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Tamko Shingle Repair: The Fort Lauderdale Owner’s Guide
Tamko shingle repair in Fort Lauderdale typically runs $380 to $920 installed, depending on how many shingles failed and what’s happening underneath them. We stock Tamko-compatible shingles on our trucks and can match most Heritage and Elite series colors the same week. Most homeowners discover the problem after a storm: they find granules in the gutter, a shingle in the yard, or a water stain spreading across the ceiling.

What you’re dealing with is rarely just one shingle. In Fort Lauderdale, the combination of salt air, afternoon downpours, and UV exposure means a single cracked or blown-off shingle usually signals that its neighbors are close behind. Greg Holloway walks every Tamko repair himself before quoting, because what looks like a $400 fix from the ground can be a $900 decking repair once we lift the shingle and see what the water’s been doing underneath.
Which Tamko Models This Applies To
We repair every Tamko shingle line you’re likely to have on a Fort Lauderdale home: Heritage (including Heritage Vintage and Heritage Woodgate), Elite Glass-Seal, and the discontinued Lamarite slate-look panels that still show up on older Las Olas and Victoria Park properties. Identifying what you have isn’t hard. Lift a loose shingle edge and look for the Tamko name printed on the underside mat, or check the original installation paperwork if the previous owner left it with the house.
The compatibility gotcha with Tamko is color code, not size. Heritage shingles ship in dozens of regional colorways, and two grays that look identical from the street (say, “Weathered Wood” and “Driftwood”) are different enough that a mismatched bundle will show from the curb. We pull a sample from your roof before ordering, not from a brochure. If you need exact OEM Tamko shingles, we order them direct through our supplier network and typically have them in hand within three to five business days here in South Florida. For homeowners who’d rather not wait, we also carry quality aftermarket equivalents that match the common Tamko colorways and meet the same wind and impact ratings, a real option when a discontinued color isn’t available anywhere.
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Signs Your Tamko Shingle Repair Is Failing
- Granules collecting in gutters and downspout splash blocks. Tamko shingles shed surface granules as the asphalt layer oxidizes. Some loss is normal; bare patches that expose the fiberglass mat underneath mean the shingle’s waterproofing is spent.
- Curling or fish-mouthing at shingle corners. This is moisture swelling the mat under Florida humidity, then the sun baking it into a permanent curl. Once edges lift, wind gets underneath and peels the shingle back like a tab on a soda can.
- Water stains on ceilings or around ceiling fans after a heavy rain. By the time you see interior staining, water has already passed through the shingle, the underlayment, and likely the decking. The repair is no longer just shingle replacement; the decking needs inspection and often patching.
- Shingles in the yard or in the pool after a storm. A blown-off Tamko shingle usually leaves its nail heads behind, which tells us the fasteners held but the shingle tore around them. That’s a wind-lift failure, and it’ll happen again until the surrounding course is re-nailed and sealed.
- Dark streaks that don’t wash off. Black algae staining is cosmetic on Tamko shingles, but the brown or rust-colored streaks near the ridge line are not. Those are signs the sealant strip has failed and the shingle is sliding, which is a structural problem, not a cleaning problem.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Here’s the straight pricing for Tamko shingle repair in Fort Lauderdale. A single shingle replacement runs $180 to $320. Repairing a small section of ten to fifteen shingles runs $380 to $650. If the repair requires replacing decking or underlayment underneath, expect $650 to $920. The spread depends on your roof’s pitch, how many stories we’re working on, and whether the damaged area is easy to reach or up against a wall flashing.
Every price includes the shingles, the labor, disposal of the old material, and a written guarantee delivered before our crew leaves your property. We don’t do change orders at the door. If we open the repair and find decking damage we couldn’t see from the outside, we stop, show you a photo, and give you a new written number before we proceed. That’s The Kingswell Way: say the price before the work, put the guarantee in writing, and if the repair fails inside a year, we come back at no charge under the 365-Day Done Right Promise.
DIY or Call Us?
You can safely do the inspection. Walk the perimeter of your home with binoculars and look for missing tabs, lifted corners, and bare patches where granules have washed away. What you shouldn’t do is get on the roof. A Fort Lauderdale roof in the afternoon is hot enough to soften shingle adhesive and make footing unpredictable, and a fall from a single-story roof is a life-changing injury, not a scraped knee. The real risk with DIY Tamko repair isn’t just the height. It’s nailing through the wrong part of the shingle and creating a new leak that doesn’t show up until the next big storm. If you want to know what’s actually wrong up there, call us at (754) 732-9325. We’ll walk the roof, show you photos, and give you a written price before any work starts.
FAQs
Tamko Heritage shingles typically last 12 to 18 years in Fort Lauderdale’s climate, below the 25 to 30 year rating you’ll see on the wrapper. Salt air accelerates the oxidation of the asphalt layer, and our summer afternoon storms with sideways rain punish the sealant strips harder than most climates. The shingles don’t fail evenly, which is why a targeted repair can extend the life of the rest of the roof by several years. Call (754) 732-9325 and we’ll tell you honestly whether repair or replacement is the better money.
Small cracks and lifted corners on a Tamko shingle can often be sealed with roofing cement and re-anchored, and that repair typically runs $120 to $180 per area. Once the mat is torn, the granule layer is gone, or the shingle has slid out of alignment, replacement is the only repair that holds. We’ll give you both options and the price for each, then let you decide.
Most Tamko shingle repairs take two to three hours once we’re on site. Matching a discontinued color adds a few days for ordering, but the actual repair work itself is a single visit. We leave the work area cleaner than we found it, which on a Fort Lauderdale property means blowing the roof debris out of the pool cage and away from the landscaping.
We stock common Tamko Heritage colors on our trucks year-round, and we can order exact OEM matches for less common colorways within three to five business days. If you’re open to an aftermarket equivalent that matches the color and meets the same wind rating, we can usually complete the repair the same visit. We also work with GAF, Owens Corning, and CertainTeed products, so if a different shingle fits your roof and your budget better, you’ll hear that option from us too.
We tell you the price before we touch your roof. That’s just how it should work. If your Tamko shingles are failing, call (754) 732-9325 and schedule a free estimate. We’ll walk the roof with you, show you what’s happening, and put the number in writing before any work begins.
Written by Greg Holloway, Owner, Tilehurst Roofing Fort Lauderdale at Tilehurst Roofing Fort Lauderdale, serving Fort Lauderdale and nearby areas.