Where in Tampa does Wayne Gonzalez Roofing replace roofs?
Across the city and the county around it, from a yard at 5625 Patterson Rd in Riverview, on the Hillsborough side of the bay and a short drive from most of Tampa. Carrollwood, Lutz, Land o' Lakes, Wesley Chapel, Thonotosassa, Plant City and Zephyrhills are on the list, and so is Clearwater across the bay.
Distance matters more than it sounds. A crew based in the county can look at the roof this week and come back after the first hard rain to check its own work. The company has been roofing Tampa since 1981, and it still trades under the same family name from the same town.
How do I know the roof needs replacing rather than repairing?
An inspection decides it, and the company would rather repair a roof with years left in it. The signs that a roof is past repair: granules accumulating in the gutters years after installation, shingles curling or cupping across whole slopes rather than in one patch, repeated leaks in different places, daylight through the deck, or sheathing that flexes underfoot.
One leak is usually a flashing detail. Three leaks in three places is a roof. Age counts too: the company's own guidance is that a roof over 15 to 25 years old with widespread damage or recurring leaks is usually due, and that asphalt in Florida sun is a fifteen to twenty year material whatever the packaging says. If it is a repair, the Tampa roof repair page covers that, and what an inspection looks at is on the roof inspection page.
What happens on a roof replacement?
Five steps, in order. The company looks at the roof and writes a scope, free, with the material named. It pulls the permit. It tears off the old roof and inspects the decking, replacing rotten sheathing, with what happens if rot is found written into the scope before you sign rather than discovered on day two. Underlayment, flashing and the new roof go on, and flashing gets the care because flashing is where roofs leak. Then the crew cleans up and hauls away, including the nails in the grass.
Where the assessment allows it, new material can sometimes go over the existing roof instead of a full tear off. That is decided on the roof, not on the phone, and it is written into the scope either way.
How long does a roof replacement take in Tampa?
Most residential roof replacements take one to three days, depending on the size of the roof, the materials and the weather. Larger or more complicated roofs take longer. The company gives a realistic number once it has seen the roof rather than a number that sounds good on the phone.
Weather is the variable nobody controls. A summer afternoon storm can stop work for the day, and a crew that covers the roof properly and comes back the next morning is worth more than one that promises a date it cannot keep.
Shingle, metal or flat: which roof suits a Tampa house?
Most replacements here are architectural asphalt shingle, and Wayne Gonzalez Roofing is an Owens Corning Preferred Contractor for that work. Metal is the longer horizon choice: it handles wind uplift better and reflects heat, but it will not be the cheapest line on the estimate and it is the wrong answer on a short ownership horizon. Flat roofing suits low slope sections and is easy to access and maintain.
The metal roofing page says plainly when metal is worth it in Florida and when it is not. Colour and profile are chosen at estimate stage, and where an HOA restricts what can go up the company will say so before anything is paid.
What changes the cost of a roof replacement?
Nobody can price a roof from the street. What moves the figure:
- the size and pitch of the roof, and how many planes, valleys and penetrations it has, because each one is a flashing detail
- the material: architectural shingle, metal or flat, and the colour and profile within it
- whether rotten decking turns up at tear off, and how the scope says that is handled
- whether the old roof comes off or, where the assessment allows it, the new material goes over it
- access, and what has to be protected around the house
Ask for the estimate to name which of these apply. The company writes the scope on the estimate, free, and financing options are listed on its financing page.
Who is on the roof, and who stands behind it afterwards?
Crews on the company's own payroll, never a subcontractor, every one covered by workers compensation and general liability. The company guarantees roof replacements for ten years, and repairs for two. Manufacturer warranties on the materials vary and sit on top of that.
Three generations of the same crews have worked for the company, which is what over 30 years under one name buys you. The licence is CCC1325942, a Florida Certified Roofing Contractor, held since February 2004 and registered with Hillsborough and Pasco counties. Type it into myfloridalicense.com and check.
Questions we get asked
Do you pull the permit, or do I?
The company pulls it. If a contractor asks a homeowner to pull their own permit for roofing work, ask them why before you sign anything.
Can you give my insurance company something?
Yes. A written report from a Florida Certified Roofing Contractor, with photographs, which is what an adjuster needs. Be wary of anyone who offers to handle the whole claim for you.
Do you replace roofs in Riverview and Brandon as well?
Yes, and that is home ground. The Riverview and Brandon roof replacement page covers it, and the Brandon roofing page has the detail for that town.
How do I get an estimate?
Call (813) 653-2279, Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 5:00pm, or send the form on the contact page. Someone comes out, looks at the roof and writes a scope. No follow up call unless you ask for one.
Want a roofer to look at it?
Call the office and tell us what the roof is doing. We will come out, look at it and tell you what it needs.
