Metal Roofing in Regina, SK

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Metal Roofing: What Regina Homeowners Should Know

Metal on a Prairie House: Snow, Movement and the Noise Question

Metal makes real sense in this climate for reasons that have nothing to do with looks. It sheds snow instead of holding it, which takes load off the structure and cuts down the melt-refreeze cycle at the eave that drives ice damming. It does not lose granules, so hail that would end an asphalt shingle's life may leave a dent and nothing more. And a properly installed standing seam system has no exposed fasteners across the field, which removes the most common long-term failure point on any roof in a place that swings from 43 C to well below -40 C.

The trade-offs are worth understanding before you commit. Metal expands and contracts significantly across that temperature range, so the panels have to be allowed to move; clipped systems that permit it last, face-fastened panels that fight it work their fasteners loose. Snow shedding is a feature until it slides onto a walkway or a parked vehicle, so snow retention needs planning where people go. On the noise question, a metal roof over a solid deck and an insulated attic is not appreciably louder in rain than shingles, and the reputation comes from bare metal over open purlins on farm buildings. We will tell you where metal is worth the money on your house and where it is not.