Shingle Roof Replacement in Gainesville, FL, September 2024

What you are looking at

The first photo looks up a long slope of the finished roof toward the trees behind the house. Hip caps climb the left side, a black hooded vent sits in the middle of the field, and a short ridge near the top carries a ridge vent. Another hooded vent and a pipe boot show farther along, near the gutter on the right edge.

Architectural shingles are built from two layers bonded together, so the roof shows a pattern of lighter tabs and darker shadow lines instead of flat, even rows. Up close the color is a medium gray mixed from white and charcoal granules. Under the overcast sky in these photos it reads as a soft, even gray.

Ventilation shows up in several frames. Photos Brehm took during the work show a slot cut open along the ridge and a vent strip fastened over it before the cap shingles went on. The close photo of the short ridge shows the result: a raised row of caps with a thin black vent edge on each side. A ridge vent lets warm attic air escape along the peak, which helps limit heat build-up through a Florida summer.

One frame shows two valleys, where roof planes meet in a V, beside a capped hip with bamboo and tall trees behind. A black hooded vent and a slim pipe boot sit on the slope beside them. Another close photo shows a lone pipe boot, the rubber collar that seals around a plumbing vent pipe, with the thick hip caps running up beside it.

Photos Brehm took during the work show the bare deck once the old shingles were off, one section opened up to the attic insulation near the front entry, and fresh framing lumber set in at one corner of the roof edge. Synthetic underlayment covered the deck, with a dark membrane run down the valleys.

From the front yard the roof sits low under tall trees, some hung with Spanish moss, and the white trimmed gable with its keystone rises over the arched entry. Tear-off and the finished roof were photographed on back to back days.