Shingle and Metal Roof in Leesburg, FL September 2026

What you are looking at

The first photo stands on the shingle slope and looks out over the metal. The shingles are a sandy tan blend with brown and a few orange tabs mixed in. The metal section beyond is nearly flat, and where the two roofs meet, a long strip of metal flashing covers the seam. Two pipe vents rise through the shingles in front of it.

Low-slope sections are where shingles have the hardest time, because rain from a Central Florida downpour moves slowly across a shallow pitch. On this house the flatter sections behind the main roof are covered in metal panels instead.

Each panel is ribbed, with screws set in straight rows across the flats. One photo shows two metal sections at different heights. The upper one ends at a bent metal piece that covers the step down to the lower one, and the ribs on both run toward the street.

At the outside edge, a metal trim piece wraps over the ends of the panels and down the face of the roof edge, screwed in place every few inches. A few blue layout marks still show on the new trim.

Back on the shingle side, the ridge caps sit over a ridge vent, and its dark mesh edge shows along the cap line. A valley marks where a side section joins the main slope, and a metal service mast with an overhead wire stands at the end of the ridge.

Large oaks hung with Spanish moss shade the yard. Across the street sit single-story ranch homes with brown roofs, and below the metal edge a wood privacy fence runs past an older shed.