What a metal roof costs and how long it takes here in Tice
Metal roof installation in Tice runs $15,000 to $40,000 on a typical home, and the job takes about 5 to 8 working days from tear-off to final inspection. That range covers everything: removing the old roof, upgrading the strapping and decking to meet current Florida Building Code, and installing a standing-seam or exposed-fastener panel system with the flashings and ridge caps a house here actually needs. For an exact number on your roof, call (844) 638-7249 and we’ll put together a written, line-by-line estimate at no charge.
How we take a Tice roof from old shingles to finished metal
Most roofs in Tice sit on homes built between the 1950s and 1970s, and we’ve learned the hard way that skipping steps costs more than doing them right the first time. Here’s what the five stages look like when our crew takes on a metal roofing job in this part of Lee County.
Day 1: Tear-off and deck inspection. The existing roofing comes off down to the plywood or tongue-and-groove deck boards. On older Tice homes, we almost always find sections of rotted decking near the eaves and valleys, where decades of subtropical humidity have done their work. Any compromised wood gets replaced before we move forward. This stage also reveals whether the original truss-to-top-plate connections have hurricane strapping, and if they don’t, we flag it for the permit inspection because the county will require the upgrade before we can close the roof in.
Days 2-3: Strapping, underlayment, and drying-in. Once the deck is sound, we roll out a high-temperature peel-and-stick underlayment across the entire roof plane. In Tice, the combination of afternoon thunderstorms and sustained humidity means we don’t skip this barrier, even on a roof that will get metal over the top. At the same time, our framing team installs any code-required hurricane clips or strapping that the tear-down exposed. Scheduling this work alongside the roofing crew keeps the permit timeline moving so the county inspector can sign off without holding up the panel install.
Days 4-6: Panel installation. Metal panels get cut to length on-site and locked into place, starting at the eave and working up toward the ridge. We order panels pre-punched for concealed fasteners on standing-seam systems because the fastener warranty depends on it. Exposed-fastener panels go down faster, but they require annual gasket inspection here in Florida’s UV and rain cycles. Either way, the crew sequences the install so the house is watertight at the end of each workday.
Day 7: Trim, flashings, and ridge cap. This is where a metal roof actually performs: the valley flashings, sidewall counterflashing, pipe boots, and ridge ventilation. On a Tice home with multiple roof hips and a low-slope porch addition (a common layout on 1960s block houses), the trim work can take a full day by itself. Every penetration gets a two-piece boot assembly rated for the panel profile, not a generic rubber collar that cooks in the sun.
Day 8: Final county inspection and cleanup. Because Tice is unincorporated Lee County, the inspector comes out from Fort Myers. We learned years ago to pre-schedule this inspection at the moment the permit is pulled; post-Ian backlogs mean that waiting until the roof is done to call for an inspection can add a week of dead time. Once the inspector signs off, our crew does a magnetic sweep of the entire property and walks the yard with you to confirm nothing got missed.
Throughout the job, the homeowner really has two decision points: picking the panel profile and gauge early on, and then picking the trim color once the panels are locked in. Everything else, including the code-compliance upgrades that older Tice homes trigger, we build into the upfront price so it doesn’t show up as a surprise change order later.
The metal roof options you’ll choose between
Not all metal roofing is the same product, and the choice you make at the start determines how the roof looks, how long it lasts, and what it costs. Here are the real trade-offs we walk through with homeowners in Tice.
- Standing-seam (concealed fastener). The premium option. Panels lock together with hidden clips, so there are no exposed screw heads to maintain. We spec 24-gauge steel for coastal wind zones and get a 30-year paint warranty from the manufacturer. The roof breathes slightly with thermal expansion and contraction, which matters when a Tice afternoon hits 95 degrees and the panels need room to move. Expect this to land at the upper end of the price range, but it is the lowest-maintenance metal roof you can buy.
- Exposed-fastener (corrugated or ribbed). A solid product that costs less up front. The trade-off is the neoprene gasket under each screw head, which will eventually need replacement in Florida’s UV exposure. We use a 26-gauge panel and stainless fasteners with a cap system that buys more years between maintenance cycles. This roof works well on detached workshops, pole barns, or an acreage outbuilding where the long-term look and maintenance aren’t the same priority as on the main house.
- Gauge and finish. Metal thickness matters here. 24-gauge handles wind uplift better on a gable-end roof facing open pasture or the Caloosahatchee breeze. 26-gauge costs less and still meets code, but on a larger roof plane the panels can show slight oil-canning (visible waviness) under certain light. We recommend Kynar 500 or Hylar 5000 paint systems because they hold their color in the relentless Florida sun, and we can order panels in colors dark enough to shed heat without absorbing so much that they cook the attic.
- Ridge venting. A metal roof changes the attic’s thermal profile. We almost always upgrade to a continuous ridge vent with an external baffle that keeps wind-driven rain out, which is not a nice-to-have in Tice, it’s a requirement if you want the attic to breathe during a summer rainstorm and not trap moisture against the new decking.
Most Tice homeowners we work with choose standing-seam for the house and, when there’s a detached garage or workshop on the property, match it to the same profile or step down to exposed-fastener for the outbuilding. It keeps the property looking cohesive without overspending on a structure that doesn’t need the same finish level.
What metal roofing costs in Tice, FL
Metal roof installation in Tice runs $15,000 to $40,000. The spread is wide because no two roofs here are in the same condition when we start, and the code upgrades that get triggered during tear-off are different on a 1958 block home than on a house that was strapped and decked ten years ago.
Here are the five variables that push a job toward the low or high end of that range:
Roof size and complexity. A 1,200-square-foot ranch with a single gable costs far less than a 2,400-square-foot home with multiple hips, valleys, dormers, and a low-slope porch roof. Every transition adds trim, labor, and time.
Deck condition. On Tice homes built in the 1960s and 1970s, we regularly replace 30% to 60% of the roof deck once the old shingles come off. Rotted plywood around the eaves and in the valleys is the norm, not the exception, and the cost of new CDX plywood adds up fast.
Hurricane-strap retrofitting. If the original trusses are toe-nailed to the top plate with no metal connector, the county will not let us close the roof until strapping is installed. That’s a framing scope, not a roofing scope, and it adds cost that a roof-only estimate from an out-of-town crew will conveniently omit until inspection day.
Panel profile and gauge. Standing-seam 24-gauge costs more per square foot than exposed-fastener 26-gauge. The price difference on an average Tice roof can be $4,000 to $8,000 depending on size. Both are good products; one costs more and lasts longer with less attention.
Permit and inspection sequencing. Lee County’s post-Ian permit load means we build inspection scheduling into the job timeline and cost from day one. A contractor who does not pre-schedule inspections at permit application can leave a finished roof sitting for two weeks waiting on a county sign-off, and that holding cost eventually makes its way into the bill.
Every estimate from us is a written, line-item document that separates the base roof scope from the deck repairs and code upgrades. You see exactly what each piece costs before you sign anything. The estimate is free, and the number you see is the number you pay unless you change the scope. Call (844) 638-7249 to get yours.
What Tice homes specifically do to this job
Tice is not a planned subdivision with uniform 2005-vintage houses and modern roof tie-downs. It’s an older, unincorporated Lee County community of mostly concrete-block homes built between the 1950s and 1970s, many of which took a direct hit when Hurricane Ian’s eyewall passed overhead in 2022. That fact changes metal roofing here in ways that don’t apply ten miles east in a newer neighborhood.
The biggest reality is the layered permit scope. Pull a reroof permit in Tice and Lee County’s building department reviews the entire lateral-load path, from the roof deck down through the walls to the foundation. We routinely open a roof only to find the original trusses sitting on the top plate with nothing but gravity and a few framing nails, and at that moment the job becomes a structural-upgrade project with a new roof on top. We build that possibility into the upfront estimate because it happens so often on homes along streets like Lucky Lane or across the acres north of Palm Beach Boulevard that we would be doing you a disservice to pretend otherwise. This is also where the conversation often expands into a full Roofing in Tice scope discussion, because once the code upgrades kick in, some homeowners decide to address the whole roof assembly rather than patch it in stages.
The second reality is moisture. Tice sits in a high-water-table zone where standing water lingers after summer rain, and the humidity inside an older home’s attic doesn’t dissipate on its own. When we install metal roofing here, the underlayment and ventilation spec matter more than they would in a drier climate. We use a full-contact peel-and-stick membrane across the entire deck, not just at the eaves, and we size the ridge vent to move hot, moist air out before it condenses on the back side of the metal panels. A roof that looks great on install day but traps humidity will delaminate the deck within five years. We’ve seen it on properties across Tice, and our Roofing crew designs the roof assembly to prevent it from the start.
Many Tice homeowners also have detached workshops, carports, or pole barns on their acreage, and those structures benefit from the same metal-roof treatment as the main house. We frequently bundle the house roof and the outbuilding roof into a single project so the materials arrive on one truck and the crew works the entire property in one trip. It is not unusual for a homeowner to also ask about Window Replacement in Tice or Impact Windows & Doors in Tice once the roof is opened up and the full scope of Ian-era upgrades becomes clear. We sequence the work so the roof gets buttoned up first, and then we address the openings if the homeowner wants to bundle the jobs.
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Frequently asked: metal roofing in Tice
A properly installed standing-seam metal roof with a Kynar 500 paint system will last 40 to 50 years in Tice’s heat and humidity, with the paint warranty running 30 years from the manufacturer. Exposed-fastener panels have a shorter service cycle, not because the steel fails, but because the fastener gaskets need replacement every 10 to 15 years in our UV exposure. The roof itself will outlast any asphalt shingle by a factor of two or three.
Yes. Every reroof in unincorporated Lee County requires a permit, a mid-job inspection of the strapping and underlayment, and a final inspection after the panels are on. The permit gets pulled through the county building department in Fort Myers, and inspection scheduling is tied to the permit application date. We handle the entire permit process as part of the job. Call (844) 638-7249 and we’ll walk you through the timeline for your specific property.
Not from us, not unless the tear-off reveals rotted decking or missing hurricane strapping that no one could see before the old roof came off. We write those potential costs into the estimate as a separate line item with a per-sheet and per-strap price, so you know the worst-case number before we begin. The base roof scope is a fixed price. The only variable is what’s hiding under the shingles, and on a Tice home built before 1980, you should plan for some deck replacement.
We do not recommend it in Tice, and the county will not permit it in most cases because the existing roof assembly must be inspected for the strapping and deck condition required under current Florida Building Code. Putting metal over old shingles traps the shingle granule moisture against the new underlayment and hides deck rot until it spreads far enough to cause a structural problem. Taking the old roof off costs more on day one but avoids a much more expensive repair later.
The manufacturer covers the paint finish and the panel integrity for 30 years on a standing-seam product. Our workmanship is covered by the 730-Day Done Right Promise: if something isn’t done right on the install, we make it right. The two warranties work together, one on the product, one on the labor, and we register both in your name at project completion so you have direct recourse without going through a middleman.
Get a free, written estimate for metal roofing in Tice
If you’re ready to see real numbers for a metal roof on your Tice home, call (844) 638-7249 and we’ll set up a time to walk the property. Derek Hollenbeck leads the team, and every estimate is a detailed, line-by-line document that separates the base roof scope from the code upgrades so you know exactly what you’re paying for. The estimate is free, there’s no obligation, and when you call, you’ll talk to a live person who can answer your questions right then.
Written by Derek Hollenbeck, Owner at Groundwork Construction Co., serving Tice and Lee County with upfront pricing and the 730-Day Done Right Promise.