Melbourne Beach is the oldest beach community in Brevard. Cyrus Graves started buying land here in 1883 to grow pineapples, the Melbourne Beach Company followed, and the town incorporated in 1923. The old section around Ryckman Park and Ocean Avenue still holds houses from the 1890s and the 1920s, including the 1890 Ryckman House the town owns. South of there the streets fill in with 1950s and 60s block homes, 1970s and 80s houses along the river, and newer construction running down A1A toward the county's south beaches. Roofs are a mix of metal, tile, and shingle, and the metal share grows every year.
The town sits between the Atlantic and the Indian River on a strip a few blocks wide, so salt is on every roof. Nicole on November 10, 2022, cut the dunes and undermined seawalls from here north, and the same onshore wind that moves the sand works at every east-facing slope. Frances and Jeanne in September 2004 both crossed the coast a short distance south.
This site connects Melbourne Beach homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor by phone. It does not perform the work.
A 1920s house near the park with a leak is a roof repair that will involve plank decking and a contractor who has seen it before. A 1960s block home at the end of its shingle is a metal roofing job with coastal-grade fasteners and trim. A roof replacement anywhere in town is permitted under the beachside design wind speed and inspected for fastening.
The Town of Melbourne Beach runs its own building department at Town Hall on Ocean Avenue, and it maintains community standards for visible choices such as roof material and color, so the product sheet goes to the town before material is ordered. South of town, A1A runs past the south beaches to Sebastian Inlet State Park, where the same onshore wind that tests Melbourne Beach roofs builds the surf.
Call (321) 490-1097 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Melbourne Beach.
A lifted shingle, a rusted pipe boot, a valley that drips in every afternoon storm, or salt-eaten flashing on a beachside roof, found and fixed.
Tear-off to the deck, re-nailing, sealed underlayment, and a new shingle or metal roof permitted through the right city or county desk.
Tarping, photos, and repair after wind, a tornado band, or a named storm lifts shingles or peels panels off a Brevard roof.
A walk on the roof and a look in the attic, written up with photos for a renewal letter, a closing, or a check before June 1.
Standing-seam and exposed-fastener metal for Space Coast homes, with the coastal-grade fasteners and trim the beachside needs.
The state OIR-B1-1802 form that records deck nailing, roof-to-wall straps, and roof shape so your insurer prices the wind risk correctly.
What to photograph, what a written roofing scope gives your adjuster, and how Florida's claim deadlines and roof-age rules work.