Winter is upon us, and so are the ice dams, a common and costly roof maintenance problem. Let me share easy and effective way, to prevent ice dams from forming on your roof, while improving energy efficiency of your home.

This is the first tip in the new “Metal roof installation tips” series. It is a follow-up on our 3-piece series on how to install a metal roof. Here I will talk about cutting a standing seam metal roofing panels at an angle or a straight line cut. When installing standing seam metal roofs, you have to [...]

As a metal roofing contractor, I get a lot of questions about different metal roofing systems and whether or not they would work in certain situations, of which the most mentioned problem is preventing Ice Dams. Also, here in southern New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut)  we have a very unique situation with metal [...]

Foreword: This will be a third of the four part of series on the installation of metal roofs. In part one of this guide, I’ve described the process of preparing to install a metal roof – safety considerations, how to measure the roof, how to get exact roofing panel sizes, and how to install roofing underlayment. [...]