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Boral Roofing: The Orlando Owner’s Guide
If you have a Boral roof in Orlando and a section has failed, we carry Boral-compatible roofing parts and install them for $400 to $1,800 on repair jobs, with most Orlando-area repairs completed the same day we diagnose the problem. A full Boral roof replacement in Orlando runs $8,000 to $20,000 depending on square footage and the Boral profile you have. Most homeowners discover a failed Boral part the same way: a water stain on the ceiling after a hard Florida downpour, or a tile that slid out of place during a wind event and landed in the yard.
Boral roofing is concrete and clay tile, and in Orlando’s climate it generally holds up well against sun and humidity. What fails first is rarely the tile itself. It’s the underlayment beneath it, the flashing around penetrations, or the fasteners that hold the tile to the deck. Those are the parts we replace most often, and we stock the common ones on our trucks.
Mason Remodeling Co Orlando is an independent service provider and not affiliated with Boral. We work with their product lines because Orlando homeowners ask for them by name, and we know how they behave in this climate.
Which Boral Models This Applies To
Boral makes three roofing profiles you’ll most often see on Orlando homes: flat concrete tile, low-profile barrel (also called S-tile or Spanish tile), and high-profile barrel. The flat and low-profile lines are the most common in Central Florida subdivisions built in the 1990s and 2000s. High-profile barrel shows up more on custom homes and Mediterranean-style builds around Windermere and Winter Park.
The compatibility gotcha with Boral tile is color batch and profile matching. Boral tile is manufactured in color families, and a tile produced in 2010 will not exactly match a tile produced in 2024, even if it’s the same named color. Florida sun bleaches concrete tile over time, so a brand-new tile next to a 15-year-old tile will be visibly different for the first few years until it weathers in. We tell Orlando owners this before they buy, because it changes the decision: replace one tile and live with the contrast, or replace a section and blend it in.
On the OEM versus aftermarket question: for Boral tile, we recommend OEM when the tile is still in production. For discontinued colors, a quality aftermarket tile from a Florida manufacturer is often the only option, and it’s a good one if the profile matches. For underlayment and flashing, we use specification-grade materials that meet or exceed Florida Building Code for high-wind zones, because Orlando sees enough afternoon thunderstorms and the occasional tropical system that the underlayment matters more than the tile sitting on top of it.
To identify what you have, we look at the back of a broken tile for the Boral stamp, measure the tile length and width, and note whether the profile is flat or barrel. Those three details get us to the right part almost every time.
Styles & brands we work with
Signs Your Boral Roofing Is Failing
- Water stains on the ceiling or walls after rain. This usually means the underlayment has worn through or torn somewhere under the tile. Boral tile is not waterproof by itself; it’s a wear layer over the underlayment, and the underlayment has a 20- to 30-year lifespan in Florida heat even when the tile above it is fine.
- Tile that has slid down the roof or is sitting in the gutter. The nail or screw holding that tile failed, usually from corrosion or from being installed too shallow. Once one tile slides, the exposed underlayment below it starts degrading faster from direct sun.
- Cracked or chipped tiles visible from the ground. Hail or falling tree limbs do this, but in Orlando we also see cracks from foot traffic during AC maintenance visits and from tiles that were walked on incorrectly during installation.
- Granules or tile dust collecting in the gutter. This is your tile slowly eroding, and it’s normal for concrete tile to shed a little over decades, but a heavy amount means the tile surface is failing faster than it should.
- Flashing that has lifted or separated around pipes, skylights, and chimneys. Flashing is the aluminum or galvanized metal that seals the roof’s penetrations. In Orlando’s humidity, the sealant around flashing fails in 10 to 15 years, and that’s a top source of “roof leaks” that are not actually tile problems.
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AfterReplacement Cost & What’s Included
Boral roofing repair in Orlando runs $400 to $1,800 for most jobs. At the low end, you’re replacing a handful of cracked tiles and resealing a penetration. At the high end, you’re replacing a section of underlayment, re-setting tile, and rebuilding flashing around a chimney or valley. A full Boral roof replacement in Orlando is $8,000 to $20,000, and the range is driven by roof size, tile profile, how many stories, and whether the existing underlayment has to be torn off and replaced.
What you get with us, on every Boral repair or replacement: a written price before any work starts, parts and labor listed separately so you can see what each costs, and a written guarantee stating what’s covered and for how long, 365 days from the completion date. If a repair or installation fails, we return free of charge to fix it, no dispute process, no conditions. That’s the standard we’ve worked under since 2004 as part of the Threshold Group family of home-service companies. Isaac Pruett, our owner, is the one who holds that line on every Orlando job.
DIY or Call Us?
Roofs are dangerous, and tile roofs especially so. Concrete tile is heavy and slick when wet, and a fall from a single-story Orlando home is enough to change your life. We do not recommend walking your roof unless you have proper fall protection and tile-walking experience. What you can safely do from the ground: note where the visible damage is, check the gutter for tile fragments, and take photos for us. That helps us arrive with the right parts.
If you’re comfortable on a ladder, you can check flashing around the lower edge of the roof and look for lifted shingles or tile at the eave line, but do not climb onto the tile itself. Boral tile cracks under foot traffic when walked on incorrectly, and a cracked tile you caused is still a cracked tile.
Tell me what the problem is. We’ll figure out the rest from there. Call (850) 920-7745 and we’ll talk through what you’re seeing, then get the right Boral part on order or on the truck.
FAQs
Boral concrete and clay tile routinely lasts 40 to 50 years in Orlando when installed correctly, but the underlayment beneath it typically needs replacement at the 20- to 30-year mark. So the tile you have may be fine while the waterproofing layer under it has already failed. That’s why we inspect underlayment any time we’re on an Orlando roof for a repair. If you’re not sure how old your underlayment is, we’ll tell you after the inspection. Call (850) 920-7745 to schedule that.
No, a cracked tile cannot be repaired back to structural integrity. It gets replaced. What can be repaired is the underlayment and flashing around the tile, which is often where the actual leak is. The decision is whether to replace one tile or a section, and we’ll give you both prices in writing before starting any work. Call (850) 920-7745 for numbers specific to your roof.
Most Boral tile and flashing repairs take two to four hours on site, and we can usually do them same-day once we’ve seen the roof. Underlayment section replacements take a full day because the tile has to come off, the old underlayment removed, new underlayment installed, and the tile re-set. We’ll tell you the timeline when we give you the written price. Call (850) 920-7745 to get on the schedule.
We stock common Boral-compatible fasteners, flashing, and underlayment on our trucks, and we keep a supply of the flat and low-profile concrete tile profiles most common in Orlando. Discontinued colors and high-profile barrel tile usually come from our supplier network in Central Florida, which adds a day or two. We’ll tell you before you pay whether the part is on the truck or on order. Call (850) 920-7745 and we’ll check availability for your specific tile.
If you have a Boral roof in Orlando and something’s failed, you want the right part, a straight price, and someone who will show up when they said they would. That’s what we do. We also stock parts for KraftMaid, Cambria, and Silestone products, so if your home has a mix of Boral roofing and any of those interior finishes, one call covers more of the list.
Call (850) 920-7745 for a written estimate on your Boral roofing repair or replacement in Orlando.
Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner, Mason Remodeling Co Orlando at Mason Remodeling Co Orlando, serving Orlando and nearby areas.
