Roofing in Old Naples, FL

Old Naples is the original 1887 town plat between the Gulf and Third Street South, and it holds the oldest roofs in Collier County. Palm Cottage on 12th Avenue South dates to 1895 and was built of tabby concrete. Around it are 1920s and 1930s frame cottages with metal or shingle roofs, 1950s concrete-block homes under clay barrel tile, and a growing number of new estates that replaced them, most with flat concrete tile or standing-seam metal.

The neighborhood sits low. Ian's surge came up the avenues from the beach and the Pier on September 28, 2022, and the streets closest to the Gulf took water into ground floors. Wind hit the west-facing slopes hardest, and clay barrel tile from the 1950s, set in mortar, lost ridges and hips that concrete tile fastened to current code did not.

This site connects Old Naples homeowners with an independent local roofing contractor by phone. It does not perform the work.

Old Naples roofing, old tile and new metal

Clay barrel tile on a 1950s cottage is brittle, and a roof repair on one means a crew that knows how to walk it. When the mortar has let go across a slope, the tile roofing page explains the lift-and-relay choice and why old clay often does not survive it. New builds on the avenues choose between flat tile and metal, and a roof replacement here goes through the City of Naples building department, not the county.

Where to call in Old Naples

The Naples Historical Society keeps Palm Cottage and the district's building history, and a contractor working on a contributing structure should expect the city to ask about materials. Inside the city limits every re-roof is a permitted job with inspections.

Call (239) 341-5474 to be connected with a local roofing contractor serving Old Naples.