Why Should You Upgrade Your Roof With Metal Panels?

Homeowners usually don’t think much about their roofs – until it’s time for an expensive repair or re-roofing project.  Then they think a lot and experience quite a bit of pressure.  It may interest you to know that certain homeowners have found a way to avoid this thinking and pressure.  They accomplished this with a roof upgrade to metal panels.

Granted, any roof-replacement project is going to take some time and cost some money.  But with a new metal roof, once it’s on, you’ll enjoy decades of basically worry-free performance and minimal maintenance.

Here are three particularly attractive benefits to owning a metal roof.

Durable, high performance

You don’t have to be an engineer to know that metal in all its applications is a very strong material.  Compared to asphalt singles or clay tiles, a sturdy metal roof can have a lifespan of four times as long or longer, i.e., up to 60 years.  The elements of wind, rain, hail and intense heat play havoc with “traditional” roofs, causing them to corrode and decay fairly early in their lifetime.

Metal roofing materials, on the other hand, are highly resistant to any kind of age- or element-related corrosion.  Steel roofs can be coated with a special protective compound to resist decay.  These roofs are referred to as galvanized or Galvalume steel roofing.  Aluminum, zinc and copper roofing material requires no coating to protect against corrosion.  This decay-resistance means none of the usual time-consuming and expensive repairs regularly needed with most other roofing materials.

An investment that pays off

Real estate agents, and therefore their buyer clients, understand the value in a metal roofing system.  One thing a potential homebuyer dreads is moving into a new house and then having to undertake a complete re-roofing project a few years down the line.  With a metal roof, it’s very possible the buyer won’t even live in the home long enough to ever need a new roof.  It is estimated that metal roof owners can recoup up to 85% of the cost of the roof upon sale.  Try getting that kind of return with an asphalt shingle roof.

Cooling effect

It may sound odd, but metal roofs actually reduce the radiating heat from the sun inside a home.  Special finishes work to reflect the sun’s rays away from the roof rather than allowing the roof to absorb all the heat.  Less heat in the house means less use of air conditioning systems, which means less money spent on utilities.  This is a huge benefit for Florida residents, who endure some of the hottest summers in the U.S.

Here we’ve presented just three of the many advantages you’ll enjoy with a new metal roof.  Before you re-roof with a weaker, less-study material, find out the facts about modern metal roofing systems.  The metal roofing experts, Advanced Aluminum of Lakeland, FL, are here to help you.  We manufacture top-line roofing materials used by leading contractors throughout the Lakeland region.  Call us at (863) 648-5787.