San Carlos Park was platted in the 1960s on the flatwoods between US 41 and Interstate 75, south of Alico Road, and it filled in with single-story block homes through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The lots are larger than the subdivisions closer to town and the roofs are almost all architectural shingle. It was built as a working neighborhood, and its roofs were built to match.
Ian's wind in September 2022 lifted shingle across San Carlos Park, and the post-storm replacements sit next to 1990s roofs that came through with cracked seals and lifted edges. Insurers now ask about those older roofs at every renewal.
Fort Myers Roofers connects San Carlos Park homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor.
A 1996 shingle roof at year twenty with a renewal letter is a roof inspection first, because the answer may be five more years. A roof that lost shingle in a storm and has been under a tarp is storm damage roofing, and the photos from before the tarp are the record. A shingle roof that is finished is a roof replacement through the county, and metal is worth asking about for a home you plan to keep.
San Carlos Park is unincorporated, so permits go through Lee County, but it has its own fire district. The San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service District covers the community and answers thousands of calls a year, and its stations were staging points after Ian. Just south, Florida Gulf Coast University off Ben Hill Griffin Parkway is the community's largest neighbor and the reason for the student rentals in its southern streets.
Call (239) 306-8745 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving San Carlos Park.
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.