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CertainTeed Flashing Replacement: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide

CertainTeed flashing replacement in Fort Lauderdale typically costs $275 to $780 installed for most residential applications, and we stock common sizes on our trucks for same-week installation. The flashing itself is the metal barrier that directs water away from roof penetrations like chimneys, skylights, vents, and wall intersections. When that metal splits, lifts, or corrodes through in our salt-heavy air, water finds the gap and works its way into your decking, insulation, and drywall before you ever see a stain.

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Most Fort Lauderdale homeowners discover a flashing failure the same way: a brown spot on the ceiling after a hard afternoon storm, or granules collecting in the gutter below a wall-to-roof junction. By the time it’s visible inside, the flashing has usually been failing for months. We replace CertainTeed-compatible flashing with either OEM CertainTeed metal or a gauge-matched equivalent that’s cut and bent on site to match your roof’s pitch and the penetration’s shape. The key is getting the metal seated under the shingle course above and over the course below, with the right sealant, so water sheds the way the manufacturer intended.

Key takeaways:

• Installed flashing replacement in Fort Lauderdale runs $275 to $780 for most single-penetration repairs
• We stock common flashing sizes and can match CertainTeed color and gauge specifications
• Every job includes a written price before work starts and a written guarantee when the crew leaves

Which CertainTeed Models This Applies To

The flashing on your roof isn’t tied to one specific shingle model, but the way it’s installed changes depending on which CertainTeed product you have. We work with flashing replacements on homes using CertainTeed XT 25, Landmark, Landmark Pro, Presidential Shake, and Highland Slate. The roofing system matters more than the shingle name: CertainTeed’s installation specs call for specific flashing details at headwalls, sidewalls, valleys, and penetrations, and we match those details rather than doing a generic bend-and-caulk.

Where the CertainTeed connection actually matters is in the compatibility gotcha: CertainTeed’s thicker designer lines like Presidential Shake and Grand Manor have a deeper profile that raises the shingle surface by a quarter inch or more. If the step flashing was sized for a standard three-tab and someone swapped in a premium heavyweight shingle during a reroof without upgrading the flashing height, water will back up under the shingle butts and travel sideways behind the flashing. We see this exact failure pattern on Las Olas Isles homes with flat-roof-to-pitched transitions, where the flashing was never cut to match the CertainTeed profile pairings. Identify what you have by checking the shingle wrapper or the roof permit paperwork, and we’ll match the flashing gauge and leg height to the actual CertainTeed product on your roof, not the product the last crew assumed.

For the record: Tilehurst Roofing Fort Lauderdale is an independent roofing contractor. We are not affiliated with CertainTeed, and we don’t claim to be. What we have is direct access to CertainTeed’s product specs and the ability to source OEM flashing components when the job calls for them, alongside quality aftermarket coil stock when a fabricated piece is the better fix.

Signs Your CertainTeed Flashing Replacement Is Failing

• Water staining at wall-to-roof intersections. This usually means the step flashing behind the siding has corroded or pulled away from the wall sheathing, letting rain run behind it instead of down the flashing steps.
• Granule loss concentrated below a chimney or skylight. When flashing lifts, water runs under the shingle edges and scours the granular surface loose. A pile of granules in one specific gutter spot after a storm is a flashing clue, not a shingle-age clue.
• Rust streaks on the metal itself, especially on the seaward side. Fort Lauderdale’s salt air eats galvanized flashing fast. Once rust blooms, pinholes follow within a season or two, and a pinhole is all the water needs.
• Caulk that’s cracked, pulled away, or missing in chunks. Flashing that relied on sealant instead of proper metal laps fails when the caulk fails. We see this most often where a previous repair was done with a tube of roofing cement instead of replacing the metal.
• Daylight visible from the attic at a roof penetration. If you can see light coming through around a vent pipe or chimney chase, the flashing boot or base is no longer seated, and water follows the same path once the rain comes.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In Fort Lauderdale, expect to pay $275 to $380 for a simple pipe boot or vent flashing replacement, and $450 to $780 for step flashing replacement at a chimney, skylight, or wall transition. The range is driven by how much shingle has to be unsealed and relaid to get the metal properly seated, whether the underlying decking or underlayment has water damage that needs a spot repair, and whether the flashing piece itself is stock or needs to be fabricated on site. Short runs of step flashing cost less than a full chimney reflash; a full chimney reflash with a new saddle or cricket run closer to $900 to $1,400.

Every quote from us is a written line-item price delivered before any work begins. You’ll see the flashing material cost, the labor, the sealant, the decking repair if we find it, and the warranty terms, all in black and white. “We tell you the price before we touch your roof. That’s just how it should work.” And if the repair fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge under the 365-Day Done Right Promise. We leave the written guarantee with you before the crew pulls out of the driveway.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s an honest split here, and I’ll give it to you the way I’d give it to a neighbor. What you can safely do is identify that you have a flashing problem: check the attic for daylight, examine the ceiling stains, and look at the rust pattern on the exposed metal from the ground with binoculars. You can also gently clear debris that’s damming water against the flashing. None of that requires getting on a ladder.

What you should not do is climb onto a Fort Lauderdale roof, especially a tile or steep-pitch one in the summer, to unseal shingles and pull flashing. The shingles are often heat-welded together, you’ll tear more than you fix, and a fall from roof height is a life-changing injury. Flashing replacement also requires knowing how much leg to bury under the shingle course and how much to overlap on the vertical surface. Undersized or mislapped flashing fails faster than the part it replaced. If you want a second set of eyes first, call us at (754) 732-9325 and we’ll send someone out to walk the roof and tell you exactly what we found, in writing, before anyone touches a nail.

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