Why Metal? Why Now?

Home Ideas Magazine - February 2019

Why Metal? Why now?

Does never having to replace your roof sound good? Well, it sounded like a great idea to over 5 million homeowners that decided to invest in a metal roof. With the ever-changing improvements in building materials, it’s no surprise that there is a new roofing product available today that is more hail-resistant, wind-resistant, and is lighter weight.  Needless to say, when comparing the life of such a product to any conventional roofing material, it blows everything out of the water. This new product has been around for a long time and that product is steel!

The days of steel roofing being just for commercial and agricultural buildings are long gone.  Now, not only does metal roofing perform better but metal roofs, such as BORAL’s Cottage Shingle a