When Hurricane Milton came through Central Florida, it didn’t leave much room for debate about which roofs needed to be replaced. For one Bear Lake homeowner, the storm settled the question entirely — the damage was clear, the roof had to go, and the only remaining decision was which contractor could get it done right and get it done fast. DeSantis Roofing replaced the entire roof in a single day, putting Owens Corning shingles on a large multi-plane hip roof over a stucco home and wrapping the job before sunset.
The home is a single-story stucco construction with a cream-colored exterior, arched entry canopy with decorative columns, an attached two-car garage, and a roofline that spans multiple hip planes including a covered front entry section. Multiple low-profile roof vents are positioned across the main field. It’s a large footprint with a lot of roofline geometry — exactly the kind of job that tests a crew’s ability to move efficiently without cutting corners on the details.
What Hurricane Milton Left Behind
Hurricane Milton made its impact felt across the greater Orlando area with wind speeds and debris that compromised shingle systems across thousands of homes. On a hip roof like this one, wind damage concentrates at the eave edges, hip lines, and ridge caps — the areas where shingles are most exposed to uplift forces and where the bond between shingle and deck is most vulnerable to sustained high-wind loading.
Once those edge courses and hip cap shingles begin to lift or fail, the rest of the field is exposed to wind-driven rain infiltration. For this homeowner, the storm created the kind of damage that made repair impractical and full replacement the only responsible path forward.
Owens Corning: A Proven Florida Roofing Product
For the replacement, DeSantis Roofing installed Owens Corning shingles — a product line with a long track record in Florida’s demanding climate conditions. The light gray tone of the finished shingles reflects Florida’s intense solar heat load more effectively than darker colors, which matters for a home without shade coverage on the main roof field. The dimensional profile of the Owens Corning shingles creates natural shadow variation across the hip planes, giving the finished roof visual depth and a clean, modern appearance.
Against the cream stucco exterior, white trim, and arched entry detailing, the cool gray shingle color creates a balanced, cohesive palette that looks intentional from street level and from above.
Full Tear-Off on a Multi-Plane Hip Roof
A single-day roof replacement on a home this size requires precise crew coordination from the moment the first shingle comes off. The tear-off phase covered the full roofline — main living section, garage wing, and front entry canopy — with all material stripped to clean decking before underlayment was staged and laid. Every hip line, eave edge, and valley transition was cleared and ready before installation began.
On a hip roof, the geometry multiplies the number of cuts, transitions, and hip cap details that have to be executed correctly. A home with multiple hip planes has more linear feet of hip cap, more raking edges, and more eave corners than a simple gable roof — which means the crew has to be organized and experienced to complete the full scope in one day without sacrificing quality at any of those details.
Vent Integration and Flashing
Across the main roof field, the existing low-profile roof vents were integrated into the new shingle installation and properly flashed to ensure no water entry points were created at those penetrations. Each vent was set into the new shingle coursing and sealed at the perimeter before field shingles were continued over the flange.
At the eave perimeter, drip edge was installed along the full roofline before underlayment was applied, ensuring proper water management at every eave and rake edge. These details don’t show from the street but they determine how the finished system performs through the next storm season.
Hip Cap and Ridge Details
Every hip line on this roof — from the main ridge down to each eave corner — was capped with matching Owens Corning hip and ridge shingles, installed with consistent exposure and proper nailing to resist the uplift forces that Florida wind events generate. Hip cap installation quality is one of the most visible indicators of a crew’s attention to detail, and on a home with this much hip geometry, the lines either look sharp and consistent or they don’t.
The completed roofline presents clean, straight hip lines from every angle — a finished result that reflects the same precision the crew applied at every other phase of the one-day installation.
One Day From Storm Damage to Finished Roof
From tear-off to final ridge cap, the project was completed in a single day. For a homeowner dealing with the stress of hurricane damage, that kind of turnaround isn’t just convenient — it’s the difference between sleeping under a protected home and spending additional nights under a compromised roof while waiting for a contractor to schedule a multi-day project.
DeSantis Roofing’s ability to complete a large hip roof replacement in one day comes from having the crew size, material logistics, and project management to execute at that pace without letting speed compromise the quality of any individual detail.
DeSantis Roofing | Hurricane Damage Replacement | Apopka & Margate, FL
DeSantis Roofing handles hurricane and storm damage roof replacements throughout Central Florida, including Bear Lake and the greater Orlando area. When the storm hits and the roof has to go, the team is ready to move fast and finish right. Call (321) 501-6220 to schedule your inspection and get your replacement on the calendar.
