Panel profile, standing seam, corrugated, gauge, galvalume substrate... Amish?? All words you have likely become familiar with if you've been shopping for a metal roof. We can help...


PANEL PROFILE
If you're shopping for a metal roof, you'll need to decide on a panel profile. There's corrugated and standing seam. There's also a bunch of other decorative profiles but for the most part you'll be choosing between those two. Corrugated is the most cost-effective way to get a metal roof on your home. You'll gain all the benefits of a metal roof, without the additional cost of standing seam but there is some compromise on style and upkeep. All metal roofs require fastening... but with corrugated metal roofs, the fasteners are exposed. Washers and fasteners must be inspected every so often to ensure they are still intact, and the exposed fastener method allows breaks in the metal that can threaten water penetration. Corrugated metal also comes in less colors and styles than standing seam. So, your options are limited. A corrugated metal roof is still in fact, a metal roof. And there are many treatments available to protect and preserve the fasteners, making it an excellent option for homeowners looking to get metal protection and durabilty on a budget.

Standing seam is a metal roof that conceals fasteners. The system uses flat metal panels with vertical ribs that are fastened together with the fasteners hidden under the ribs. Eliminating the exposed fasterners eliminates any threat of water penetration at the fasteners, eliminates the need for upkeep on the fasteners and offers the asthetic appeal of hiding the fasteners.