Mission Viejo, CA
Is a metal roof worth it here?
Metal has stopped being the agricultural option and started being the one people choose on purpose. The install quality still varies enormously.
Describe the metal roofing job
Three questions, then the address. Up to three Mission Viejo contractors who do this work.
You are on the list.
No provider in Mission Viejo is taking requests through this service yet. We are lining them up, and yours is kept until one can.
- Nobody gets your details yet. Your request stays with us and is not passed to any company.
- One email when someone can help. When a provider covering your area can take it on, we email you once and ask whether you want that company, by name, to contact you.
- Deleted after 90 days. If nobody can take it on, or you do not say yes, your contact details are deleted 90 days after your request.
- You decide, or you do not. There is nothing to cancel and nothing to pay us.
Nobody will call you about this request unless you say yes to a company by name.
Before you let anybody on the roof
The things worth pinning down on a metal roofing job. A contractor who has not raised them has not looked properly.
- How valleys, ridges and penetrations are detailed
- Whether the crew installs metal regularly or occasionally
- Panel gauge and the coating warranty
- Standing seam or exposed fastener, and why
- How the panels are allowed to expand and contract
Metal expands and contracts more than any other covering. Panels have to be allowed to move, and cheap installs pin them so they cannot.
A light-coloured metal roof reflects a serious amount of heat, which shows up on a summer power bill in hot climates.
Ask to see a standing-seam job they finished more than three years ago. The edges and the valleys will tell you everything.
Locally
The problem that comes up first here is original tract roofs that all went on within a few years of each other. When a whole neighbourhood is built in one push, the roofs wear out in one push too. Forty-plus years on, the failures are no longer random — they are a cohort arriving at the same time.
About metal roofing here
Should I take the cheapest quote?
Not automatically. Put the quotes side by side on layers, not on totals — underlayment, ice-and-water, drip edge, valley treatment, ventilation, decking allowance, warranty. Cheap usually means less of those, not the same roof for less money.
Do I have to hire anyone?
Not at all. Plenty of people use this to find out what a job costs and then do nothing for a year. That is a perfectly reasonable outcome.
My neighbours are all replacing their roofs. Should I?
Probably worth an inspection. When a neighbourhood goes up in a few years, the roofs reach the end of their life in a few years too. Your roof is the same age as theirs and has had the same weather.
What warranty should I expect?
Ask for both in writing: the material warranty from the manufacturer and the workmanship warranty from the contractor. The second one is the one that matters in year three, and it is only as good as the company behind it.
Find out what it costs
Free, no obligation, and your details go to no company until you say yes.