Standing Seam Roofing Projects

Standing seam is the tuxedo of roofing: clean lines, concealed fasteners, and an air of permanence. This season's standing seam album spans cabins to cathedrals, and every project taught the panel bender something new.

The geometry award goes to a Lake Elmo contemporary with four valleys, three dormers and a floating entry canopy, panels were roll-formed to exact lengths on site, and the shadow lines meet at corners so crisp the homeowners photograph them at sunset. The endurance award goes to a farmstead outside Hastings whose previous steel roof, installed in 1979, was still shedding snow when we replaced it with its modern descendant: forty years and counting, which we mention to every asphalt skeptic.

The color-of-the-year conversation is unanimous: matte black. Half this season's standing seam projects chose it, and against snow it looks like ink on paper. Homeowners ask about heat gain; reflective pigments under the paint handle it, and the attics we measured came back cool.

Concealed fastener systems live or die by clip discipline and thermal movement allowance. Our crews form, float and fasten to the millimeter, because a tuxedo with a loose stitch is just a suit. The albums are open at the office; come flip through them.