The Price of a Metal Roof
It’s not uncommon to get a phone call in the office where the voice on the other end of the phone asks, “what’s the price of a metal roof?” Is the old saying true “if you have to ask, then you probably can’t afford it”? In most cases, I would agree with this old saying.
However, when it comes to true lifetime aluminum metal roofing, it couldn’t be further from the truth.
Lifetime metal roofs are installed on homes all over the world today. Here, in southern New England, Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut, metal roofs are being installed every single day. The interest level is higher than ever. If the price were not affordable, then why are so many people purchasing them? The average home will need to have its asphalt roof replaced every 17 years. When one considers the cost of stripping off and disposing the old roof, then purchasing and installing a new asphalt roof two times over the next 17 years, that’s expensive. Considering that the cost of that asphalt roof will be twice as much when it needs to be replaced in 17 years or sooner.
What we are really addressing here is life cycle cost. What is the true cost of ownership of a metal roof versus the standard asphalt roof that most people end up settling for?
The cost of the asphalt roof over the 17 year period will be significantly more than the lifetime aluminum metal roof. Yes, the initial price of the metal roof is more, but the cost of ownership is far less. The 17 year cost of ownership is less with metal than it is with asphalt. Remember, that’s it, there is no additional cost with metal from this point forward and its maintenance free. It’s at this point that the cost of ownership of an asphalt roof, with all of the problems associated with it, skyrockets over metal. This doesn’t even touch on the environmental benefits, energy savings, curb appeal, or the fact that metal roofs eliminate ice dam issues.
Mike Gonet is a Sr. Partner with Classic Metal Roofs, LLC, located in Massachusetts and serving all of Southern New England.
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