Warehouse and Distribution Center Roofing in Orlando, FL

Commercial roofing for warehouses, distribution centers, and industrial facilities throughout Orlando, FL. TPO, EPDM, and metal roof systems.

The Amazon Air hub at Orlando International Airport and the Darden Restaurants distribution center in the MetroPlan Orlando industrial corridor represent the scale of warehouse and distribution infrastructure serving Central Florida's enormous consumer and tourism economy. Orlando's warehouse roofing challenges are dominated by Florida's hurricane wind requirements, the subtropical humidity and UV exposure that accelerate membrane aging, the intense afternoon convective thunderstorm activity that occurs nearly every day from June through September, and the stringent Florida Building Code provisions that apply to all commercial construction in the state, including commercial roofing.

Drainage design for Orlando warehouses must handle the afternoon convective storm events that the Florida Division of Emergency Management describes as producing some of the highest lightning and rainfall frequencies in the United States. Orange County's 100-year, one-hour rainfall intensity approaches ten inches per hour for short-duration events, requiring aggressive drain sizing on any large flat warehouse roof. Primary interior drains on a forty-five-foot grid are the standard for large Orlando distribution centers, with overflow scuppers cut through the parapet and set two inches above the primary drain rim. All drain bowls must accommodate a minimum four-inch dome strainer with adequate free-flow area, and the conductor pipes must be sized to pass the calculated flow without surcharging.

For a 50,000 sq ft single-story commercial building with no deck replacement and no major demo: about 3-4 weeks of production from tear-off through closeout, assuming normal weather. We build weather contingency into every schedule during the June-October rainy season. Larger buildings, deck replacement, or rooftop equipment relocation add time proportionally. We give a written production schedule before contract signing.

No. We tear off only what we can dry-in the same day. Each section gets a temporary dry-in at end of day. We monitor afternoon convective storm forecasts — Orlando's summer pattern produces afternoon storms with 2-4 hours of advance radar warning, and we coordinate production pace to the forecast. We do not leave the building's interior exposed overnight.

We schedule replacement projects outside the peak of hurricane season when possible, but most commercial building owners cannot wait 6 months for a dry-season window when their roof is failing. During active season, we build weather contingency into the schedule, use accelerated dry-in procedures, and do not start tear-off on days when named storm tracks show Central Florida within a 5-day cone.

Our project managers will walk the roof, pull moisture cores if the recover-vs-replace decision depends on it, and deliver a written scope detailed enough to bid against — including Florida Building Code wind-uplift documentation.