Roofing is indeed the most eminent and essential part of home that must be carefully installed and maintain in order to extend the house’s longevity of service. Most residential home owners these days prefer the most durable, elegant and long lasting materials of roofing.  Because a strong roofing system such as a metal roof can guarantee more safety withextreme whether such as blizzards, hurricanes, and earthquakes it is one of the most common chosen roofs for those reasons.  In fact, it does not just protect you and your family but also adds value to your property.

Why Metal Roof

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Metal Roof VA

First, metal allows your home to have a pleasurable look and can enhance the durability of the home’s structure. It is resistant to fire, small and midsize hail high winds and storms.Unlike traditional materials such as asphalt shingles, metal roofing systems prevents you from the headache of on going maintenance and repairs. In fact, the government may lessen your annual property tax since you are using an eco-friendly material when it comes to your roof.

There are multiple options of materials you can choose for your metal roofing. But, if you are going to consider the long term benefits, you can never go wrong with metal roofing Virginia. Most professional architects highly recommend metal roofs to improve the robustness along with unique style. Moreover, metal roofing materials have many distinctive advantages over composite shingles, slate, and asphalt. For people who are planning to live intheir home for such a long period of time, metal roofsare ideally suited for this kind of home.

Fireproof

Metal roofing is completely fireproof. We never know when or how disasters may strike, it keeps your family protected and such materials are recyclable in nature.  There have been forest fires that have wiped out entire neighborhoods except the homes with metal roofs.

Light weight

Metal roofing is lightweight. Yes, even the word “metal” may sound heavy, but it is significantly lighter than any types other types of roofing. It is lighter than asphalt shingles and it maintains an elegant look for your home for decades.

Durability

An appropriate metal roofing installation can long last up to 80-100 years even if you are planning on expanding your home with an edition or add on metal roofing is still a good choice for versatility.

Low maintenance

When you consider the price range of metal roofing compared to other types of roofing materials, obviously, metal roofing is costly. But, if you are thinking about the durability, elegancy, and maintenance, you’ll see the difference and benefits from it.  It is like purchasing a Mercedes Benz over a KiaRio, you get what you pay for.

Traditional materials require you to have some repairs and maintenance from time to time especially during winter season and hurricanes. While with metal roofing it remains strong and reliable with almost zero percent of damages due to weather.Of course, you have to keep your roofing clean and make sure to get rid of debris and leaves that might affect the gutter system.

Price

Metal roofing has always been more expensive than traditional composite or asphalt shingles.  Normally the price is twice or three times the cost for a metal roof.  Until now, we have just launched a metal roof that costs close to the same price as traditional shingles roofs.  It is called Nex Gen Metal Shingle.  Its look is similar to a traditional shingle but is made out of metal starting with a 30 year no fade warranty on just the paint, and the material itself will outlast its predecessor tin roofing with lasted over 80 years.  So for the same price or a little more you can have a metal roof installed that has hidden fasteners and the same durability of other more costly metal roofs such as standing seam or copper.  This is a first in the industry and America. For more info call us or check out our website, if not much info is up right now more is in the works.

Apparent advantages

These are some of the most apparent advantages when you choose Metal Roofing Alexandria VA. Most reputable companies available these days offer flexible price rate, affordable options and include energy efficient roof ventilation system.

We’ve begun installing our patented energy-efficient ventilation system for shingle roofs throughout the Fairfax Virginia area.  Previously, this type of roofing system we only installed in our Metal roofs.  But due to the high demand for energy-efficient Fairfax Roofing in Virginia, we’ve begun installing these new systems for customers in the Fairfax area.  Why choose our system?  Homes that our roofs are installed on typically notice the temperature in their attics dropping 25-30 degrees! Imagine what a difference this roof will subtract from your overall heating and cooling bill each year.  Give us a call at (540) 222-1642 or visit us on our website at https://alpharain.com

Please watch our Fairfax Roofing video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqsf63QLaoE

In our last post, we shared our first version of a cool roof ventilation system that automatically vented the hot air through a custom vented ridge vent and replaced it with cooler air through a custom eave vent.

The photo below shows our latest improvement that not reduced the labor cost but also introduced a thermal break as well as a radiant barrier. This latest improvement not only addresses all 3 ways heat is transferred, it works on any roof style including asphalt shingles.

For more information please call 540-222-1642 or visit our website at AlphaRain.com.