Wind Damage, New Skylights, and a Kitchen Sun Tunnel — IKO Dynasty Shadow Brown in Jacksonville, FL

July 2026 | Location: Jacksonville, FL (Duval County) | Completed by: Garrett Dunlap, J&M Roofing’s Jacksonville roofing contractors

Carrie’s Jacksonville home needed more than a wind damage replacement — it needed the replacement to happen alongside three additional scopes the project required. Garrett Dunlap managed all of it in a single installation: 41 squares of IKO Dynasty Shadow Brown at an 8/12 pitch on July 1, two existing 2×2 skylights swapped for new units, a 14-inch Sun Tunnel installed in the kitchen, and the home’s pool enclosure and paver driveway protected throughout. Contracted June 8, completed July 1 — 23 days from office visit to a finished roof with new daylighting, new skylights, and no damage to the surfaces below.

Project Details at a Glance

Product: IKO Dynasty — Shadow Brown
Warranty: IKO Iron Clad Protection (15-year non-prorated)
Squares: 41
Pitch: 8/12
Homeowner: Carrie
Location: Jacksonville, FL (Duval County)
Specialist: Garrett Dunlap, J&M Roofing
Branch: St. Augustine
Project Driver: Wind damage — full replacement
Additional Scope: 14″ Sun Tunnel (kitchen), two 2×2 skylight replacements, pool enclosure and paver driveway protection
In Office: June 8, 2026 | Install Date: July 1, 2026

Wind Damage on a Steep-Pitch Brick Home — The Case for Full Replacement

Wind damage on an 8/12 steep-pitch roof creates a specific vulnerability profile. The steep angle presents significant shingle surface directly to wind approaching from the windward side — more surface area catching the load than a moderate-pitch roof at the same footprint would expose. When wind loading lifts shingles or compromises the adhesive bond across a steep-pitch field, the subsequent leak risk is amplified: water shed fast on a steep slope hits any compromised section with more velocity and more volume per linear inch than it would on a lower pitch. A vulnerable section on an 8/12 roof doesn’t just drip — it channels.

Carrie’s adjuster assessed the wind damage and approved a full 41-square replacement. The right call on a steep-pitch system with distributed wind damage is the same one a lender makes on an aging roof: repair leaves the unknown. Replacement resets the clock with a product built to resist what just happened to the previous system.

Jacksonville's Southside — The 32246 Residential Corridor

The 32246 ZIP covers the Windsor Parke and Deerwood Park corridor on Jacksonville’s Southside — an established residential area east of I-295 with a character distinct from both the rapidly developing outer suburbs and the urban core. Homes here were built largely through the 1980s and 1990s on generous lots with mature pine and oak canopy, and the neighborhood texture reflects that history: established brick construction, paver driveways that have been well-maintained through multiple renovation cycles, pool enclosures behind screened lanais, and the kind of mature landscaping that takes thirty years to grow into.

Carrie’s home fits the 32246 profile exactly. A single-story buff brick exterior with dark brown trim, a prominent gabled entry with an arched fanlight window, a wide interlocking paver driveway curving toward the garage, crepe myrtles in bloom at the property edge, and tall loblolly pines and oaks standing behind the roofline. This is an established Southside property that’s been cared for, and the roofing scope Carrie brought to J&M Roofing reflects that care — not just replacing what the wind damaged, but adding the daylighting improvements the home had needed.

IKO Dynasty Shadow Brown — Warm Chocolate on a Buff Brick Home

Shadow Brown Against Tan Brick — A Unified Warm Palette

Shadow Brown is IKO’s warm chocolate brown colorway — richer and deeper than Weatherwood’s gray-brown blend, and warmer than the cool end of the gray spectrum. Against Carrie’s buff/tan brick exterior, the Shadow Brown creates a tonal relationship built on shared warm undertones: the warm clay tones of the brick and the warm brown of the shingle occupy the same end of the color spectrum, producing a unified exterior palette rather than a contrast-driven one. The dark brown window and door trim echoes the shingle color, so the new roof reads as part of an intentional three-layer composition — brick, trim, and shingles all pulling in the same warm direction.

From the paver driveway in the installation photo, the effect is immediately visible: the Shadow Brown above the tan brick in afternoon sun produces a warm, cohesive exterior that reads as a single composition from the street. The arched fanlight over the gable entry, the crepe myrtle in the right foreground, and the J&M Roofing sign on the lawn all sit naturally in that warm palette without competing with it.

41 Squares at 8/12 — Execution at Steep-Slope Scale

Forty-one squares on an 8/12 pitch is a substantial installation. The steep angle means every square foot of working surface is at a grade where gravity affects material handling, crew positioning, and fastener placement simultaneously. On a home with a gabled entry, a prominent front roofline, and skylights to flash and integrate, the crew is managing not just volume but geometric complexity at elevation throughout the day. The paver driveway and pool enclosure — protected as part of the project scope — added a site management requirement that elevated the care standards for material staging and debris management throughout the installation.

The IKO Dynasty’s ArmourZone reinforced nailing zone ensures consistent fastener engagement across the full field. On a steep pitch under wind loading, the difference between a properly fastened Dynasty field and a standard laminate installation is the difference between a roof that holds and one that has the same conversation with the adjuster in two years. The 41-square Shadow Brown field installed on Carrie’s home is fastened and bonded to the Dynasty’s wind resistance specification — appropriate for a Duval County property in Northeast Florida’s wind-exposed coastal corridor.

Iron Clad Protection — 15 Years Non-Prorated

The IKO Iron Clad Protection warranty covers the Dynasty system for 15 years without prorating. The coverage holds at full value in year 14 the same as it did in year 1. For a wind damage replacement funded by insurance, that warranty is the protection layer that extends past the insurance transaction and covers the installed system for the decade and a half that follows.

Beyond the Shingles — Sun Tunnel, Skylights, and Site Protection

14-Inch Sun Tunnel in the Kitchen — Natural Light Through the Roof Plane

A Sun Tunnel is a tubular daylighting device that captures sunlight at the roof surface and channels it down through a highly reflective tube into the interior space below. The 14-inch unit installed in Carrie’s kitchen is the roofing crew’s scope — it requires a precise penetration through the roof deck, a flashed and sealed collar at the shingle surface, and a diffuser lens at the ceiling below. The result is natural daylight in a kitchen space that may have had no direct window access to the exterior, or insufficient window area to light the space adequately. A properly installed 14-inch Sun Tunnel delivers meaningful daylight into a kitchen from dawn to dusk without the structural complexity or cost of adding a window or dormer.

The integration of the Sun Tunnel into the new IKO Dynasty field is a detail that matters: the penetration and collar need to be flashed and sealed to the same standard as the surrounding shingle system. Installing it as part of a full roof replacement — rather than cutting into an existing roof later — gives the crew the cleanest possible integration point, with the flashing detailed into new shingles from the start rather than retrofitted against an aging field.

Two 2×2 Skylight Replacements — Updating the Daylighting While the Roof Is Off

The two existing 2×2 skylights on Carrie’s roof were replaced with new units as part of the installation. A full roof replacement is the ideal window for skylight replacement: the flashing that seals a skylight to the surrounding shingle field needs to be integrated into the new shingle system anyway, and an aging skylight that might become a leak source in five years is most economically replaced when the surrounding field is already coming up. The two new 2×2 skylights are visible in the post-installation photos — positioned near the ridge on the side elevation, the new units flush with the new Shadow Brown field, the flashing clean and integrated into the surrounding shingle coursing.

Pool Enclosure and Paver Driveway Protection

A 41-square steep-pitch installation produces significant tear-off material and generates debris that can travel across a property during active work. Carrie’s home has both a pool enclosure — typically a screened aluminum-frame structure that can be damaged by falling debris or equipment contact — and a paver driveway that represents a significant landscape investment. Both were protected throughout the installation: tarps and staging measures kept debris from the enclosure surfaces, and the paver driveway was kept clear and undamaged through material handling and cleanup. The installation photos taken the day after completion show the driveway clean and undamaged, the pavers in the same condition they were in before the crew arrived.

Garrett Dunlap — J&M Roofing, St. Augustine Branch

Garrett Dunlap is a residential roofing specialist with J&M Roofing’s St. Augustine branch, serving Duval County and the surrounding Northeast Florida region. Managing Carrie’s project required coordinating four distinct scopes — the 41-square shingle replacement, the Sun Tunnel installation, the two skylight swaps, and the site protection requirements for the pool enclosure and paver driveway — across a single installation day on a steep-pitch home. The finished result, documented in photos taken the following morning, reflects execution across all four scopes without exception.

The Finished Job — What the July Photos Show

The photos were taken July 2, the morning after the July 1 installation. Both shots were taken in the full morning sun of a clear Northeast Florida summer day — the kind of light that shows a new roof at its most honest.

The first photo was taken from the paver driveway looking straight at the front elevation. The interlocking brick pavers lead toward the home in the foreground — clean, undamaged, exactly as they were before the crew arrived. The J&M Roofing sign sits in the right side of the lawn. The buff brick home behind it shows the new Shadow Brown roofline: warm chocolate brown across the full gabled front, the arched fanlight window framed cleanly below the shingle surface, the dark brown trim echoing the new roof color through the window surrounds and fascia. The crepe myrtle at the right edge of the frame blooms red-pink against the warm exterior palette. Clear blue sky above.

The second photo captures the side elevation from across the open lawn in direct sun. The full 8/12 pitch of the roofline is visible from this angle — the steep surface running from the ridge down toward the eave, the Shadow Brown field uniform and consistent across the slope. The two new skylights are visible near the ridge line, their frames clean and flush against the surrounding shingle coursing. The arched fanlight window visible on this gable elevation mirrors the front entry detail, the white trim sitting cleanly against the buff brick below and the Shadow Brown above.

Project Specifications Summary

Product: IKO Dynasty — Shadow Brown
Warranty: IKO Iron Clad Protection (15-year non-prorated)
Squares Installed: 41
Roof Pitch: 8/12
Location: Jacksonville, FL — Duval County (32246)
Specialist: Garrett Dunlap
Branch: J&M Roofing — St. Augustine
Project Driver: Wind damage — full replacement
Additional Scope: 14″ Sun Tunnel (kitchen), two 2×2 skylight replacements, pool enclosure and driveway protection
In Office: June 8, 2026 | Install: July 1, 2026 (23 days)

Jacksonville Roof Replacement — J&M Roofing St. Augustine Branch

J&M Roofing’s St. Augustine branch serves Jacksonville and all of Duval County, along with St. Johns, Volusia, Flagler, Columbia, and Alachua counties. If your home sustained wind damage, or if you’re planning a replacement that includes daylighting additions like Sun Tunnels or skylight replacements, our team handles the full scope under a single project.

Call J&M Roofing’s St. Augustine office at (904) 320-1968. Available Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM.