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How to Choose the Best Roof for a Texas Home
By Trevor Underwood, DECRA. Texas homes face a number of challenges unique to their location, but DECRA metal roofs are uniquely poised as a top choice for Texas homeowners. Texas homes need to be built tough. The Lone Star state is known for its adverse weather conditions, with hundreds ...
Stone-coated Metal Can Protect Your Beach House
By DECRA Metal Roofing. How stone-coated metal can help your home bridge the gap between industrial durability and architectural beauty. Coastal living sounds like paradise, right? Well, basically. Just not when it comes to storm-proofing a home for hurricane season. Your home on the beach will need a ...
DECRA Metal Roofing: Tested Above and Beyond to Ensure Quality
By Mark Gallant, DECRA. DECRA Metal Roofing products are submitted for independent laboratory testing to verify their advanced performance. DECRA products are designed to withstand the elements, but even more so, they are designed to go above and beyond when it comes to durability and longevity. This is ...
Top July Articles: Technology, Trade Shows and Metal Roofing
By Evelyn Witterholt. Here’s what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop®(RCS) this past month. This last month has shown us that metal roofing is still a popular topic! Our second most popular article last month was announcing the launch of MetalCoffeeShop.com, our sister-site dedicated to everything metal. We also saw a rise ...
The Secret to Finding The Best Contractor for the Job
By Trevor Underwood, DECRA Metal Roofing. Why you should get your roof inspected before and after it is installed and what to look for in a contractor. A roof inspection might seem like an obvious big step in the process of finding a roofing contractor, but it is often ...
News Flash: Metal Roofs are Not Loud in the Rain
By Trevor Underwood, DECRA Metal Roofing. Myth busted! A metal roof can quietly protect your home. When considering a metal roof for your home you are sure to come across the question: wouldn’t it be loud in the rain? It is by far one of the most prevalent myths surrounding ...
7 Things Homeowners Ask About Metal Roofing
By Trevor Underwood, DECRA Metal Roofing. Prepare your answers to questions homeowners are bound to ask as you install their DECRA metal roof. When it comes to a renovation as big as a roof, you are sure to get some questions from homeowners. As a roofing contractor, you do ...
Increase Energy-efficiency by Up to 218%
By Mark Gallant, DECRA. A study compared the thermal performance of DECRA Metal Roofing products with 3-tab asphalt shingles. When it comes to improving energy efficiency with a roof upgrade, there are three physical characteristics to increase, also known as thermal performance. These include: Thermal resistance: The insulation value of the entire ...
How are Metal Roofs Made?
By Mark Gallant, DECRA Metal Roofing. Learn why DECRA metal roofs are so durable and long-lasting. Metal roofs are among the most popular of roofing materials on the market due to their many benefits, but what are they made out of? Besides the obvious answer (metal), much more goes into ...
How are Metal Roofs Made?
By Mark Gallant, DECRA Metal Roofing. Learn why DECRA metal roofs are so durable and long-lasting. Metal roofs are among the most popular of roofing materials on the market due to their many benefits, but what are they made out of? Besides the obvious answer (metal), much more goes into ...
