Bell, CA
Is a metal roof worth it here?
Metal has stopped being the agricultural option and started being the one people choose on purpose. The install quality still varies enormously.
Describe the metal roofing job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Bell contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Bell is taking requests through this service yet. We are lining them up, and yours is kept until one can.
- Nobody gets your details yet. Your request stays with us and is not passed to any company.
- One email when someone can help. When a provider covering your area can take it on, we email you once and ask whether you want that company, by name, to contact you.
- Deleted after 90 days. If nobody can take it on, or you do not say yes, your contact details are deleted 90 days after your request.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
Nobody will call you about this request unless you say yes to a company by name.
Before you let anybody on the roof
The things worth pinning down on a metal roofing job. A contractor who has not raised them has not looked properly.
- How the panels are allowed to expand and contract
- How valleys, ridges and penetrations are detailed
- Panel gauge and the coating warranty
- Whether the crew installs metal regularly or occasionally
- Standing seam or exposed fastener, and why
A light-coloured metal roof reflects a serious amount of heat, which shows up on a summer power bill in hot climates.
Metal expands and contracts more than any other covering. Panels have to be allowed to move, and cheap installs pin them so they cannot.
Not every roofer installs metal, and the ones who do it badly do it badly in ways you cannot see for five years.
Locally
Then, less dramatically: shaded slopes that never really dry out. Nothing dramatic happens. A slope stays damp most mornings for thirty years, and eventually that is enough.
About metal roofing here
How quickly will someone call?
Most requests are picked up the same day, often within an hour. Emergencies are prioritised. If you have not heard anything by the next morning, check voicemail — contractors usually call from a mobile.
What if the decking is rotten underneath?
Some of it usually is. The important thing is that the price per sheet is agreed in writing before the tear-off, so the conversation on day two is about quantity rather than rate.
Why three quotes and not one?
Because one price tells you nothing. Three tells you where the middle is, and the outliers are informative in both directions — the very cheapest is usually leaving something out, and the most expensive should be able to say what you are getting for it.
What warranty should I expect?
Ask for both in writing: the material warranty from the manufacturer and the workmanship warranty from the contractor. The second one is the one that matters in year three, and it is only as good as the company behind it.
Start with a free estimate
No cost. We email you once when a provider near you can take it on.