Metal costs more on day one and less across thirty years. In this heat, a reflective metal roof also changes what your attic does to your energy bill.
Metal handles South Texas conditions better than almost anything else: it sheds water fast, resists wind uplift when it is fastened correctly, and reflects a large part of the solar load rather than storing it. Properly installed, a standing seam roof outlives two or three asphalt roofs.
The details that matter are the panel gauge, the fastener system, the underlayment beneath it and the flashing at every transition. We will show you samples and explain what changes between a value system and a thirty-year one.
Not sure which of these you are looking at? Book the free inspection and we will photograph it and tell you.
Not on a house. Over solid decking with underlayment beneath it, a metal roof is no louder than asphalt — the noise people remember comes from metal over open purlins on a barn.
The opposite, with the right finish. Reflective coatings send a large share of the solar radiation back rather than conducting it into the attic.
Large hail can dent panels. Structural performance usually survives what dents the surface, and heavier gauges dent less. We will talk through gauge against your budget.
Commonly 40 to 70 years for standing seam depending on the coating and the environment, against 15 to 20 for asphalt in this climate.
