Exposed fastener
Ribbed panels screwed through the face, for cabins, garages and barns.
- Panels, clips or fasteners
- Underlayment
- Standard trim and flashing
- Labor and cleanup
- Term:
- Priced per square
Metal roofs only · Boone, North Carolina
A metal roof, priced by the square
Standing seam, exposed-fastener panel and metal shingle, installed on mountain homes and cabins around Boone. Pick a profile, see the price per square, and see what three sample homes add up to.
Price per square
How a metal roof is priced
A square is 100 square feet of roof. Each profile is priced per square, so you can compare profiles before anyone visits.
Metal shingle
Pressed steel panels shaped like shingle, shake or slate.
- Panels, clips or fasteners
- Underlayment
- Standard trim and flashing
- Labor and cleanup
- Term:
- Priced per square
Standing seam
Panels that lock together at raised seams, held by hidden clips.
- Panels, clips or fasteners
- Underlayment
- Standard trim and flashing
- Labor and cleanup
- Term:
- Priced per square
Each price per square covers a simple roof: gable or hip, 6:12 pitch or less, one story, no skylights. Tear-off, bad decking, snow guards, gutters and permits are extra and appear on the written estimate.
Metal or shingle?
Six things that change when you choose metal
We only install metal, so you should hear the case for shingles from us too.
| Architectural shingle | Standing-seam metal | |
|---|---|---|
| Expected life | Architectural shingleTypically 25 to 30 years | Standing-seam metalTypically 40 to 70 years, by profile and coating |
| Up-front cost | Architectural shingleThe lower of the two, priced per square | Standing-seam metalThe higher of the two, priced per square installed |
| Snow | Architectural shingleStays put and melts from the bottom, where ice dams start | Standing-seam metalSheds fast, so we plan snow guards over doors and walks |
| Sound in rain | Architectural shingleQuiet | Standing-seam metalQuiet over a solid deck and underlayment, louder over open framing |
| Upkeep | Architectural shingleClear moss and algae, replace torn tabs | Standing-seam metalRinse it, and check trim and fasteners as the seasons turn |
| Best for | Architectural shingleTight budgets and roofs with many tiny planes | Standing-seam metalSteep, simple roofs, deep snow and long winters |
Profiles
Three profiles, three jobs
This is what separates them on the roof.
Standing seam
Panels run eave to ridge and lock together at raised seams, held down by hidden clips. No screws go through the face of the panel.
Fewest holes in the roof
Clips let the panel expand and contract
The highest price per square of the three
Exposed fastener
Ribbed panels are screwed through the face into the deck, with a gasket under each screw. Priced below the other two profiles, and the screws are what to check every few years.
Cabins, garages, barns and outbuildings
Quick to install, so shorter on site
Panel colors from the maker's chart
Metal shingle
Pressed steel panels shaped like shingle, shake or slate. They suit roofs with dormers, valleys and many small planes.
Reads as a traditional roof from the road
Short panels are easy to carry up steep lots
Costs more than a ribbed panel, less than seams
Finishes
Six finishes we show most
At the visit you hold the maker's chips in daylight, because a color on a screen is never the color on a roof.
Charcoal
Dark and quiet. Reads sharply against snow.
Slate gray
A middle gray that sits well with stone and weathered wood.
Bone white
Light and reflective. Shows tree debris sooner than dark finishes do.
Barn red
The classic outbuilding red. Reads best on cabins with dark siding.
Forest green
Settles into tree cover on wooded lots.
Copper tone
A painted warm brown that echoes copper, without the copper price.
Snow
Snow comes off a metal roof all at once
Metal sheds snow faster than shingle does. Over a front door, a deck or a driveway, that matters.
We put snow guards over the places people walk and park, and we mark them on the spec sheet so you can see where they go and why.
Guards go over doors, decks and driveways
Lower roofs and valleys are checked for where the snow lands
Their cost is a line on your estimate
Sample reviews
Said after the panels went on
“Filomena measured on a Tuesday and the spec sheet reached me that week with the price per square and the total. I could set it beside the shingle number I already had.”
Clive R.Second-home owner, Seven Devils
“Wisly's crew told me which panels would be loud in the rain and what goes under ours to keep it quiet. They were right.”
Freya M.Cabin owner, Todd
“They marked the snow guards over the front steps on the drawing first, then hung them where the drawing said.”
Hendrik V.Homeowner, Banner Elk
Sample reviews.
Service area
Watauga County and the high country around it
The shop is on Poplar Grove Road in Boone. We drive to every estimate, gravel drives and steep lots included.
Watauga County
- Boone
- Blowing Rock
- Foscoe
- Valle Crucis
- Vilas
- Sugar Grove
- Zionville
- Deep Gap
- Seven Devils
Avery County
- Banner Elk
- Beech Mountain
- Sugar Mountain
- Newland
Ashe County
- Todd
- West Jefferson
We don't roof in Tennessee or Virginia, in the foothills below Lenoir, or on flat and low-slope roofs under 2:12. Metal panels need pitch.
ZIP codes: 28607, 28608, 28605, 28604, 28692, 28698, 28618, 28679, 28684, 28691, 28657, 28694, 28640
Spec sheet
Design your metal roof
Three short steps. Filomena reads your answers and looks at your photos, then sends a draft spec sheet: profile, gauge, finish, trim, snow guards, price per square and a total. The price becomes firm after she measures your roof.
Phone(828) 555-0100
Hours
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Saturday – SundayToday
- Closed