Metal Roofing

Frailey Roofing specializes in installing metal roofs. We can help with your standing seam or pro-panel metal roof project because we are number one in standing seam roofing companies in Colorado.  We’ve done several custom metal roofs and can help you in making a decision on yours.  We have seen some distrarious metal installations, make sure your contractor knows what they’re doing.  Having someone fix a metal roof that was put on wrong can be just as expensive as the original install.

In need of a roofer in Castle Rock, Douglas County or the Denver metro area? We are licensed throughout Colorado!  Contact us at 303-993-5145 for a free estimate!

Metal roofs are very durable. The lowest end metal roofing, commonly called AG or Utility panels will last 20–30 years, which is roughly 2 times the lifespan of an average asphalt roof. Most metal roofing products today come with warranties from 25 to 50 years.

• Metal roofs are often used to cover large buildings because of their high strength to weight ratio.
• Metal roofs are fire and spark resistant.
• Painted metal roofs are usually snow-shedding. Snow can usually collect when it is fresh and lighter weight. As soon as the temperature rises a couple degrees, the snow usually just slides off. For this reason metal roofing is ideal for Colorado homes.
• Design flexibility: Some Steel roofing products can be installed over open framing, or on a solid substrate.
• Energy efficiency: Coatings with high reflectivity like Kynar with “cool roof” pigments commonly save 20-30% on air-conditioning costs due to reflecting away much of the sun’s heat.
• Most metal roofing products require very little or no maintenance.
• Ice guards and snow guards or clips help prevent dangerous movement of snow and ice, on sloped metal roofs.  Frailey Roofing can install these for you.

Disadvantages of a Metal Roof

• Care must be taken on large roofs to provide for thermal expansion and movement.
• Movement caused by differences in temperature may cause objectionable noises in some roofs; for example, curved roof surfaces. However, this is not a common occurrence.
• Care must be taken with all metal roof products to avoid the use of incompatible materials. Dissimilar metals can cause unexpected and rapid corrosion.
• Metal roofs are expensive.

Maintenance of a Metal Roof

• A metal roof graded “AG” or “Utility” will need recoating once the factory finish wears off or corrosion will occur. These paints are commonly Acrylic or Polyester based. Roof coatings are the preferred material since they are able to stay elastic and withstand the thermal cycling that occurs in metal roofs.
• Roofing materials made from Stainless Steel, Zinc or Copper will rarely require maintenance over their lifetime. Any required maintenance is usually due to design or installation mistakes. Otherwise, these materials commonly last over a century.
• Metal roofing with long life paints like Kynar should not normally require maintenance until the paint fails. These products have been used for over half a century now in the U.S. and few installations have failed. They should be considered lifetime products.