under the drip line. Then we fix it, with sealants and materials rated for the High Velocity Hurricane Zone.
Roof-to-Wall Flashing Rebuilds Over Slab-on-Grade Thresholds
Most Kendall homes sit slab-on-grade, and that matters more than people think. The junction where a wall meets the roof is the first place wind-driven rain attacks, especially on homes built before the post-Hurricane Andrew code overhaul. We pull the old flashing, inspect the substrate, and rebuild the transition so water from Kendall’s wet-season storms goes where it should: off the roof, not into it.
Jalousie Window Flashing Repairs Coordinated With Roof Work
Kendall’s pre-1980s tract homes still hold thousands of original jalousie windows. Their louvered glass and through-frame cranks were never designed for Miami-Dade’s 170-mph wind zone. When roof work exposes a jalousie’s flashing or framing, we coordinate the fix: masonry infill, re-stucco, and an impact-rated replacement that carries a Miami-Dade NOA. The roof gets repaired, and the opening becomes legal with our Impact Windows in Kendall. One permit, one crew, one invoice.
Wind-Damage and Storm Repair
Hurricane season runs June through October, but Kendall sees named-storm-force gusts in any wet July. Lifted tiles, torn underlayment, displaced ridge caps: we document, quote, and repair. If an insurance claim is involved, our documentation is clean enough to stand up to an adjuster’s review, including the wind-mitigation details that matter under Miami-Dade rules.
What happens when you call
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Kendall
Winslow Windows & Doors is an authorized installer for eight premium manufacturers, and that matters when roof work touches windows. In Kendall we frequently pair roof repairs with PGT impact units, Mr-Glass products, and Therma-Tru doors through our Window Installation in Kendall where a threshold or frame has been compromised by water intrusion. Because we’re a full exterior-protection specialist, not just a roofer who came up from mowing lawns, we stock compatible flashing, sealants, and trim profiles for these brands. That shortens turnaround for Kendall homeowners who can’t wait six weeks when a roofline is open to the weather. We don’t sell brands we don’t install, and we won’t quote a product that lacks the Miami-Dade NOA your opening requires.
Common Roof Repair Problems We See in Kendall Homes
- Rusted flashing above non-impact sliders: Salt-laced air from Biscayne Bay pushes inland over Kendall and accelerates oxidation on pre-2000 aluminum frames. We see flashings so corroded that wind-driven rain flows straight into the roofline and rusts the anchor clips below.
- Deteriorated jalousie flashings soaking roof edge boards: Kendall’s daily afternoon downpours in the wet season hammer louvered windows. The through-wall crank holes and thin flashing allow water to punch inside, where it wicks along the top plate and rots the roof’s perimeter sheathing from below.
- Slab-on-grade threshold leaks during standing-water events: When Kendall streets flood briefly after a heavy storm, water sits against exterior door and window thresholds. On aging sills with dried-out sealant, that water infiltrates under the door and travels into the adjacent roofline framing.
- Wind-lift on understory roofing from original wind-load holes: Roof repairs that ignore original single-pane sliders and jalousies leave a home with the same wind-load holes it had before the storm. High winds pressurize the attic and lift the understory roofing from inside. We fix the opening first, then the roof.
Pricing for Roof Repair in Kendall, FL
Let’s talk real numbers for Roof Repair in Kendall. A basic tile repair or flashing patch runs $350 to $800 on most Kendall homes. Rebuilding a roof-to-wall flashing junction across a 6-foot run typically lands between $900 and $1,800. If a jalousie window is part of the problem, including masonry infill and re-stucco at the rough opening, expect that line item to add $1,500 to $2,800 depending on opening size and finish work. A full roof deck repair after long-term water intrusion can reach $3,500 to $6,000 before new tile or shingle goes on. We give written, line-item quotes before any work starts. Call (863) 251-5864 for a free estimate, and remember the standing offer: $40 off any repair over $200.
What Roof Repair Costs in Kendall
Roof repair pricing in Kendall moves on a few variables. Opening count is the biggest one: a single flashing repair is one thing, a roof deck with three rotted sections and two non-compliant windows is another. Wind zone matters too. Kendall sits inside Miami-Dade’s High Velocity Hurricane Zone, so any product we set in an opening must carry approved design pressures matched to the exact configuration. Floor height on two-story homes changes ladder work and safety rigging. Frame material matters less on repair jobs but becomes central when a repair forces a replacement. Here’s what full replacements look like when the damage pushes that far: impact windows generally run $800 to $1,500 per window installed, impact single-hungs $900 to $1,800, large or custom openings $2,500 to $5,000, and whole-home packages $8,000 to $25,000 or more. The estimate is free, and the quote is fixed in writing before we order anything.
Florida Pays You Back
Kendall homeowners often recover a meaningful share of their investment through incentive programs. The My Safe Florida Home program offers matching grants up to $10,000 for qualifying wind-mitigation upgrades, which can include impact-rated openings and roof-to-wall hardening. Florida’s sales-tax exemption applies to impact-resistant windows and doors, meaning no sales tax on those materials. The federal 25C energy credit can return 30% of product cost up to $600 per year on qualifying units. And after a wind-mitigation inspection ($75 to $150), many homeowners see their windstorm premium drop by roughly 25% on the windstorm portion of the policy. We won’t promise you a specific dollar figure: carriers and program administrators set the final numbers. But we document every NOA, every design pressure, and every installation detail so your inspection goes cleanly.
Kendall’s Jalousie Legacy: Why Roof Repair Often Becomes Window Replacement
Here’s something you won’t read on a generic roof-repair page. Kendall falls entirely within the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, the strictest wind-load jurisdiction in the United States. Every replacement window and door must carry a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance, a product-approval standard more rigorous than the rest of Florida’s building code. Now consider what Kendall’s housing stock actually looks like: thousands of concrete-block-and-stucco tract homes from the late 1960s through the early 1990s, many still holding original single-pane aluminum sliders and crank-style jalousie units. Those openings are flatly non-compliant with current HVHZ standards. They cannot be repaired to meet code. They must be replaced, fully frame-out, with NOA-approved impact glazing.
That changes what roof repair means in this city. On a slab-on-grade CBS home near the Hammocks, we traced a recurring ceiling stain to an old jalousie window flashing that had rotted under years of Kendall’s afternoon downpours. Our crew pulled the non-compliant louvered unit, rebuilt the rough opening with masonry infill and re-stucco, and set a PGT impact-rated double-hung with a Miami-Dade NOA before repairing the roof deck and reinstalling the owner’s roof tiles. That fixed the leak and made the opening legal in one permit. Any competent roofer can patch a tile. Not every crew can explain to a homeowner that the legal fix requires masonry work and a window replacement, and then do both correctly under one building permit.
We Also Serve Cities Near Kendall
Our trucks run Kendall daily, and we take the same crew to nearby communities when a homeowner there needs the same roof-to-wall expertise. That includes Kendall itself, plus Westchester, Coral Gables, and South Miami. Same live-answer phone, same background-checked technicians, same 36500-Day Done Right Promise wherever we park the truck.
Serving Kendall, FL - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Kendall area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Roof Repair in Kendall
If the jalousie sits in an opening that’s part of the roof repair, it must be replaced with a Miami-Dade NOA product in Kendall’s HVHZ. Jalousies cannot be retrofitted to meet impact requirements under any NOA. Sealing around the frame doesn’t fix the louvered glass or the through-frame crank holes, and the opening still fails a wind-mitigation inspection. Expect masonry infill and re-stucco as a line item. Call (863) 251-5864 for an exact quote, estimates are free.
Because Kendall’s louvered windows leak from the wall inward, not from the roof downward. Wet-season downpours hit the glass louvers and run along the crank mechanisms into the rough opening. That water wicks along the top plate and soaks the roof’s edge boards from below. The shingles or tiles look fine, but the roofline framing is saturated. We find this pattern in Kendall’s pre-1980s tract homes weekly.
You can sometimes get a partial credit for roof-to-wall upgrades, but if you leave original jalousies or non-impact sliders in place, the inspector will flag those openings, and the credit will reflect that. The biggest wind-mitigation savings come when the windows, doors, and roof-to-wall transitions all meet HVHZ standards. We document everything so your inspection has the paper trail it needs.
It can. If the repair exposes the slider’s framing or requires resetting the flashing above it, the inspector will look at the opening. A non-impact slider in an HVHZ opening fails current code. We handle this by quoting the full scope upfront: flashing rebuild plus a NOA-rated replacement for the slider. One permit covers both, and you don’t get a stop-work order halfway through the job.
Because when we remove a jalousie or a narrow single-pane unit, the rough opening doesn’t match any modern impact-rated window size. We close the gap with masonry infill, then re-stucco the exterior to match your home’s finish. It’s a required step for a compliant installation, and it’s a line item that catches Kendall homeowners off guard when a less experienced crew discovers it mid-job. We quote it upfront so the invoice matches the estimate.
Call (863) 251-5864 for a free roof repair estimate in Kendall. Ed Winslow answers the phone, and the crew that shows up will be the crew that does the work. The one down the road.
Written by Ed Winslow, Owner at Winslow Windows & Doors, serving Kendall and South Florida since 2011.
Six Reasons Homeowners Choose Winslow Windows & Doors
Impact systems engineered to design pressures up to +/-100, matched to your wind zone - your openings hold when the storm arrives.
Low-E insulated impact glass from our manufacturer lines commonly cuts monthly cooling bills 20-30%.
Laminated impact glass shuts out up to 40% of outside noise - traffic, neighbors, weather.
Monitoring services run $30-90 a month. Laminated impact glass resists forced entry around the clock, with no subscription.
Florida homeowners average around 25% savings on the windstorm portion of their policy after protecting every opening - some homes qualify for more.
A full impact package upgrades curb appeal, buyer confidence and appraised value in one project.