The decision to install steel roofing in Toronto is one of the smartest things you can do for your home. Not only will your new metal roof provide you years of trouble free service but it will immediately add both curb appeal and market value to your home as well. That is, if you don’t try and save a few dollars by choosing low-grade materials and a discount installation company. Even the highest quality metal roof is eminently affordable so it doesn’t make sense to top off your home with a cheap hat.

The Undeniable Value of High Quality Steel Roofing in Toronto

Cutting corners on your new metal roof won’t lead anywhere good. In an effort to preserve their profit margin the discount installer is bound to leave a plethora of imperfections sprawled across the width and breadth of your steel roofing in Toronto that won’t be apparent from below but will lead to a variety of costly problems down the road, such as:

• Leaks – Many of those little problems you won’t see from your yard take the form of ill-fitting joins in the roof’s panels. “Custom fit” edges sound good in theory but when an installation team is hurrying to make a deadline they’re not going to worry about whether the cut between panel A and panel B is perfect. You may not notice from the yard but you will when your ceiling starts to drip during the next heavy rain.

• Blow-offs – Cheap materials installed in a hurried manner have an unfortunate tendency to come flying off during heavy wind events. A quality metal roof installation is dependent on the roofer taking the time to install quality fasteners and then checking and double checking that each panel is well and truly secured to those fasteners. If they’re not you’ll see them flying across the yard next time the wind picks up.

• Pooling water – When water pools on your metal roof it inevitably leads to rust, corrosion and leaks. Eventually whole sections of the roof need to be replaced. Not only that but the standing water promotes the growth of mold and can become a breeding ground for mosquitos. Pooling water is a telltale sign of an incompetent installation job where the installer was more focused on the clock than on doing things right.

• Rips and punctures – Typically during a rushed installation there is a lot of foot traffic on the roof as the company attempts to wrap things up quickly to protect their margins. The foot traffic combined with cheap materials often leads to punctures and rips in the new metal roof that the discount installer will attempt to hurriedly fix by stuffing it full of caulk and hoping you don’t notice.

When you’re ready to take the plunge and install a metal roof on your home call the company that handles more steel roofing in Toronto than any other: London Eco-Metal. We’ll make sure the roof we install today is still looking good and working perfectly many years from now.