Residential Metal Roof Installation in Hollywood
A metal roof on a Broward County house is built to a stricter code than the same roof in most of Florida. Hollywood sits in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, where the Florida Building Code sets minimum panel thicknesses and requires product approval for the complete system: panels, clips, fasteners, underlayment and trim, tested together. The services below start with full replacements, the biggest jobs, and end with repairs and inspections.
Metal Roof Replacement
Most metal roofs in Hollywood replace shingle or concrete tile. The old roof comes off down to the deck, and loose or soft sheathing gets renailed or replaced before anything new goes on. Then comes the underlayment the approved system calls for, then the drip edge and valley metal, then the panels and trim.
The part homeowners don't see is the paperwork. The system's product approval spells out the deck, the underlayment, the fastener spacing and the panel. Ask for the approval number up front, because it tells you which underlayment and fastening the roof is supposed to have. The City of Hollywood lists residential reroofs among its express permit types.
See metal roof installation in Hollywood, or metal roof replacement if the roof you have is already metal.
Standing Seam Metal Roofs
No screw goes through the part of a standing seam panel that carries water. The panels lock together at raised vertical seams and fasten to the deck with hidden clips. Snap-lock panels click together by hand. Mechanically seamed panels are folded shut with a seaming tool and hold up better in high wind, which is the reason to pay for them here.
Panels run from 12 to 24 inches wide, in steel or aluminum, and most carry a PVDF paint finish sold under names such as Kynar 500. Wider panels cost less but show more waviness, which is worth weighing on a house where the roof is in plain view. Standing seam is the most expensive of the common metal systems. The clips let the panels expand and contract through a hot day without working the fasteners loose.
5V Crimp and Exposed-Fastener Metal Roofing
5V crimp has been on Florida roofs for generations: flat panels with five V-shaped ribs, screwed straight through into the deck. R-panel and corrugated panels work the same way and show up on warehouses, sheds and some houses. They cost less than standing seam because the panels are simpler and go on faster.
The trade-off is the screws. Every fastener goes through the panel and depends on a rubber washer to stay dry. Sun and heat age those washers, so an exposed-fastener roof needs its screws checked and tightened or replaced over its life. Budget for it now rather than finding out from a ceiling stain.
Aluminum Metal Roofing for Salt Air
If you live on the barrier island or along the Intracoastal, aluminum deserves a serious look. It doesn't form red rust. Steel roofing is usually coated with Galvalume, an alloy of roughly 55% aluminum and 43% zinc, and it does well inland, but many coated-steel warranties limit coverage within a set distance of salt water. Read the warranty for your exact address before choosing.
In the HVHZ, aluminum panels must be at least 0.025 inch thick. Aluminum costs more than steel and dents more easily. Fasteners and trim need to be aluminum, stainless or another compatible metal, because two different metals touching in salt air corrode each other.
Stone-Coated Steel Roofing
Stone-coated steel panels are pressed into the shape of barrel tile, shake or shingle and covered in ceramic-coated stone granules. From the street most people take them for tile, which matters if your association's specifications call for a tile look. Like every other system here, the specific product needs approval for HVHZ use.
Metal Shingles and Metal Tile
Instead of long panels, these are smaller pressed pieces that interlock, usually steel or aluminum with a painted or granular finish. They suit a roof with lots of hips and valleys, where long panels would mean a lot of cutting, and houses where the owner wants metal but not the look of seams.
Copper and Zinc Roofing
On most Florida houses you'll see these metals on the smaller showpiece parts: a bay window roof, an entry canopy, a cupola. Copper weathers from bright to brown to green over the years. Zinc turns a soft gray. Copper can't touch aluminum or coated steel, or drain onto them, so the flashing and fastener details need care.
Metal Roof Repair and Leak Repair
Metal roofs rarely leak through the middle of a panel. They leak at the details: worn washers on exposed screws, cracked pipe boots, ridge closures pushed out by wind, sealant gone hard at a wall flashing. A good repair finds the actual entry point, which may be several feet uphill from the stain on your ceiling.
For partial replacements, Florida's 25% rule matters. On a roof built or replaced under the 2007 Florida Building Code or later, only the repaired section has to meet current code. There's more on that under things to know, below.
Metal Roof Coatings and Restoration
An aging 5V or corrugated roof with surface rust and tired paint can often be cleaned, rust-treated and coated with an elastomeric or silicone roof coating, with new fasteners where the old ones are worn. It costs less than new panels. It doesn't fix panels that are rusted through or badly bent, and a contractor who proposes coating those is selling the wrong job.
Metal Roof Inspections
An inspection makes sense after a named storm, before you buy a house with a metal roof, and before an insurance renewal. A one-line pass or fail tells you little, so ask for photos of the fasteners, seams, flashing and penetrations. If you're after a wind mitigation discount, the inspector filling in form OIR-B1-1802 will want the roof permit date or product approval number, so keep them where you can find them.
Get a free metal roof estimate in Hollywood
- Free written estimate
- Panel, gauge and product approval listed in writing
- City of Hollywood permit and inspections
- One local metal roofing contractor, not a call list
- No charge to homeowners for the referral
Specialty Metal Roofing Services
Smaller jobs around the main roof, several of which come up after storm season.
Hurricane Damage Repair and Emergency Tarping
Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. After a storm, lifted trim and torn panels get tarped or temporarily secured first, then repaired. Take photos before anything is moved. Your insurer will ask for them.
Patio, Carport and Screen-Enclosure Roofs
Insulated aluminum roof panels over patios and carports, and metal roofing tied into screen enclosures. Where the new roof meets the house is where these leak, so the attachment and flashing get the most attention.
Metal Flashing, Drip Edge and Gutters
Custom-bent trim, valley metal, drip edge and gutters in a metal that matches the roof, so aluminum stays with aluminum and steel with coated steel.
Solar Panel Detach and Reset
Panels come off before a reroof and go back on after. On standing seam, clamps grip the seams, so the solar racking doesn't have to go through the roof.
Cool Roof Colors
Light metal finishes reflect more sun and can keep an attic cooler. EPA ended its ENERGY STAR program for roof products in 2022, so the rating to look for now is the Cool Roof Rating Council's figures for the exact color you pick. Higher solar reflectance means less heat absorbed, so compare colors on that number.
Commercial Metal Roofing in Hollywood
Warehouses and Light Industrial
R-panel and standing seam roofs for low-slope metal buildings, including retrofits over existing metal roofs where the structure and the approved system allow it.
Retail Centers and Restaurants
Work scheduled around opening hours, with the rooftop units, curbs and grease exhaust detailed so the new roof doesn't leak where the old one did.
Condos, Townhomes and HOA Communities
Whole-building reroofs for associations. For homeowners' associations, Florida law counts code-recognized roof systems meeting ASCE 7-22 as hurricane protection and requires written specifications for it. Condominiums fall under a different chapter of the statutes, with roof replacement built into reserve planning.
Churches and Schools
Steep roofs and long spans, often done in phases so the building stays open.
Our Metal Roofing Process
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Tell Us About the Roof
Give us the address, the current roof type and what you want done. We pass it to an independent metal roofing contractor who works in Hollywood.
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Roof Inspection
The contractor walks or measures the roof, checks the deck from the attic where possible and photographs problem spots.
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Written Scope and Price
You get the system name, panel material and gauge, underlayment, product approval number and price in writing, before you sign anything.
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Permit and Installation
The contractor pulls the City of Hollywood permit, schedules the inspections and does the work.
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Final Inspection and Paperwork
The job ends at a passed final inspection. Keep the permit, the product approval and the invoice together: your insurer's wind mitigation inspector will ask for them.
Why Homeowners Call Hollywood Metal Roofing
One Call, One Local Contractor
You describe the job once and hear back from a contractor who installs metal roofs in Hollywood, not a list of ten companies calling you at dinner.
The System in Writing
The estimate names the exact panel, gauge and product approval, so you can compare quotes system by system.
Code Questions Answered Before Work Starts
HVHZ rules, the 25% rule, HOA specifications and insurance paperwork get talked through while you're still comparing quotes.
Free for Homeowners
The estimate is free, and so is the referral.
Metal Roof Cost in Hollywood: What Changes the Price
HomeGuide's national cost guide puts an installed standing seam metal roof at about $9 to $16 per square foot. Steel standing seam runs about $8 to $13, aluminum about $9.50 to $17, and tearing off an old roof adds roughly $1 to $3 or more per square foot (HomeGuide). Those are national figures. Your written estimate is the number that counts.
What moves a Hollywood price up or down:
System
Exposed-fastener 5V costs less than standing seam. Stone-coated steel and metal shingles land in between, depending on the product.Metal and gauge
Aluminum costs more than steel. Thicker panels cost more than the HVHZ minimums.Roof size, pitch and shape
Every hip, valley, skylight and chimney adds cutting and trim.Tear-off
One layer of shingles comes off faster than tile or two layers of shingles.Deck repairs
Rotten sheathing only shows up once the old roof is off, so ask for a per-sheet price in the estimate.Finish
PVDF paint and custom colors cost more than standard finishes.
Things to Know Before a Metal Roof in Broward's Hurricane Zone
HVHZ Product Approval Covers the Whole System
Sections 1512 through 1525 of the Florida Building Code set the roofing rules for the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which is Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Section 1518.9 sets the metal minimums: steel panels G-90 coated and no thinner than 26 gage, aluminum no thinner than 0.025 inch. It also requires product approval for a complete metal system, meaning the panel, underlayment and accessories as a unit. In practice that approval is a Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) or a Florida Product Approval listed for HVHZ use. Ask for the number and look it up.
Salt Air Changes the Metal, the Fasteners and the Warranty
East of US-1 and on the beach, plan the roof around salt air from the start. Aluminum panels, stainless or compatible fasteners, and matching trim cost more up front.
Florida's 25% Rule Is Narrower Than It Used to Be
Section 553.844(5) of the Florida Statutes says that when 25% or more of a roof built, repaired or replaced under the 2007 Florida Building Code or later is redone, only the redone portion must meet current code. If your roof is older than that, a large repair can still turn into a full replacement.
Wind Mitigation and Your Insurance
Florida insurers must offer discounts or credits for windstorm mitigation features (section 627.0629). Form OIR-B1-1802, the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form, records your roof covering by permit date or product approval number. After a new metal roof, a fresh inspection gives your agent the paperwork to apply any credit.
HOA Approval
Section 720.3035(6) counts roof systems recognized by the Florida Building Code that meet ASCE 7-22 standards as hurricane protection. Associations must adopt specifications for hurricane protection, which may include color and style, and may not deny an application that conforms to them, though the board can require you to follow an existing unified building scheme for exterior appearance.
Permits in Hollywood
Reroofs need a City of Hollywood building permit. New applications go through the City's Accela Citizen Access portal (since August 4, 2026). Normally the licensed contractor applies. Florida does let owners pull an owner-builder permit for their own home, but then the owner takes on the contractor's responsibilities.
Metal Roof Problems Worth Knowing About
Oil canning
Wide flat areas on standing seam panels can show a wavy look in low sun. Narrower panels, stiffening ribs and a flat deck reduce it. It's cosmetic, but some owners hate it.Exposed-fastener upkeep
5V and R-panel screws need checking over the roof's life because the washers age.Dents
Aluminum and thin steel can dent from falling branches or storm debris.Mixed metals
Copper runoff onto aluminum, or steel screws in aluminum, cause corrosion. The details matter.Up-front cost
Metal costs more to install than asphalt shingles.Noise
Over a solid plywood deck with underlayment, rain on a residential metal roof is much quieter than the tin-roof image suggests. That loud sound comes from metal fastened over open framing with nothing underneath.
Metal Roofing Service Area
Hollywood Metal Roofing takes requests from all over Hollywood, from Hollywood Beach and the Intracoastal to Hollywood Lakes, Emerald Hills and Hollywood Hills, and passes each one to an independent local contractor. Homes near the water face more salt exposure than homes west of I-95, and the right panel and fastener choice changes with it.