WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — Most of us are struggling in the intense heat, but imagine working where it's even hotter.

Day in and day out, workers are spending hours in one of the hottest environments around: rooftops. And the high temps are impacting their workflow and schedules.

It's another summer day for Leigh Peckham and his crew — off the ground and high up on the roof of a house.

"We are always going to be busy in Florida doing roofing, there's always going to be roofs to be done," Peckham said.

The crew is putting a new roof on a home in West Melboune, which is among hundreds of homes that were damaged by hail during a storm more than two months ago. But it's now July, and the area is in clutches of a heat wave.

"Any metal tools get kept in the shade, shingles get a lot hotter in the sun, metal definitely gets a lot hotter in the sun, we've got to use thicker gloves," Peckham said.

The crew estimates it's at least 20 degrees hotter on the roof compared to being on the ground.

"It could be anywhere from 120 to 150 degrees on the roof," said DC Roofing owner Colleen Arambula, who is making sure her crews are taking breaks and have plenty of water.

The crew starts with five, 36 packs of bottled water, but nowadays is needing even more.

"They have to start early, make sure they're hydrated, take a long lunch, and work a little bit later in the evening to get the cooler weather," she said.

A job that normally takes a day, is now taking two, so some projects are being pushed back.

But the work must go on up here.

"It's pretty brutal up top for sure," Leigh said.

Spectrum News spoke with a number of roofing companies along the Space Coast, and all of them say the heat is definitely impacting their workflow.