Advice
Metal roof advice for Phoenix homeowners
What we find on Valley roofs, why it happens here, and what is worth doing about it.
Written for roofs in this climate
Most metal roofing advice online is written for somewhere it rains, which is a different problem. Here the enemy is ultraviolet light, a hundred and fifteen degree panel surface, and a roof that expands and contracts every day from May to September. So these are about the failures we actually see across metro Phoenix.
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Rust on a metal roof in a dry climate: the evaporative cooler problem
Phoenix is too dry to rust a roof, so when we find rust we look for the water. It is nearly always something on the roof.
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Where metal roofs leak first in Arizona, and why
Fasteners, end laps, penetrations, wall transitions, in that order, and why the sun gets the sealant first.
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Coating or replacing: when a metal roof coating is the right call
A coating buys real years on a weathered roof and hides nothing on a failed one. How to tell which you have.
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What to check on a metal roof after a monsoon storm
What to look at from the ground once the cell has passed, and what to photograph before anybody gets on the roof.
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Why metal roof screws back out in Phoenix heat
A Valley summer moves your roof every day. How that walks a screw out of the purlin, and what a proper refastening involves.
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What metal roof repair costs in Phoenix, and what changes the price
It depends, and here is what on: access, pitch, panel profile, how long it leaked, and what the water reached underneath.
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