The roof on your home keeps it safe from the elements. It also plays a huge role in determining the value of your home and its curb appeal. A metal roof provides the best protection from the elements and is available in a variety of colors, textures, and styles to match your home’s architecture and your personal style.
Metal Roof and Color
The color you choose for your roof should match the aesthetic of your home by complementing the color of the siding and trim. Today, metal roof paint colors have been engineered to be strong, durable, and long lasting. With a wide variety of color choices, there are many great possible looks.
For a minimalist look, silver, black, or white are popular options; for a bolder, more colorful metal roof, try shades of red, green, and blue. For a more traditional look that blends with nature, there are rich-looking blends of browns, tans, coppers, and grays. Many blended colors provide a natural, textured look.
When considering colors, your trusted metal roofing contractor should show you samples of the product—not just a small swatch but an entire panel. Viewing these panels outside your property is important so you can see how it looks next to your home. Remember, as the light changes throughout the day, the color will change, too. While usually not a dramatic shift, it’s something to be mindful of.
The Three Types of Metal Roofing
Besides color, choosing the right style of metal roofing is important to the overall look you are trying to achieve. All three metal roof styles provide maintenance-free living, superior permanence, unmatched warranties, resistance to mildew and mold growth, class 4 impact resistance to hail, wind resistance from 120 to 160 MPH, and cool-roof technologies which reflect heat far better than asphalt roofing.
Standing seam roofs provide long, sleek lines. This style of metal roofing is commonly seen on farms or outbuildings. A standing seam hidden fastener system will provide the best installation, with no screws showing, when compared to an exposed fastener system. A hidden fastener system is what you should seek when installing on a heated structure like your home. Long, straight, beautiful lines will complement the right style home. Black has become a popular choice, but there is a wide range of colors and blended colors that will provide a show-stopping appearance.
Interlocking metal roofing systems also ensure a smooth look, as all screws are hidden. These steel roofing systems have been embossed to look like slate or shakes and have been engineered with long-lasting colors on a smooth or textured surface. If you want the classic look of slate, this is a great option, and when compared to slate, steel roofing panels are extremely lightweight.
Stone coated steel roofing systems provide you with a more traditional look. For a steel roof that looks like asphalt, choose the cottage shingle profile. Other profiles include shake, roman tile, and shingle. All are engineered for superior performance.
When it comes to roof replacement, metal roofing options are unmatched in durability and style. Boost your curb appeal and contact AM Burney Exteriors today to install the metal roofing option that’s perfect for your home.