A roof’s ultimate purpose is to protect you and your home from the outside elements. However, sometimes those elements can be so severe that they can cause damage to your roof.

If you have any experience buying something red, whether it be a shirt, hair dye, or even a car, then you should be familiar with what happens to that same red after some time spent outside in the sun. It starts to get dull, and overtime turns into a pale version of a color that barely resembles its former beautiful, vibrant self.

The biggest headaches when it comes to homeownership are the unexpected, and often expensive, unfortunate surprises. Imagine you've just spent a boatload of money on a house and you come home to see drips coming down from your ceiling. This is clear-cut evidence of a leak that must be immediately repaired before it gets worse.

Do you ever wonder why there is such a big price range when looking at the cost of a new or replacement roof? The ranges can be twice as much on the high side versus the low side. That’s because all roofing installations are different. You may have a simple walkable roof with just an eave, gable, and a ridge, but someone else may have a roof that is steep and has lots of elevation changes. Roofing terms aside, the simple explanation is that difficult installations require more time and labor and cost more.

You’re ready to build or remodel your dream house and you’re trying to decide between asphalt shingles, corrugated metal roofing, or standing seam. At Western States Metal Roofing, one of the first questions we get is “How much does standing seam metal roofing cost?” The steel shortage and price increases throughout 2021 made that a more challenging question to answer as the pricing of steel was volatile and rapidly increasing. Now that the price of steel has started to stabilize, we can give you a more accurate range of what to expect for standing seam pricing in 2022.