Roofing in Lakeland covers two very different kinds of houses. The city is filling with new construction on one end, and on the other it holds some of the most charming older housing stock in Central Florida, bungalows and block homes whose roofs have been through decades of summer storms. Burnes Roofing Company, LLC serves both from our Orlando base, with the owner on every job.
If you are pricing roof repair in Lakeland, FL, or comparing roofing companies for a full re-roof, the difference with Burnes is who shows up: Tommy Burnes, the owner, walks your roof, writes your estimate and runs the work. No commissioned salesperson in a hallway between you and the person actually responsible.
A 1960s block home with its third roof coming due is a different job than a five-year-old build. Decades of Florida humidity find their way into decking, and the honest answer is that nobody knows its condition until tear-off. What matters is how a roofer handles that moment. We photograph what we find, you see it before anything is covered, and the cost is talked through before the work continues. No surprises invented on your driveway.
Newer homes get a different conversation: protecting the warranty, matching the neighborhood, and options like upgraded underlayment that can matter on a wind mitigation report.
Storm season treats Polk County roughly. The I-4 corridor catches wind and hail that coastal forecasts barely mention, and the summer pattern means a bruised roof rarely gets a long break before the next test. When storm damage does land, everything we find is photographed, which gives you a clean, dated record of the roof’s condition for whatever you decide to do next.
Yes. Lakeland and the rest of Polk County are part of our regular service area, and Tommy meets new customers on site, usually within 24 to 48 hours of the first call. Distance does not change the model: the owner still walks your roof himself.
Yes, and those are often the most satisfying jobs. The key is respecting what you cannot see: older decking gets inspected board by board at tear-off, anything soft gets photographed and replaced, and the roof that goes back on is built to current Florida code, not to 1962.
It depends on the pattern. One damaged slope with life left in the rest of the roof is a repair. Damage scattered across every face of an aging roof starts the replacement conversation. You get photos either way, and the recommendation follows the evidence.
Nothing. Inspection, photos and the written estimate are free, whether it turns out you need a small repair or a full re-roof.
Tell Tommy what the roof is doing and get an honest read on it, with photos.
Call or send us an email about your roofing needs and we’ll be right in touch to setup an onsite meeting.
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