7 Signs You Need a New Roof in Florida

1. Age. Architectural shingles over 18 years in this climate are on borrowed time. Three-tab over 15 even more so. The calendar is a better first screen than the driveway view.

2. Granules in the gutters and bald spots on the field. Once the ceramic coat is gone, UV eats the asphalt. That’s not a clean-the-gutters problem.

3. Curling, cupping, or brittle tabs. Heat did that. Nailing them back down is not a repair.

4. Cracked or dry-rotted pipe boots. These are the most common slow leaks we see in Wesley Chapel and Brandon. A boot is a repair. Ten failed boots on an 20-year roof is a replacement conversation.

5. Daylight in the attic or rusted deck nails. Moisture has been in the system. Find out from where before you paint the stain.

6. A previous overlay. Florida jurisdictions generally don’t want a third layer. Two layers is already a tear-off when it fails.

7. Insurance. Carriers in Florida are dropping or non-renewing older roofs. Sometimes the “sign” is a letter, not a leak. Get the roof documented before the renewal, not after.