Claremont, CA
Metal roof quotes in Claremont, CA
A metal roof costs roughly double a shingle roof and lasts roughly three times as long. Whether that is a good trade depends entirely on how long you are staying.
Describe the metal roofing job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Claremont contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Claremont 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 valleys, ridges and penetrations are detailed
- Whether the crew installs metal regularly or occasionally
- Standing seam or exposed fastener, and why
- How the panels are allowed to expand and contract
- Panel gauge and the coating warranty
Not every roofer installs metal, and the ones who do it badly do it badly in ways you cannot see for five years.
Standing seam hides its fasteners under the seam. Exposed-fastener panel is cheaper and relies on hundreds of neoprene washers that have to be revisited every decade or so.
Noise is the question everybody asks. Over a solid deck with underlayment, a metal roof is not meaningfully louder than shingle. Over open purlins it very much is.
Locally
The second problem is dry offshore wind that arrives all at once in autumn. They also drive ember risk, which is why vent screening and Class A assemblies matter more here than the colour of the covering.
About metal roofing here
What happens to my information?
Your details are passed to up to three local roofing contractors so they can quote. That is the only use. You can ask us to delete them at any time, and there is a do-not-sell page for exactly that.
Should I repair or replace?
It depends almost entirely on how much life is left in the material. Ask any contractor who inspects it to give you a number of years and a reason. If two of them independently say the same thing, believe it.
What warranty should I expect?
Two separate things. The manufacturer covers the material for its rated life, but only if it was installed to their specification. The contractor covers workmanship, commonly five to ten years, and only for as long as they are trading.
How much deposit is normal?
Ten to thirty per cent is ordinary, and is often used to order material. A demand for full payment up front is a reason to walk away.
What is it going to cost?
Free, no obligation, and your details go to no company until you say yes.