Check this out - an amazing retro-fitted boat house in beautiful northern California topped with specially-made corrugated copper panels that look rustic enough to match the building, yet will perform brilliantly in this environment. These long-lasting copper panels will continue to age and blend in with the boat house - what a great pairing!

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area - beautiful neighborhoods like Atherton, Burlingame, San Francisco, Menlo Park, San Jose, Palo Alto and points in between - we're your local copper roof experts! Metal Roof Network is proud to supply downright stunning solid copper roofing in tiles, shakes and shingles (like the mix of new and hand-treated shingles in Burlingame, below), standing seam and batten-seam panels and our distinctive diamond shingles (like the gorgeous job in Atherton, above) for projects right in your neighborhood, AND we've got the best, most experienced local installers to do the job right.

No matter what color you choose, metal roofs are still green. It's why they're an ideal choice for those intent on making sustainable and eco-friendly building choices. Check out this article by James Kenton, which elaborates on exactly why metal roofing is the perfect roofing material for eco-warriors.

Our original post on new metal roof prices has been quite popular, so we wanted to delve further into the topic. This is an excerpt (paraphrased for optimal reading here) from the pricing section in our handy and FREE re-roofing booklet:

Copper roofs are among the quintessential roofing materials on the market today. Centuries of use (have a gander at the copper-topped cathedrals and churches across Europe, some of which are centuries old!) have proven their performance and longevity, and there's simply nothing looks-wise that compares to a beautiful copper roof.

One of the most recognized metal roof profiles is the distinctive yet low-profile standing seam panel. So what is it?

Q. I would like to know what the pros and cons are in regards to putting on a metal roof over your existing shingles versus removing the shingles, and also if the warrenty is any different if you leave the shingles on. Thanks for your time.

The topic of "cool roofs" comes up regularly these days every time a discussion of eco-friendly and energy-efficient building arises. Here's what you need to know about cool roofs and what they mean to you as a homeowner:

Our previous post on the best roof to use under solar panels has been very well-received, and we thought we'd tackle the topic again with one of our handy lists. Here are the top four reasons why metal roofing is the absolute best choice to use with any type of roof-top solar component:

Have a mansard roof? These unique roofs (like this copper diamond shingle and finished steel panel example) are characterized as four-sided roofs with a double slope on all sides where the lower slope is much steeper than the upper. They're also known as French roofs. Fancy!