Whether you are the owner of a convention center, a convenience
store or a cottage on the lake, you need to know the advantages
of covering your structure with a metal roof.
Most roofs in the United States are covered with asphalt
shingles, an oil-based product that lasts from 12 to 15 years.
They’re hot, they’re heavy and they are not recyclable.
In short, they don’t help your energy bill or the environment.
With the advent of cool metal roofing, building owners have
discovered that they can keep their building envelope cooler
from the outset and realize real savings on their energy bill,
due to reduced load on air-conditioning units.
Modern metal roof material is highly solar reflective, meaning
it reflects much of the sun’s heat before it can penetrate
the building envelope. In this way, the building envelope
starts cooler and requires less energy to cool on hot summer
days.
And because metal roofs are more durable than asphalt shingles,
a metal roof will last about twice as long as conventional
roofs made from asphalt products. Not only that, metal roofs
can be painted in almost any conceivable color, remaining
solar reflective.
In these days of heightened awareness of sustainable energy,
renewable energy and smart energy usage, it only makes sense
to begin with the one item that literally covers your entire
structure – the roof. Everything you own or treasure
is covered by a roof that just can’t let you down in
an adverse weather event. If you lose your roof, you lose
everything. Quite simply if your roof is made of metal, it
stands a better chance of standing up to high winds (up to
150 mph), wind-driven rain, hail or fire.
If you are in the market for or, by necessity need, a new
roof, consider metal. And when you consider metal, consider
Drexel Metals Corporation, supplier of metal roofing supplies
and accessories throughout the country for more than 20 years.
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