Metal Roof Replacement in Micanopy, FL, July 2025
A single story home in Micanopy with tan siding, black shutters, a long front porch and a red brick chimney, set on open pasture land. The old metal roof, rust streaked in places, came off and new ribbed metal panels in a plain silver finish went on. The finished roof was photographed at the end of June and the start of July 2025.
The finished roof in Micanopy.
Photographed by the Brehm crew after the work was done. Tap any photo to see it full size.
What we did
- Old metal roofing removed, including the rust streaked middle section and the front porch roof
- Fresh lumber strips added across the rafters in places before the new metal went on
- Ribbed metal panels in a plain silver finish installed with exposed screws
- Ridge cap, a valley and silver edge trim along the gables and the porch roof
- Metal flashing where a lower roof meets the walls, with the ridge cap sealed into the flashing at the brick chimney
At a glance
- Roof
- Gable sections with a porch roof
- Color
- Plain silver metal, tan siding
- Details
- Ridge cap, valley, wall flashing
- Setting
- Open pasture with grazing cattle
What you are looking at
The first photo was taken from up on the finished roof, looking toward a pasture where black cattle are grazing. A wide ridge cap runs down the left side of the frame, covering the peak where two slopes meet. On the right, another section of roof ties in at a valley, the inside corner where water from both slopes gathers and runs down to the eave.
These are ribbed metal panels with exposed fasteners, so the screws that hold each sheet down stay visible in straight rows across every slope. The finish is plain silver with a fine speckled texture up close, and in the close photos water is still beaded on the panels.
Photos Brehm took before and during the work show what came off. The old roof was metal too, and on the middle section of the house it had gone dull, with orange rust streaks running down the panels. With the old sheets removed, those photos show the purlins, the wood strips laid across the rafters that the panels screw into, with attic insulation and ductwork showing in the gaps. Fresh lumber strips were fastened in among the older ones in places. The front porch roof, still weathered in late June, was finished in silver by the first of July.
From the ground, the second photo looks up at the front corner of the house by the brick chimney. Silver trim now finishes the edge of the porch roof and the gable edge above it, set against tan siding and white corner boards. The last photo shows a gable wall with a round vent under the same silver edge trim.
The close photos stay on the spots where a roof is most likely to let water in. The ridge cap runs out to the gable end above a post and rail fence and a shrub in deep pink bloom. At the chimney, the cap meets metal flashing along the base of the brick, with sealant worked into the joint. Where a lower roof meets a wall below the main eave, a bent strip of flashing is screwed down over the panels and turns up against the siding.
The lot is open pasture land in Micanopy, with wooden fencing, big oaks hung with Spanish moss and cattle in the field. With strong summer sun and frequent afternoon storms in this part of Florida, the ridge, the valley and the joints at the walls and chimney are the details worth a close look, and these photos show each one finished in metal.
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