Shingle Roof Replacement in Alachua, FL, July 2025
A one-story Alachua home on a wooded lot, with a hip roof that rises behind a front gable over the entry. In July 2025 the old shingles came off, sections of the deck were replaced, and the roof went back on in Owens Corning Duration shingles in a gray blend.
The finished roof in Alachua.
Photographed by the Brehm crew after the work was done. Tap any photo to see it full size.
What we did
- Old shingles torn off down to the deck
- Sections of decking replaced with new sheets
- Black synthetic underlayment fastened with plastic cap nails
- Owens Corning Duration shingles with capped hips
- New off-ridge vents and black pipe boots
At a glance
- Roof
- Hip roof with a front gable
- Color
- Duration, gray and tan blend
- Details
- Off-ridge vents, pipe boots, skylight
- Setting
- Wooded lot, shaded side lawn
What you are looking at
The lead drone photo looks across the side of the house, where several hips climb toward the peak. A hip is the outside corner where two sloped planes meet, and each one here is finished with thicker cap shingles that read as a stepped line from above. Three black off-ridge vents step down beside the top of one hip, and a small skylight sits lower on the slope to the left.
From the front, long hipped planes rise behind a gable faced in pale lap siding with a round louvered vent. Small black hooded vents are spread across the main planes. To the right of the gable, one section of roof is covered in a smooth gray sheet instead of shingles, and it shows up as a plain gray patch in the front and side aerial views.
Photos Brehm took during the tear-off on July 21 show the old shingles stripped down to bare deck. Beside the front gable, the deck was opened down to the rafters and sheathed again, and elsewhere pale new plywood was cut in among the older sheets. The whole roof then went under black synthetic underlayment held with red plastic cap nails. Bundle wrappers on the roof during the install read Owens Corning Duration.
The rooftop close view shows how the parts sit in the new courses: two long off-ridge vents, black pipe boots, a hooded vent and rounded caps over the hips. Off-ridge vents let warm attic air out high on the roof, which helps limit heat build-up in a Florida summer. A pipe boot is the sealed collar around a plumbing pipe where it comes through the roof.
Up close the shingle mixes charcoal, mid gray, pale gray and tan squares, and from the yard it settles into a soft gray. One photo looks up a valley, the inside corner where two planes meet, with the shingles on one side trimmed in a straight line. From the ground, thin black pipe vents and a taller capped vent stack stand above the dark trim at the eave.
The aerial side view shows how wooded the lot is: a wide lawn in deep shade, a wood board fence along the yard and tall trees close to the eaves. With trees that near, leaves tend to collect in the valleys, which is worth a look after the summer storm season.
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