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Roof replacement in Wildwood, FL

About 19.5% of Wildwood's homes, 2,173 of them, were built before 2000, before Florida's first statewide building code took effect on March 1, 2002. Roof replacement in Wildwood on those houses brings the deck and underlayment up to today's code; on the 74.8% built since 2010, most original roofs are still under 17 years old.

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Updated October 2026

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Pre-2000 Wildwood homes and the re-roof code

Florida adopted one statewide code after Hurricane Andrew, and the first Florida Building Code replaced local codes on March 1, 2002. A Wildwood home built before 2000 was framed and roofed under the older local system, and its deck may still be held down with staples or 6d nails.

When the old covering comes off, R908.7 requires the deck attachment to meet today's re-nailing table: supplemental ring-shank nails no more than 6 inches apart where the deck has staples, 6d nails, or 8d nails spaced wider than 6 inches. A secondary water barrier goes on before the new covering.

Those older houses also miss the 2007-code exception in Fla. Stat. 553.844(5), unless they were re-roofed under a permit issued after March 1, 2009. Without it, a repair past 25% of a roof section in 12 months turns into a full section replacement. The 74.8% of homes built since 2010 have the exception from day one.

Permit

Permit and inspection steps for a Wildwood re-roof

  1. The permit comes from Sumter County Building Services, the building office for Wildwood under the county's 2025 agreement with the cities, under its Re-Roof / Roof-Over permit type.
  2. No plans review: the Florida Building Code exempts re-roofs from plans examination.
  3. Tear-off and deck check, then a sheathing or dry-in inspection before anything covers the deck.
  4. Final roofing inspection of the dry-in, insulation, roof covering and flashing.
  5. A recorded and posted Notice of Commencement before the first inspection when the contract is above a set amount.

Sumter County's design wind speed criterion, 135 mph, is the number the roof system's wind design starts from.

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Questions

Roof replacement in Wildwood: questions

How do I know if my Wildwood roof was built to the 2007 code?

The answer sits in the county's file, on the date of your last roofing permit. The 2007 Florida Building Code took effect March 1, 2009, so a roof permitted on or after that date was built to the 2007 edition or a later one. In Wildwood, 74.8% of homes were built in 2010 or later, so most original roofs qualify, while the 19.5% built before 2000 qualify only if they were re-roofed after that date. The county's permit records are the proof.

Source: Florida Building Commission.

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Do I need a permit to replace my roof myself in Wildwood?

Yes, the permit still applies when you do the work. Florida lets an owner act as their own contractor on a one- or two-family home for their own use, personally supervising the job (Fla. Stat. 489.103(7)). The permit comes from Sumter County Building Services, and the same sheathing and final inspections apply. On a pre-2000 Wildwood house, that includes the deck re-nailing and the secondary water barrier.

Source: Fla. Stat. 489.103.

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Can a new roof go over my old shingles in Wildwood?

Not if the roof already has two or more layers, is water-soaked or too deteriorated, or has tile, slate or wood shakes underneath (R908.3). In the 8th edition, the residential recover sections read Reserved, so ask Sumter County Building Services how it treats an overlay before planning one; its permit list does include a Re-Roof / Roof-Over type. On a pre-2000 Wildwood house, a tear-off also exposes the deck for the re-nailing the code requires.

Source: FBC-Residential R908.3.

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Sources for this page(27)
  1. 1.U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25034 (Year Structure Built), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  2. 2.Sumter County Building Services (FAQ block on the official page). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  3. 3.Share of homes built before 2000: 19.5%. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25034 (Year Structure Built), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  4. 4.Share of homes built 2010 or later: 74.8%. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (acs2024_5yr), table B25034 (Year Structure Built), via Census Reporter API. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  5. 5.Permit office: Sumter County Building Services. Sumter County Building Services. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  6. 6.City of Bushnell, "City of Bushnell and Sumter County Partner to Deliver Building Services". Read Oct 5, 2026.
  7. 7.Senate SB 808 staff analysis pp. 3-4. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  8. 8.FBCR Ch. 9. Read Oct 4, 2026.
  9. 9.Florida Statutes, section 553.844 (2026). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  10. 10.Florida Building Commission, "Florida Building Code Effective Dates". Read Oct 5, 2026.
  11. 11.FBC-B 2023 Ch. 1. Read Oct 5, 2026.
  12. 12.Florida Statutes, section 489.103 (2026). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  13. 13.Senate SB 808 staff analysis pp. 3-4 (RR-05). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  14. 14.FBCR Ch. 9 (RR-19). Read Oct 4, 2026.
  15. 15.FBCR Ch. 9 (RR-20). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  16. 16.FBCR Ch. 9 (RR-25). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  17. 17.Florida Statutes, section 553.844 (2026) (FS-553.844(5)). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  18. 18.Florida Building Commission, "Florida Building Code Effective Dates" (RR-04). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  19. 19.FBC-B 2023 Ch. 1 (RR-09). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  20. 20.FBC-B 2023 Ch. 1 (RR-10). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  21. 21.Florida Statutes, section 713.135 (2026) (C-12). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  22. 22.Florida Statutes, section 489.103 (2026) (RR-14). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  23. 23.FBCR Ch. 9 (RR-15). Read Oct 4, 2026.
  24. 24.FBCR Ch. 9 (RR-16). Read Oct 5, 2026.
  25. 25.NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9 version 2, partial-duration point estimates at the Wildwood 2020 Census internal point, NOAA Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center. Read Oct 5, 2026. 5-minute 10-year 9.43 in/hr; 60-minute 10-year 2.83 in/hr; 60-minute 100-year 3.94 in/hr
  26. 26.Florida Statutes, section 627.7011 (2026) (IN-04). Read Oct 4, 2026.
  27. 27.Miami-Dade County RER notice (C-2). Read Oct 5, 2026.

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