Top Roofing Trends to Share with Your Homeowner Customers

By DECRA.

While replacing roofs can be expensive for your customer, it may pay for them to know more about increasingly popular stone-coated metal. There are five good reasons:

1. Durability: Combining the strength of steel with the design versatility of crushed stone, stone-coated metal roofing offers a better-looking way to protect their investment. Thanks to its engineering, stone-coated metal stands up to harsh conditions, including fire, wind, hail, hurricanes, seismic activity, and extreme cold and heat.

2. Curb Appeal: Stone-coated metal comes in a collection of eye-catching contours and colors. Panels can resemble Mediterranean tile, hand-split wood shake, heavyweight shingle or even old-world Italian tile.

3. Long-Term Value: Stone-coated metal offers greater longevity—three—plus times more—and lower maintenance needs than most other roofing products. “In an average lifetime, a homeowner will need to replace an asphalt roof at least three times as often for the same cost of one stone-coated metal roof,” explained Mark Gallant, Vice President of New Product Development at DECRA Metal Roofing, the original stone-coated steel roofing system, with over 60 years of research and practical experience.

4. Keep It Cool: Metal roofing can help cool their home through air space between the panels and the roof deck, reducing heat transfer. Some roofing colors can also reflect unwanted solar heat.

5. Save Money: A stone-coated metal roof could net them a discount on their homeowner's insurance. The should check with their insurance agent.

Overall, a stone-coated metal roof can help their home look better, feel more comfortable while they live in it and be easier to sell when they want to.

About DECRA® Roofing Systems, Inc., a Fletcher Building Products company As the inventor and leading manufacturer of the stone-coated steel roofing category, DECRA Roofing Systems, Inc., has been providing ageless beauty, superior performance and lasting durability since 1957. Available in a variety of profiles and colors, DECRA Roofing Systems are low maintenance, and offer long-lasting protection and flexibility for residential or light commercial projects. DECRA is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, National Roofing Contractors Association and Metal Roofing Alliance. Info: www.decra.com.

Source: DECRA, Petoskynews.com.