Shingle Roof Replacement in The Villages, FL

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The house is a long rectangle under a hip roof, which means all four sides slope down to the gutters and there are no gable walls. The straight-down drone frame shows the whole layout at once: one short ridge across the middle, hip lines running out to each corner, and a shorter wing on the street side that meets the main roof in a valley.

These are architectural shingles, built in two layers so the surface reads as a loose pattern of lighter and darker blocks. Under the May sun the blend looks sandy tan and soft taupe, with thin brown shadow lines. The bundle wrappers in the install photos say Duration with the Owens Corning logo, and a matching starter strip went along the edges before the first full course.

The close frames show the ridge vent, a low vent that runs under the cap shingles on the main ridge. The narrow dark strips on each side are its openings, where hot attic air escapes, which counts for a lot under a Florida summer sun. Every hip is finished with thicker cap shingles laid in overlapping rows down to the eave.

The roof penetrations are dark brown and sit quietly against the tan: a tall vent stack on the street wing, a slim pipe vent and a hooded exhaust vent. Photos from an April visit show what was there before: galvanized metal vents on a worn roof with bare spots where the granules had washed off and a few patched tabs.

The install photos cover what ended up hidden. With the old roof off, a rotted section of decking along one eave was cut out and new plywood sheets went in. The seams were taped, a synthetic underlayment went down with plastic cap nails, and a new white drip edge was set along the eaves. Drip edge is the metal strip at the roof edge that steers water into the gutter. The existing gutters stayed in place.

From the street side, the drone looks over a white picket fence, rounded shrubs and the driveway. The lanai corner shows the screened lanai tucked under the same roofline, with an awning over the sliding door and a small palm by the patio. Neighbors sit close on both sides, and the finished photos were taken on a clear day in mid May.