Metal roofing resources
Straight answers before you buy a roof.
Guides on standing seam roofing, DIY roof kits, installation, costs, rebates and the decisions that actually matter.
Featured guide
Roofing rebates in BC: what you can and can’t actually get.
There is no BC rebate for a roof — not metal, not asphalt. The insulation underneath it is funded, and a reroof can be the only practical window to deal with it. This one goes through the real programs, the contractor gate that catches people, and what disqualifies you.
Core guides
The core guides.
The pages that answer most of what people ask us before they commit to anything.
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Standing Seam Metal Roofing
What the system is, how it differs from exposed-fastener metal, why it suits this coast, and how roof geometry changes the job.
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DIY Roof Kits
What a kit actually contains, who should take one on, how the process works, and an honest read on whether your roof suits it.
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How to Install Metal Roofing
What decides whether the roof works: slope and profile, the deck underneath, thermal movement, layout, and where metal roofs actually leak.
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What a Metal Roof Costs in BC
Our numbers with the assumptions attached, why billed area is bigger than roof area, and what geometry does to the price.
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Metal Roof Over Shingles
Going over saves tear-off and disposal, but covers the one thing worth inspecting. What decides it, and how to do it properly.
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Metal Roof vs Asphalt Shingles
Cost, lifespan, weight, rain and moss, fire, noise and resale on this coast — including when asphalt is the better answer.
Why we write these
Why we date every page.
You can find a dozen pages implying government rebates cover metal roofing. You can find plenty more quoting rebate amounts that expired two program cycles ago. We would rather publish fewer pages and keep them accurate, with the date we last checked printed on them.
If something here is out of date, it is worth telling us so we can fix it.
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