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Boral Flashing Replacement: The West Palm Beach Owner’s Guide

Boral flashing replacement in West Palm Beach typically runs $350 to $900 installed, depending on roof pitch, flashing type, and how much surrounding tile or shingle has to be pulled back. We stock Boral-compatible flashing on the truck and can usually match your profile the same visit. Most homeowners find out their flashing has failed after a Florida downpour, when a brown stain shows up on the ceiling or water tracks down an interior wall near a chimney, skylight, or roof-to-wall transition.

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Flashing is the metal that lives where roof planes meet something vertical: a chimney, a wall, a vent pipe, a skylight. On Boral tile roofs in West Palm Beach, that metal catches years of driven rain, salt air, and UV. When it gives out, water gets behind the tile and finds the path of least resistance into your house. The tile itself can look fine. The problem is underneath it.

We are an independent roofing contractor in West Palm Beach. We install and replace flashing on Boral tile and Boral steel roofs, but we are not affiliated with Boral directly. What we bring is straight answers on what your flashing will cost and what it takes to fix it right, in writing, before any work starts.

Which Boral Models This Applies To

Boral roof tile has stayed fairly consistent in profile for decades, but the flashing details change depending on what the tile sits against. The two Boral tile shapes we see most across West Palm Beach are the flat profile and the round or “barrel” profile. Both use similar step flashing at walls and headwalls, but the counterflashing height and kickout detail at the eaves differ. Boral steel roofing, which is newer to the Florida market, uses the same exposed-fastener flashing approach as most standing-seam steel systems, but panel ribs are spaced differently from standard metal panels, so off-the-shelf flashing from a big-box store usually doesn’t sit right.

The practical way to identify your flashing is not to get on the roof yourself, it’s to look at the paperwork from your original install or give us the tile profile and roof pitch. We’ll match it from there. One compatibility gotcha specific to Boral tile roofs in Florida: the original installer may have used a generic 4-inch step flashing instead of Boral’s taller profile flashing, which matters because Boral tile has a deeper side lap than concrete tile. Too-short flashing lets wind-driven rain blow up under the tile course and saturate the underlayment. We correct this constantly on re-flash jobs in West Palm Beach.

On the OEM versus aftermarket question: for most Boral flashing replacement, a properly spec’d galvanized or aluminum flashing from a reputable manufacturer works as well as Boral-branded material, and costs less. The exception is custom-painted steel on Boral steel roofs, where we order matching material so the finish holds up and the repair doesn’t advertise itself.

Signs Your Boral Flashing Replacement Is Failing

• Ceiling stains or drips after heavy rain. This is the symptom that gets most West Palm Beach homeowners on the phone. The stain usually appears within a day of a storm, and it probably traces back to a flashing penetration above that spot, not the shingles or tile around it.
• Water streaks on interior walls near a chimney or skylight. When step flashing at a wall or chimney loses its seal, water tracks down the inside of the wall cavity. You may see paint bubbling or a faint brown line that shows up after rain and fades when it dries.
• Loose, lifted, or missing counterflashing at roof-to-wall joints. High winds from summer storms and the occasional tropical system you get in West Palm Beach pull counterflashing loose. Once it lifts, the step flashing behind it is exposed, and every driving rain becomes a leak risk.
• Rust or visible corrosion on exposed flashing. Salt air near the coast plus Florida humidity works on flashing metal year-round. Once rust starts, the metal thins and pinholes open. Flashing that looks orange-stained from the ground is usually done, not salvageable.
• Granules, tar patching, or old caulk around roof penetrations. If a previous owner or handyman smeared roofing tar or caulk around a pipe boot or wall flashing, that’s a temporary patch that has already begun to fail. Boral tile roofs get hard to patch correctly because the tile has to be lifted to do it right.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

In West Palm Beach, Boral flashing replacement runs $350 to $900 installed for most residential work. The range comes down to three things: roof pitch, flashing length, and tile condition. A single pipe boot replacement on a walkable one-story roof falls at the low end. A full chimney re-flash with reglet-cut counterflashing on a two-story tile roof hits the high end.

Every price we give in West Palm Beach includes the flashing material, the labor to lift and reset the surrounding Boral tile or steel panel, new sealant, and a written quote before work starts. The price on paper is the price at the door. We don’t do change orders on flashing work unless we find rot in the decking underneath, and if we do, we’ll show you a photo and put the new number in writing before touching it.

All flashing replacement carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise: one full year, in writing, and we come back for free if it fails within that period.

DIY or Call Us?

Roof flashing replacement sits on the wrong side of the DIY line for most people, and I’ll tell you straight why. On a Boral tile roof, you don’t just peel back a shingle. You have to lift tile carefully so it doesn’t crack, remove the old flashing without tearing the underlayment, and set the new flashing so water sheds away from the lap. Tile that isn’t reset properly becomes a future leak point. On a two-story roof, the danger goes up: steep pitch, Florida heat, and one wrong step on a tile that shifts under you.

What you can safely do from the ground: check for lifted counterflashing, look for rust along exposed flashing edges, and note any visible caulk or tar smears from previous patch jobs. If anything looks off, call (728) 203-3066. We’ll come out, inspect, and give you a written estimate. You’ll have a number on paper before you decide anything.

Key Takeaways

• Boral flashing replacement in West Palm Beach typically runs $350 to $900 installed, depending on scope and roof pitch.
• Flashing failure often shows up as ceiling stains after rain, not as damaged tile.
• Boral tile’s deeper side lap means generic step flashing often fails prematurely in Florida storms.
• We match the flashing to your Boral profile and give you a written price before any work starts.
• All flashing work is backed by our 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing, for one full year.

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