Why You Should Consider Unified Steel: Stone Coated Roofing
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Why You Should Consider Unified Steel: Stone Coated Roofing
What is Stone Coated Roofing?
Stone Coated steel roof was designed to look like asphalt shingles while having the durability of steel. This product can imitate wood shakes or clay/tile products as well. Manufacturers use 26-gauge galvanized steel panels that are primed with an acrylic film or epoxy. They then pour an acrylic basecoat. The panels are then embedded with stone chips. The final acrylic glaze is baked last. This gives you a lightweight durable roofing material that looks amazing!
This blog post will cover the various benefits that come with installing stone-coated roofing.
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Benefits of Stone Coated Roofing
Variety of Styles
This roofing shingle comes in a variety of colors and architectural styles. These shingles can imitate tile, wood, or asphalt shingles. This gives you plenty of style options for your home while maintaining durability. This type of shingle requires little to no maintenance while giving curb appeal to your home. We have the different types of styles listed below along with a brief definition:
Pine-Crest: imitates hand-split wood shake
Cottage- uses high definition with a two-color blend to create a clean look
Granite-Ridge: imitates a typical asphalt shingle with a wide variety of colors
Barrel Vault- imitates Spanish tile
Pacific- emulates the traditional style of Southern Europe
Asscher Roofing carries quick availability for Pine Crest and Cottage styles, however the other varieties are still available for special order but may incur additional waiting periods.
High durability
Unified steel panels are categorized as class 4 for impact resistance. This rating is among the best for roofing performance. Unified steels are warranted up until 2- 2 ½ inches of hail and wind up to 120 mph. This roofing material was also fire tested. Unified steel can be installed with a specific underlayment for a Class A fire rating. This roofing material allows room for style but gives you peace of mind with its high durability ratings. There are no weather limitations with these products it can withstand fire, hail, and harsh winters.
Easy Installation
Unified steel is easy for installation as well as easy to repair. This type of roofing material can be installed directly on sheathing (the wooden boards that make up the foundation of your entire roof system) or on battens (used to provide the fixing point for roofing materials such as shingles or tiles) to improve your roof ventilation. These panels are also easy to clean. Each roof panel is installed separately and covers more surface area than traditional shingles. Panels can also be removed and replaced separately for easy repairs. There is no roof size limitations when it comes to installing Unified Steel Roofing Panels.
Energy Savings
Unified Steel roofs installed directly to the deck or with battens create an above sheathing ventilation (ASV) which provides better energy savings compared to asphalt shingles.
Extended Warranty
Unified steel stone-coated roofing is an American-made product! This product has a 50-year warranty. This warranty is continued to whoever is using the roof so if you sell your home the new owners can use the warranty. The warranty is under the address where the roof is installed so no paper work needed to use this warranty. This adds value to your property with knowing they will be covered after purchasing your home.
There is a 10 year labor warranty on this product as well. We, at Asscher Roofing Company, offer a 3 year labor warranty. Many roofing companies typically do not offer a labor warranty unlike the warranty you will get with Unified Steel. After the 10 year labor warranty then it continues to be a regular roofing warranty.
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Closing notes:
At Asscher Roofing Company we pride ourselves on customer education. We want to share our knowledge of new products that are available for you! It is important to have this knowledge before purchasing a roof for your home. We want to help make this decision easier for you. If you want to learn more about this product or other products we install, feel free to contact us!
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