One of our well-read blog posts, "Pros and Cons of Going Over Existing Roof Material," is the inspiration behind today's topic. When a potential customer - who happened to comment on that post - received varying opinions about her failing composition shingle roof, she asked our opinion. She wanted to know whether she should tear off her old roof and put a new version of the same material on, or upgrade to a metal roof and avoid the necessity of tearing off the old stuff.
Read MoreTopics: going over existing roofing, benefits of metal roofing, eco-friendly roofs, roof replacement
Green is the new black, and solar panels are exploding in popularity. But before you throw an eco-friendly, energy-efficient solar panel system up on your roof, it's worth thinking everything through. It's glaringly obvious in hindsight, but most people - us included, at the beginning - don't give a thought to the fact that they're planning to install that expensive solar energy collection with a life expectancy of a generation or two atop a roof covering that only has a fraction of that lifespan remaining. True story! We've seen state-of-the-art solar collection systems costing more than $30,000 mounted on $5,000 roofs already halfway through their 20-year life expectancy. We've had to explain to homeowners why the cost of replacing their roof will be double what it would otherwise cost because their solar panel assembly has to be de-commissioned, removed, reinstalled and re-commissioned - something no one wants to hear. Ever.
Topics: energy efficient metal roofing, eco-friendly roofs, best roof for solar panels, metal roofs and solar panels
Here's another in our Q&A series. As always, feel free to post your question and we'll post an answer as a blog post.
Topics: eco-friendly roofs, metal roof benefits, green roofs
Installing solar panels on a roof is a very popular trend - and growing in popularity. One of the most overlooked aspects of this type of upgrade to a home or business is the type of roof material over which the new solar panels will be installed. Does it make sense to anyone to attach an expensive, hi-tech solar collection system to a roof that won't last as long as the panels? I can't imagine anyone answering that question positively, but I see it all the time. Bad enough that some solar panel installations are installed on new roofs with a proven poor track record (asphalt composition, anyone?), but it has to be even less rational to install a new solar system on an older roof that isn't far from the end of its service life.
Topics: metal roof systems, metal roofing, metal roofs, metal roof vs. comp, energy efficient metal roofing, eco-friendly roofs, best roof for solar panels, metal roofs and solar panels, metal roof
Topics: metal roof materials, metal roofing, metal roofs, metal roof vs. comp, energy efficient metal roofing, eco-friendly roofs, metal roof benefits, metal roofs vs. asphalt, metal roofs vs. shingles, metal roof
We're starting a Q&A section here on the blog, and here's our first question and answer to start us off. If you have a burning metal roofing question, ask us in the comments sections and we'll post an answer!
Topics: metal roof systems, eco-friendly roofs, metal roof benefits, green roofs
