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Appreciate Your Home with Quality Metal Roofing
If you've been considering upgrading your home and increasing its resale value, you should
know that beautiful and enduring metal roofing is highly valued as one of the
top renovation-friendly building materials for rehabbers and new home builders
alike.
As reported by Sal Alfano of Remodeling Magazine, homes renovated with standing-seam metal
roofing show a rate of 85.9% cost recouped in the national average with up to
95.5% for homes in the Eastern states, a full 1 and 6% resale value gain over
homes roofed with asphalt. And with all the added safety and longevity
associated with quality metal roofing matching installation job costs that
reach only one half of that of cosmetic room remodeling averages or even one
eighth of that of a master suite addition, you hardly deny the sense in
upgrading.
The following table shows average values associated with a typical roof renovation of 30
squares of standing seam metal, formed on-site into16-inch panels using
factory-enameled roll steel (all seams double-locked) with brake-bent flashing
from same material for drip edge and all flashing at roof-wall intersections, a
5-square hip roof with custom flashing at two average-sized skylights, a custom
cap treatment, all applied over a new felt underlayment with rubberized asphalt
membranes at eaves, valleys and all penetrations.
Western States Average
| Job Cost |
Resale Value |
Cost Recouped |
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| 16,906 |
14,661 |
86.7% |
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Stone Coated Steel Protects where all other roofing materials fail:
Metal roofing can save you up to 40% on your annual energy costs!
Energy Savings with Cool Metal Roofing
More and more, homeowners are seeking out energy-saving building materials for their
renovations and new homes, products that not only secure and improve structures
but also provide long-term cost-cutting on energy bills while promoting
environmental and economic sustainability in the greater community.
Among the array of possible upgrades, “cool metal roofing” easily answers this
consumer demand offering a solid, attractive roofing solution available in
multiple colors, textures, and profiles, for steep-slope and low-slope
applications, that can save your household up to 40% of its annual energy
costs, depending on your geographical region.
The Benefits of Energy Efficient Metal Roofing
As reported by the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
installation of reflective metal roofing can save your home up to 40% in summer
cooling energy costs while highly emissive metal roofs can reduce urban air
temperatures by as much as 12 ° F. Combined, these benefits mean less
money out of your wallet, less dependence on energy resources and less general
air pollution in your neighborhood and across the nation.
The secret to metal roofing's energy savings is in its variety of finishes. As shown above,
the basic, unpainted metal roof will reflect much of the solar radiation
usually absorbed in your attic and home by an asphalt roof. But, for homes in
warmer climates, pre-painted or granular coated metal roofing systems not only
reflect solar energy but also cool your home by re-emitting most of what solar
radiation is absorbed.Where annual cooling loads dominate, a highly reflective
and highly emissive painted or granular-coated metal roof is optimal for
reducing energy consumption and can actually re-emit up to 90% of absorbed
solar radiation.
Additionally, most metal roofing, including standing seam, is composed of recycled material
and can be installed directly onto an existing asphalt roof, reducing landfill
waste and promoting quick installation as well as decades of
environmentally-sound, maintenance-free strength and beauty. |
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