Marco Island is the largest of the Ten Thousand Islands and almost entirely man-made ground. The Deltona Corporation bought it in 1964, dredged about 100 miles of canals, used the spoil to build lots behind concrete seawalls, and opened sales in January 1965. The housing follows that timeline: 1960s and 1970s block ranches on the canals, mid-rise and high-rise condominiums along the crescent beach from the 1970s on, and a steady wave of teardown rebuilds since 2000. The roofs are concrete and clay tile on most single-family homes, flat membrane on the condos, and standing-seam metal on many of the rebuilds.
Irma made landfall here at 3:35 p.m. on September 10, 2017, as a Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds, and the eye passed directly over the island. Ian on September 28, 2022, was surge and wind off the Gulf. Milton on October 9, 2024, added a storm tide and a long power outage. Marco roofs have been through three named storms in seven years, and the ones that held were the ones fastened to current code.
Call this site and you are connected with an independent roofing contractor who works Marco Island. The contractor evaluates the roof and explains what it needs.
Salt air corrodes fasteners and flashings on the island years ahead of the mainland, so a roof repair here often starts at a metal edge or a screw line. Tile roofs from the 1980s and 1990s are at underlayment age, and the tile roofing page covers lift-and-relay. Condo boards call about flat roofs after a storm, which starts with a roof inspection the board can put in front of an engineer and the reserve study.
Marco Island is its own city, and re-roofs are permitted through the City of Marco Island Building Services Division on San Marco Road, not through Collier County. The Marco Island Historical Museum, run by Collier County Museums, holds the Key Marco Cat and the record of the island before Deltona, including the Calusa shell mounds that are the only natural high ground.
Call (239) 341-5474 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Marco Island.
A slipped tile, a lifted shingle, a cracked pipe boot, or a valley that leaks in every afternoon storm, found and fixed before the next one.
Tear-off to the deck, new underlayment, and a new tile, metal, or shingle roof permitted through Collier County or the city.
Tarping, photos, and repair after wind, a fallen palm, or a named storm opens the roof.
A walk on the roof and a look in the attic, written up with photos for a purchase, a renewal, or a post-storm check.
Barrel and flat tile repair, matching for discontinued profiles, and lift-and-relay re-underlayment on Naples tile roofs.
What to photograph, what a written roofing scope gives your adjuster, and how Florida's claim rules work after a storm.