Metal Roofs
For starters, metal roofs are durable. They provide your family with excellent protection against wind, water, snow and ice and are even hail-resistant.
Speaking of durability, did you know that steel roofs typically last longer than 50 years, while asphalt roofs last only 17 years? That makes them easy on your wallet in the long run.
Are looks everything? Fortunately, metal roofs come in a variety of colors and designs. They can even be made to look like traditional roofing materials. And paint is now even more resistant to fading and chalking, too, thanks to a new steel coating technology.
Steel roofs that are light in color also reflect heat in warm climates. That means lower cooling costs.
With all this going for metal roofs, it's no wonder they give homes a much higher resale value than traditional roofs do. And that makes them a good investment for homeowners.
The Benefits of Metal Roofing
FOR THE HOMEOWNER...Thanks to the latest steelmaking technologies, metal roofing offers an array of advantages for today's homeowners. And as a result, the popularity of steel roofing has grown dramatically. Thousands of builders in the United States and Canada are using attractive, durable metal roofing for all types of single family homes, multi-family dwellings, retirement homes and affordable housing projects.
Here are just some of the many benefits to the homeowner:
Aesthetic Benefits
- Attractive appearance and roof designs. Painted metal roofs are available in a rainbow of colors to enhance the style and beauty of any home.
- New steel coating technology includes paints that resist fade and chalking.
- Long-lasting, which leads to savings and increased value for the homeowner.
- Durability, which is inherent in anything made from steel.
- Non-combustible. Steel doesn't burn, so homeowners are protected from external hazards such as windblown sparks or lightning.
- Resistant to decay, discoloration and mildew. Prepainted metal roofs do not absorb water or moisture. Water can damage most other roofing materials by rotting, cracking, or in the freeze-thaw cycle.
- Excellent qualities for wind resistance.
- Environmentally friendly process of steelmaking and coating.
- Steel is 100 percent recyclable so yesterday's scrapped car can become today's metal roof. And that could one day become a refrigerator.
- A new steel roof can be placed over an existing roof. That conserves valuable landfill space by eliminating the need to dispose of the existing roof. (Roof tear-offs represent more than 5 percent of what is being dumped in landfills today.) And this saves labor time and costs for the homeowner.
- Better resale values.
- Light colors reflect heat in warm climates, providing a savings in cooling costs. And many applications of reroofing allow for added insulation between the old roof and the new.
- New metallic coating processes provide enhanced corrosion resistance.
- Competitively priced in a stable market. Faster installation and occupancy. Metal roofs are a snap to install. They are put together quickly and are lightweight enough to be easily installed over old roofs, eliminating tear-off and waste disposal.
- Wide selection of designs, colors, gauge thickness and finishes.
- Full complement of matching trim, flashings and formed accessories.
- Available for steep or low-sloped roofs.
- Some panels are structural and do not require a plywood deck.
- Consistent in quality.
- Light-weight.
- Easy to work with.
- Will not warp, curl or split.
- Broad spectrum of design opportunities for steep and low slopes, dormers, valleys, mansards, curves, dome and complex roof profiles.
- Wide variety of colors, shapes, textures and shadow patterns.
- Low life-cycle cost.
- Non-combustible rating by all building codes.
- Opportunity to build both quality and enhanced appearance into the home.
- Technical design support from the metal roofing industry.
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