--- title: Catching Rainwater? This is the Roof for You. description: If you want to collect rainwater run-off from your roof, metal roofing is the best choice. And here's why. --- [![logo-white.png](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/new2017/logo-white.png?width=188&name=logo-white.png "logo-white.png")](https://www.metalroofnet.com/) # Your Source for Metal Roofing # Metal & Copper Roofing Blog ## [Catching Rainwater? This is the Roof for You.](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/bid/118283/Catching-Rainwater-This-is-the-Roof-for-You) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We answered [this question on Quora](http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-roofing-material-to-use-if-you-plan-on-collecting-rainwater#ans989488) the other day, and we thought we'd share it here too. **Q. What is the best roofing material to use if you plan on collecting rainwater?** A few people threw in their two cents on this question, and the answers included everything from concrete to metal to slate. Here's what we had to say: One of the [finished steel ](https://www.metalroofnet.com/finished-steel/)or [aluminum](https://www.metalroofnet.com/finished-aluminum/) roofs is likely the best choice for rainwater collection. **Because a finished metal roof isn't porous, there is little chance that rainwater run-off will pick up any accumulated contaminants they way it might with concrete or clay.** **Also, most metal roofs have fewer cracks and seam into which debris, insects and dust can accumulate - meaning less aging junk accumulating in the water.** It's not a difficult mental experiment to ponder:  Just have a look at a 10-year-old asphalt, concrete, wood or metal roof and ask yourself which looks like it would produce cleaner run-off. The answer will be rather obvious quickly, which is why metal is the superior choice for roofing material when water catchment is the goal. Have a burning roofing question? Ask away in the comments section of our blog posts and we'll answer it in another blog post! [![Click me](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/100166/e38f6a5d-4add-4a29-9ccf-310d1e00b7b4.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/100166/e38f6a5d-4add-4a29-9ccf-310d1e00b7b4) [![Click me](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/100166/dbff5ad0-fa8b-4c2e-ba51-a75e1459ea5b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/100166/dbff5ad0-fa8b-4c2e-ba51-a75e1459ea5b) ### Follow Me ### Stay in the Loop ### Most Popular Posts ![](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/new2017/logo-white.png?width=188&height=115&name=logo-white.png "logo-white.png") [![](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/new2017/soc-fb.png?width=33&height=33&name=soc-fb.png "soc-fb.png")](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Metal-Roof-Network/104918926251169) [![](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/new2017/soc-li.png?width=33&height=33&name=soc-li.png "soc-li.png")](https://www.linkedin.com/in/metal-roof-network-21a41234/) [![](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/new2017/soc-twitter.png?width=33&height=33&name=soc-twitter.png "soc-twitter.png")](http://twitter.com/#!/metalroofnet) [![](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/insta.png?width=33&height=33&name=insta.png "insta.png")](http://instagram.com/metalroofnet) ###### products - [copper roofing](https://www.metalroofnet.com/copper/) - [finished steel](https://www.metalroofnet.com/finished-steel/) - [natural steel](https://www.metalroofnet.com/natural-steel/) - [finished aluminum](https://www.metalroofnet.com/finished-aluminum/) ###### why metal? - [Featured installers](https://www.metalroofnet.com/why-metal/mrn-featured-installers) - [metal roof benefits](https://www.metalroofnet.com/why-metal/benefits) - [links](https://www.metalroofnet.com/why-metal/links) - [testimonials](https://www.metalroofnet.com/why-metal/testimonials) - [details & specs](https://www.metalroofnet.com/why-metal/specs) - [FAQs](https://www.metalroofnet.com/why-metal/faq) - [resources](https://www.metalroofnet.com/resources) ###### MRN - [photo gallery](https://www.metalroofnet.com/gallery) - [MRN blog](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog) - [contact us](https://www.metalroofnet.com/contact) - [join our network](https://www.metalroofnet.com/installers-wanted)