| There was a time when metal roofs were considered | | | | be installed one at a time and it takes a long time to |
| despicable and unattractive and no one wanted to | | | | install it. It is a labor intensive job. These shingles are |
| install a cheap metal roof. But now the times have | | | | however available in a wide range of colors, shapes, |
| changed. It is not so anymore. Now metal roofs are | | | | sizes and textures. And this has led many home |
| being installed increasingly by proud home owners. | | | | owners think that it is worth the cost and the trouble |
| Nowadays even for metal roofs there are new | | | | because they lend an exclusive look to the house. |
| colors, shapes and textures in the market and along | | | | There are different types of metals available for the |
| with the advantage of having a long lasting durable | | | | metal roofing your house. Some of the commonly |
| roof for your house, you can even have a stylist, | | | | used metals are copper, stainless steel, steel, |
| smart looking roof. Broadly speaking, metal roofs for | | | | aluminum and various types of metal alloys. Steel is |
| houses are available in three basic styles. They are | | | | very strong in spite of being very heavy, whereas |
| available in individual shingles, large sheets and shingle | | | | aluminum is light and strong too. Thus aluminum is |
| sheets. This offers a wide range of choice to the | | | | preferred to steel. But one big drawback of aluminum |
| house owners while selecting a metal roof for their | | | | is it dents very fast. Imagine having dents in your |
| house. | | | | metal roof at all the places where you walked! |
| The conventional metal roofs were actually installed | | | | Stainless steel, metal alloys and copper sheets are |
| very basically. They were large sheets of metals and | | | | excellent as your metal roof; they look attractive and |
| according to the shape and size of the roof they | | | | last for a long time too. But the cliché is that |
| were bent and cut a little. The style factor was | | | | they are expensive too. They cost more than any |
| totally absent, absolutely zero. But with the passage | | | | other metal roofing sheets. |
| of time, metal roofs have also evolved and | | | | Many people have found out a smart way of cutting |
| nowadays these metal sheets are available in various | | | | costs and having a dressy roof too. They install a |
| textures and colors to match your house. | | | | basic aluminum sheet for the larger part of the roof. |
| There are simulated shingle tabs which have been | | | | This saves them on costs. Then they add few |
| formed into the metal sheet itself. The shingle sheets | | | | decorative strips of copper or any other expensive |
| of the metal roofs are slightly smaller in size than the | | | | metal. This keeps the costs down and eliminates the |
| plain sheets. They are usually three or four feet long, | | | | drawbacks of having aluminum roofing. |
| apart from having the shape of many shingles | | | | No matter which material you choose as your metal |
| arranged in a row. They are quite easy to install | | | | roof, it will depend on your taste and budget, but the |
| because the sheets are large and they cover a wider | | | | most important thing that you must remember is |
| area of the roof in single installation. | | | | that the metal roof should provide you maximum |
| Selecting metal roofs for your house. | | | | durability and style for the money that you are |
| It is very laborious to install individual shingles of a | | | | spending on it. |
| sheet of a metal roof. The individual shingles have to | | | | |