Standing Seam Metal Roofing

Standing Seam Metal Roofing is a more recent invention and it has evolved to become a statement of architecture in both residential, industrial and commercial arenas. It has become the choice of many for roofs of their homes. Once this has been correctly installed, it becomes virtually unnecessary to maintain. It will more often than not last well over fifty years. Standing seam metal roofs are available in many colors and styles.

Unlike the petroleum based asphalt shingle roofs, standing-seam roofing is fully recyclable as it is made out of metal, and it is also long lasting and environmentally friendly roof.

The concept of standing seem roofing originates from Europe where roofers working with zinc metal, formed vertical panels and joined them together to comprise a watertight metal roof.  The joining line between the panels is called the seam.  Thus, vertical metal panels crimped and joined together at their sides using an overlap method as a locking mechanism form standing-seam metal roof.

This practice was later adopted in America by tin roof smiths who were installing residential metal roofs made out of tin.  Although there are many tin roofs that can still be seen today, this practice never really took off because tin roofs which are subject to corrosion would not be as permanent as their counterparts - the zinc roofs of Europe.
Modern Day Standing Seam Roofs
In the past, installing vertical sheet metal roofing panels was a tedious task because each panel had to be cut and bent using manual labor.  Nowadays, standing-seam panels can be rolled out in field, or pre ordered from a metal roofing supplier.  All the panels have uniform width and standard locking mechanism, which makes it easy to install. All standing seam metal roofs are flame retardant, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly.

Standing seam metal roofing panels are available in wide variety of metal roofing materials. The materials of choice would be steel, copper, aluminum and tin, amongst others.

These are some of the factors involving Standing Seam Metal Roofing, the roofing solutions that offers both economic benefits as aesthetic flexibility. Another important factor that causes people to select this type of roofing, is the fact that it is very durable and bound to last a lifetime.