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New construction roofing in Center Hill, FL

One Center Hill home in six, 16.3 percent, was built in 2010 or later, and the Census Bureau's survey estimate of 1,304 residents sits above the 846 counted in 2020, even at the low end of its margin of error. A home permitted here today gets a roof built to the 2023 Florida Building Code; applications submitted on or after December 31, 2026 move to the Ninth Edition.

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A roof deck sheathed in red-brown ZIP System panels with black seam tape, a bucket and a ladder on the deck, homes and a street behind.

Center Hill figures this page uses

Share of homes built 2010 or later
16.3%
Population estimate (ACS 5-year)
1,304
People (2020 Census)
846
Housing units (ACS 5-year)
497

Local know-how

Inspections on a new Center Hill roof

Sumter County Building Services runs the inspections in the order the code lists them: foundation; framing with trusses and connectors; sheathing with the roof and wall dry-in; exterior wall coverings and soffit; roofing; then final (FBC-B 110.3). The roofing inspection checks dry-in, insulation, coverings and flashing.

The sheathing inspection is where wind design shows. The code fastens roof sheathing with RSRS-03 ring-shank nails, 2-1/2 inches long, and tightens edge and field spacing from 6 inches toward 4 and 3 inches as design wind speed and exposure rise. Sumter County's criterion is 135 mph; the plans set the exposure category and the nailing schedule that follows from it.

Dry-in comes in three code-listed forms: self-adhering membrane over the whole deck, a membrane strip or tape over every deck joint under a full underlayment, or two lapped layers of felt-type underlayment fastened with capped ring-shank nails (R905.1.1.1).

Builders

Who can put the roof on a new Center Hill home

Florida law makes a general, building or residential contractor subcontract the roofing unless it holds a roofing certificate or registration. The one carve-out lets it install shingles on a new building of its own construction (section 489.113(3)).

Once the house is finished, the builder carries a duty of its own. Since July 1, 2025, section 553.837 requires a builder to warrant a new home for 1 year against defects in equipment, material or workmanship that cause a material violation of the building code, excluding normal wear, settling, owner-caused damage and natural disasters.

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Questions

New construction roofing in Center Hill: questions

Which code edition will a new Center Hill house be built under?

The filing date of your Center Hill permit application decides it. The 2023 Florida Building Code, Eighth Edition, took effect December 31, 2023, and Sumter County Building Services enforces it today. Applications and plans submitted on or after December 31, 2026 must comply with the Ninth Edition, so a house whose permit is filed in 2027 is held to the newer text.

Source: FRSA notice on the Eighth Edition and Miami-Dade County's notice on the Ninth Edition, read October 5, 2026; Sumter County Building Services.

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What is the dry-in inspection on a new Center Hill house?

It is the sheathing inspection, done either as part of a dry-in check or separately at the contractor's request once all roof and wall sheathing and fasteners are in. The inspector looks at the roof sheathing, wall sheathing, the fasteners and the roof and wall dry-in before anything covers them. In Center Hill that visit comes from Sumter County Building Services, after framing and before the wall coverings, soffit and roofing inspections.

Source: 2023 Florida Building Code, Building, 110.3 (UpCodes, unofficial transcription), read October 5, 2026.

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Is Center Hill adding new homes?

Measurably, by the Census Bureau's numbers. The 2020 Census counted 846 residents; the Bureau's 2020-2024 survey estimates 1,304, with a margin of error of 388, so even the low end of that estimate is above the count. Housing shows it too: 16.3 percent of the town's 497 housing units were built in 2010 or later, though the median build year is still 1980. For anyone building, the practical points are the permit office, Sumter County Building Services, and the code edition in force on the day you apply.

Source: 2020 Census via TIGERweb; ACS 2020-2024 5-year via Census Reporter, read October 5, 2026.

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