Alva is the oldest community in Lee County, settled in the 1880s on the north bank of the Caloosahatchee where North River Road follows the river east toward Hendry County. It is still mostly rural: river-front homes, citrus and cattle land, and a few newer subdivisions off State Road 80 that appeared in the 2000s and again in the last decade. The older homes are frame and block with metal roofs. The newer ones carry shingle or tile.
Ian's wind reached Alva in September 2022 with enough force to take roofing off homes twenty-five miles from the coast, and the river rose behind the storm. The wet-season storms every summer come across the open land here with nothing to slow them, and long metal panels on a river-front home take the gusts head on.
Fort Myers Roofers connects Alva homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor who works the east county.
A metal roof on a 1950s river house with a stain at a seam is a roof repair, often fasteners and sealant rather than new panels. A 2006 shingle roof in one of the newer subdivisions with a renewal letter is a roof inspection first. A roof that is done is a roof replacement through the county, and the roofing materials page covers why metal stays the common choice out here.
Alva is unincorporated, so permits go through Lee County. The community's landmark is the county's Caloosahatchee Regional Park on North River Road, 768 acres of flatwoods and river bank with hiking, riding, and mountain-bike trails.
Call (239) 306-8745 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Alva.
A leak, lifted shingles, or cracked tiles traced to the source and fixed before the next rain band reaches Lee County.
Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and a new roof permitted and inspected under the Florida Building Code.
Tarping and repair after wind, tornado, or hurricane damage, with photos taken before anything is covered.
A walk of the roof and attic with written findings for a sale, an insurer, or a roof that is past year fifteen.
Barrel tile, architectural shingle, standing-seam metal, and low-slope membrane compared for Southwest Florida sun, salt, and wind.
What to photograph, what a contractor's written scope gives the adjuster, and the Florida deadlines that apply.