Texas Elite Roofing Inc
6223 Theall Rd
Houston, Texas
77066
Contact Us At
Office (281) 453-0550
Fax (281) 440-9206
Why Choose a Metal Roof vs Asphalt Shingles
Metal roofing is a superior building choice for your home vs asphalt shingles for so many reasons including:
Warranties - Warranty while asphalt shingles come with limited, short term warranties that don't always cover necessary repair or replacement.
Material - the is constructed from durable, lightweight, long lasting, and corrosion resistant Galvalume sheet while asphalt shingles, which can weigh 5 times more than metal panels per square, have been found to contain filler content such as sand that reduces the effectiveness of the shingles.
Energy Efficiency - its Cool Metal Roofing reflects and emits 90% of the sun's solar radiation preventing heat from entering your home while asphalt shingles absorb the heat of the sun and transfer that heat directly into your home, requiring your AC unit to work on overdrive.
Environmental Impact - made from a highly recycled material and is built to last a lifetime without replacement while asphalt shingles need to be replaced every 10 years or so and generate a significant amount of landfill waste every year.
Take a look at what some roofing and home improvement industry experts have to say on this matter:
Asphalt Manufacturers Say:
"Due to the severity of the roof environment, even a one year old roof may look different from a roof that was just installed. While you may have first noticed the cracks or blistering from the ladder as you were cleaning the gutters, please be mindful that these normal weathering characteristics may not be visible when you view your roof from your front lawn or driveway."
--Certainteed
Laboratory Testing Facilities Say:
"Failed shingles that we have tested contain approximately 30% asphalt by weight. New shingles contain less than 25%. This asphalt is mixed with sand and fine mineral matter and then has granules embedded in it. There is no separate asphalt mat "coating"; there is only asphalt binder for the filler. What coating exists on the back of the shingle appears to have bled through the mat from the top side during manufacture. No wonder shingles "weep" water after only a few years."
--Richard Tippet, Applied Roofing Technology
Roofing Consultants Say:
"The pressures placed on large, public companies to maintain profitability brought forward good old American ingenuity, reduce fiberglass mat weight (fibers were expensive) and increase filler content (asphalt was also expensive.)"
--Dwain Bouton, President of Certified Roofing Consultant
Home Improvement Experts Say:
"When it comes to shingles, the drawbacks center on service life. While asphalt shingles come with warranties ranging from 20 to as long as 45 years, roofers and builders remain skeptical of those warranties. Since warranties are a marketing device, they are not reliable predictor of lifespan. In the past decade, there have been many complaints of asphalt shingle failure long before warranties expired. Many homeowners have been dissatisfied with warranty payouts that didn't cover all the costs of repair or replacement as well.."
--Bob Vila
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