--- title: Metal & Copper Blog | metal roofs vs. shingles description: metal roofs vs. shingles | The Metal & Copper Roofing blog by Metal Roof Network offers pictures, commentary and more about metal and copper roofing. --- [![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 ## [Metal Roofing vs Asphalt Shingles - A Contractor's Perspective](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/bid/186242/metal-roofing-vs-asphalt-shingles-a-contractor-s-perspective) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.metalroofnet.com/hs-fs/file-16124239-jpg/images/coatedsteeltile131.jpg) ](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/bid/186242/metal-roofing-vs-asphalt-shingles-a-contractor-s-perspective) You only need to spend five minutes on our [website](https://www.metalroofnet.com/) or reading our blogs and you’d have little doubt that we have an obvious bias toward metal roof products. We make them and sell them every day, and most of the time we find it hard to believe that anyone wanting a roof would consider anything else. Decades of being in the business and seeing roof materials in the real world (instead of a well-composed sales brochure) after years of exposure to the elements have convinced us time and again that there is no better choice for a roof material. But then, we aren’t roofers! [Read More](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/bid/186242/metal-roofing-vs-asphalt-shingles-a-contractor-s-perspective) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/bid/186242/metal-roofing-vs-asphalt-shingles-a-contractor-s-perspective#comments-listing) Topics: [metal roofs vs. asphalt](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/topic/metal-roofs-vs-asphalt), [metal roofs vs. shingles](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/topic/metal-roofs-vs-shingles) --- ## [Metal Roofs - Pay More Now and Save Later](https://www.metalroofnet.com/metal-roofing-blog/bid/97889/Metal-Roofs-Pay-More-Now-and-Save-Later) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This is a great article written by the founder of Angie's List about spending more on metal roofing today to reap savings over the lifespan of your roof. 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