Shingle Roof Replacement in High Springs, FL, February 2025
A High Springs home with three gable dormers across the front, set on open, fenced land. In February 2025 the house was re-roofed in dark charcoal gray architectural shingles, with a ridge vent along the ridges. Photos Brehm took the same week show the detached two-car garage getting the same shingles.
The finished roof in High Springs.
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 on the house and the detached garage
- Synthetic underlayment fastened with plastic cap nails, with a self-adhered membrane down a valley
- Black drip edge nailed along the eaves
- Architectural shingles installed with ridge cap shingles over a ridge vent
- Vent pipes and hooded exhaust vents set into the new shingles
At a glance
- Roof
- Gable dormers and valleys
- Color
- Dark charcoal gray, pale blue siding
- Details
- Ridge vent, drip edge, hooded vents
- Setting
- Board fences and open pasture
What you are looking at
From the front yard the new roof reads as a deep charcoal, close to black against a clear blue sky. Three gable dormers sit in a row on the front slope, each with its own small roof and white trim, and the slope runs down to a white gutter above the porch. Up on the roof, the same shingles show a mix of lighter and darker gray across the laminated tabs, which gives the shingle its layered look.
A ridge vent runs along the ridges under the cap shingles. It is a covered opening along the peak that helps attic air escape, and the thin black edges on either side of the cap are the vent itself. Close by, a black hooded exhaust vent and a vent pipe with a screened cap come up through the new shingles.
Elsewhere on the roof, the house turns a corner. One photo looks down into the valley where two slopes meet above a gutter corner and a shrub bed. A valley is the inside corner of a roof, and it gathers water from both sides, which is why it gets extra attention during an install. Photos Brehm took of the detached garage show the same charcoal shingles on its roof, with two dormers on the front slope above two white garage doors and pale blue lap siding.
Photos Brehm took during the job show the old shingles stripped down to OSB, the wood-strand sheathing boards that make up the deck. A white synthetic underlayment went down next, fastened with red and green plastic cap nails, and photos show tape measures laid on the bare deck and along the drip edge to record the nail spacing. A black self-adhered membrane was laid down a valley, black metal drip edge was nailed along the eaves above the gutters, and the vent pipes were set through new black flashings.
The lot is open country: board-fenced pasture, a paved drive with an X-braced gate and a big oak beside the house. Under Florida sun a ridge vent helps limit heat build-up in the attic, and the synthetic underlayment adds a second layer beneath the shingles, a sensible backup in a region known for afternoon storms.
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