Core serviceMetal Roof Installation
A new metal roof from tear off to final flashing. Panel system chosen for your pitch, high temperature underlayment across the whole deck, details formed for desert movement.
Metal Roofing Across Tucson and Pima County
Metal only. No tile, no foam, no shingles.
The one everybody asksDo metal roofs make a house hotter in the desert? Read the answer.Installation, replacement and repair, by a crew that works on metal roofs and nothing else. Detailed for the sun that destroys roofs here and the storms that test them.
Metal roofing specialistsOne trade, done properly
Tucson and Pima CountyValley floor to the foothills
Free on site assessmentWe get on the roof
Written estimatesScope and exclusions on paper
01Why metal, here
Roofs do not die of old age in Tucson. They die of sun.
Something like three hundred and fifty days a year of direct light, at altitude, where the ultraviolet is harder than it is at sea level. A temperature swing every single day that makes the roof grow and shrink, over and over, for its whole life. Then two months of monsoon that arrives sideways behind a wall of wind and finds every detail that was not quite right.
That combination takes an asphalt roof apart from the inside, drives the life out of sealant years before it finishes the material around it, and works the fasteners on an exposed fastener metal roof steadily loose until a July storm shows you where they are.
A metal roof, detailed properly for this specifically, is the system that outlasts all of it. Detailed carelessly, it is a roof that leaks in its eighth summer.
We do metal, and only metal. That is the whole business. If your house wants a different material, we will tell you and we have nothing else to sell you.
02Services
What we do
Everything here is metal. If your roof is tile, foam or shingle, you will hear that on the phone rather than after we have taken the appointment.
Core service
Core serviceMetal Roof Replacement
Taking off a roof the sun has finished with and putting on one built to outlast it. Layers counted and deck repair priced before anything starts.
Core serviceMetal Roof Repair
Fasteners, seams, flashings and panels. We trace the leak to where it actually enters before anything gets sealed, and we tell you when a repair is the wrong purchase.
Standing Seam Metal Roofing
No screws through the weather surface, and clips that let the panel move as it heats and cools. The expensive answer, and usually the right one on a Tucson house.
Metal Roof Coating and Restoration
For a roof that is sound but tired. Cleaning, rust treatment and a reflective coating that puts years back on. Metal roofs only.
Monsoon Storm and Leak Repair
Active leaks, lifted panels and storm damage in July and August. We trace it, stop it, and document what we find in case it goes to your insurer.
Metal Roof Inspections
A proper condition report on an existing metal roof, for owners keeping an eye on it and for buyers and sellers before a sale closes.
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Patio Cover and Carport Metal Roofing
Metal panel roofs over patios, ramadas and carports, detailed and finished to match the house roof rather than bolted on.
Ask about this service03The specialism
Why a specialist
Metal is all we do
Panel movement, clip spacing, seam mechanics and flashing forming are the trade here, not an occasional variation on general roofing work. We are not fitting your metal job in between tile and foam.
We build for this climate, not a generic one
Thermal cycling that walks exposed fasteners loose. Ultraviolet that finishes sealant long before the metal. Monsoon rain driven uphill under a lap. Blown grit sitting in every seam. Known problems, known answers, specified up front rather than discovered in August.
You get told what it actually needs
Including when that is nothing. If your roof has years left in it, that is what the estimate will say, in writing, from the people who would have been paid to replace it.
04Process
How it goes
You call or send the form.
Tell us what the roof is doing. If water is coming in right now, call rather than write.
We get on the roof.
Not a look from the driveway and not a drone pass. Pitch, deck, layers, penetrations, flashings, and which slopes take the worst of the afternoon.
You get a written estimate.
The system, the underlayment, the flashings, the tear off, the disposal, the deck repair allowance and what is excluded. On paper, so you can compare it against anyone else.
The work gets done properly.
Early starts in summer, off the roof before the metal is too hot to handle. No open tear off with a storm cell in the forecast.
We walk it with you.
What we changed, what we found, and what to keep an eye on.
05Proof
See it for yourself
We would rather show you a roof than a quote from somebody you have never met. Ask us for an address in your area and go and look at it.
Ask for an address near you- A finished roof near you. Stand on the pavement and look at the seam lines, the eave detail and how the flashing meets the wall.
- Photographs from your own roof, taken during the assessment. Yours to keep whether or not you buy anything from us.
- A written scope that names the panel system, the underlayment, the flashings and the exclusions, so you can hold it against anyone else line for line.
06Service areas
Where we work
Tucson and across Pima County. Oro Valley under the Catalinas, Marana out along the corridor, Vail and the southeast, plus Sahuarita, Green Valley, the Catalina Foothills and Corona de Tucson.
Areas we serve07Questions
Common questions
Are metal roofs a good idea in Arizona?
Yes, and the reason is the sun rather than the rain. Metal has no volatiles in it to be baked out the way an asphalt shingle does, so it does not go brittle, curl or shed granules under ultraviolet. A light coloured coated metal roof also reflects a large share of the radiant heat that would otherwise end up in your attic. The catch is that desert heat is hard on fasteners and sealant, so the details have to be right.
Do metal roofs make your home hot?
This is the question we get more than any other in Tucson, and the short answer is no, a light coloured metal roof generally runs cooler than the asphalt roof it replaced. Metal feels hot to touch because it conducts heat quickly, which is not the same thing as sending heat into your house. What determines that is how much sunlight the surface reflects and whether the assembly underneath is vented and insulated. There is a full explanation on the blog.
What is the best roof to have in Arizona?
For most Tucson houses with any real pitch, a light coloured metal roof is very hard to beat on length of service and heat rejection. On genuinely flat roofs a foam or membrane system is often the right answer instead, and we will tell you that rather than sell you something unsuitable, because we do not install those and have nothing to gain from it.
How long does a metal roof last in Tucson?
Longer than the alternatives, and here the limiting factor is usually the coating and the fasteners rather than the steel. We are not going to attach a specific year count, because it depends on the system, the finish, which way the slopes face and whether anyone maintains it. What we will say is that a metal roof is normally the last roof a Tucson house needs, and asphalt is normally not.
Do you work on tile or foam roofs?
No. We install, replace and repair metal roofs only. If your house has concrete tile or a foam roof, we will say so on the phone and not waste your time or ours.
08Get started
Get a free estimate
Tell us what the roof is doing. We will get on it, look properly, and put the answer in writing. If it does not need work yet, that is what the estimate will say.
Or call(520) 555-0100Mon to Fri, 6am to 3pm. Early hours are not a typo. Summer roofing here starts at first light and comes off the roof around midday.