Thanks to Richard and Joyce in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania for adding a new Classic Metal Roof! There’s nothing more reflective than a beautiful 
white roof!
MOUNT LEBANON PENNSYLVANIA ADDS A METAL ROOF!
Thanks to Ellen and Greg of Mt. Lebanon PA! They’re the proud owners of an Edco Arrowline “Enhanced Slate metal roof!! I’ll be returning soon as this photograph doesn’t come close to doing this house or roof justice, but the weather in early December was what it was. Update coming soon!
MANY NEW METAL ROOFS IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA!
From Edinboro, Gibsonia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to Cleveland, Wakeman, Amherst, Westlake, Berea, Hudson, and Hinckley Ohio we’ve been crazy busy and we’re loving every minute of it! If you keep up with our posts, please forgive my inability to keep up with adding photos of each job. However, if you’re a FACEBOOK user, it’s been quick and easy for me to post almost every job there and you’re welcome to LIKE us there.
Distinctive Metal Roofing wins National Award
Given to only a few metal roofing contractors across North America, Distinctive Metal Roofing was honored by Kassel and Irons with the Shining Star Award. The award is presented for 2012 sales performance, and given only to those companies who exemplify superior customer service and quality.
Setting an example for the entire metal roofing industry…
Todd Miller, President of Kassel and Irons, said, “We relish the opportunity to honor Bruce Hicks and Distinctive Metal Roofing as they continue to set an example for the entire roofing industry. Day after day, we confidently recommend Distinctive to provide beautiful metal roofing system to homeowners. They set an example for home improvement contractors across the country in their care for customers and quality installations.”
As one of a number of Cleveland area roofing companies, we are proud to have achieved this honor. Kassel and Irons is a high quality lifetime roofing product, and we welcome the opportunity to earn your trust, and your business, so we can show you how we’ve earn this distinction.
Distinctive Metal Roofing installs new roofs at the Cleveland Zoo!
There’s new metal roofing at the Cleveland Zoo. In fact, there are several of them! In November 2012, we wrapped up a number of jobs using corrugated roofing material at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, one of which is shown here (restroom facility building). The zoo has great people to work with, and the animals seemed to cooperated too!
METAL ROOFING DOESN’T CATCH FIRE
Another huge benefit of metal roofing…it doesn’t burn, as these folks would certainly tell you. Watch this ABC news story about how a house survived a surrounding wildfire with a metal roof.
COLUMBUS OHIO, HERE WE COME!
Due to the overwhelming demand in Columbus for metal roofing, Distinctive Metal Roofing is now serving Columbus, Ohio as well as Northeast Ohio. Our roofing crews are centrally located and we’ve always loved Columbus to begin with. So if you’re living in any one of the areas below, or those surrounding them, and find yourself exhausted from replacing your asphalt roof every 10 – 15 years, give us a call and we’ll provide you with a free estimate for the metal roofing style of your choice.
Columbus area suburbs where we’ll be working:
- New Albany
- Westerville
- Hilliard
- Dublin
- Marysville
- Upper Arlington
- Delaware
- Pickerington
- Gahanna
- Worthington
- and more!
Our steel roofing comes in great colors and styles to choose from , it’s beautiful, and a steel roof will last for over 6 decades! Plus, our major supplier for materials, Kassel and Irons, is located only a couple of hours from Columbus in Piqua, Ohio. An Ohio based material manufacturer, Ohio based crew…what’s better? Are you in or near one of these areas? Help build the Ohio economy. Give us a call and let’s talk!
HEY CLEVELAND AND NORTHEAST OHIO…. READ THOSE ROOFING WARRANTIES!
If I tell you that I’ll warrant your toaster against manufacturing defects for 30, 40, 50 years, or a “lifetime”, do you think your toaster will last for 30, 40, 50 years, or a “lifetime”? Notice, I didn’t say I’d warrant your toaster’s serviceability for a “lifetime”.
Time and time again, I’m told that someone has replaced their roof with a 30, 40, 50, or “Lifetime” asphalt roof. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the only thing that’s “Lifetime” about an asphalt roof is that you’ll be replacing it over and over again…for a LIFETIME. What’s really covered for those time periods? Do you know? Well, if you’re like me and want to know what you’re buying, you’ll research expensive purchases pretty thoroughly. Most people don’t, unfortunately. They’re the ones who keep buying asphalt roofs and wonder why they’ve failed “prematurely”. The thing is, they haven’t failed prematurely in most cases, they’ve just failed against a homeowner’s unrealistic expectations that they’d last 30, 40, 50 years, or a “Lifetime”.
Asphalt roofing warranties will typically tell you that most things that can happen to an asphalt roof (blow offs, failure to seal, granule loss, streaking, etc.) are only covered for a VERY limited period of time, and often pro-rated during that time, or immediately after. What IS covered for 30, 40, 50 years, or “Lifetime” is manufacturing defects.
When’s the last time you used a warranty for a “manufacturing defect” to get a replacement for anything you’ve purchased? Yep, that’s what I thought. We’re too smart to be fooled by asphalt warranties that have been used as marketing ploys for years by the asphalt roofing industry. Metal roofing warranties really mean “lifetime” when they say it….your lifetime, and even then, many are transferable to the next owner. Please call me and I’ll send you an asphalt warranty and our metal roofing warranty and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about once you compare and contrast the two. An excerpt from one of the major asphalt players appears next to this post. Unfathomable that they say “lifetime” and “15 years” in the very same sentence, no? And later in the warranty, it tells us that the algae warranty is pro-rated after the first year. Tricky stuff!
INSURANCE COVERING YOUR ROOFING COSTS??
It’s amazing! There are about 15 homes that directly surround me on my semi-circle type street. Some of us have received settlements for a complete roof replacement (and then some) and others haven’t! Yet all have seen the same weather issues (excessive wind/hail), all built our homes 12 years ago within months of each other, and we all need new roofs. Fortunately, I was one of the lucky ones and will be replacing my ugly asphalt roof (that needed to be replaced 2 years ago, after only 10 years of service) with a metal roof, of course. I plan on staying in my house for the long haul so it makes perfect sense to never replace my roof again, as will be the case with a Kassel and Irons “KasselWood” roof. So if you’re in doubt about whether your roof will be covered based on your neighbor’s experience, don’t hesitate to call your insurance agent and file a claim if you’re constantly replacing blown off shingles or believe your roof has been hail damaged, regardless of the age of your roof. It may be worth it in a BIG$$ way!
INSTALL A NEW ASPHALT ROOF IN THE COLD WEATHER?
Verbatim, this is a printed statement from a GAF Smart Choice Shingle “Lifetime” Limited Warranty. If you’ve installed asphalt shingles of any kind since September, you have cause for concern….
“All self-sealing shingles, including GAF’s, must be exposed to warm, sunny conditions for several days before they completely seal. Before sealing occurs, shingles are vulnerable to blow-offs and wind damage. Shingles installed in fall or winter may not seal until the following spring. Shingles installed in the fall or winter may not seal until the following spring. Singles which are not exposed to direct sunlight or to adequate surface temperatures or that are not fastened properly may never seal. Failure to seal, blow-offs, and wind damage under these circumstances result from the nature of self sealing shingles, not a manufacturing defect, and are not covered under this warranty.”
Integrity of an installer means everything. We’ve seen many asphalt roofs installed this winter by unscrupulous asphalt roofing installers. Did you get a “better deal” because the company was slow in the winter? The best asphalt roofing companies simply DON’T install asphalt roofing in the winter months. Fortunately, metal can be installed any time of year as there are no “blow off” or “sealing” issues related to metal roofing.