Never Re-Roof or Re-Side Again with Steel Shingles and Modern Metal Cladding
Metal roofing has become more popular in residential renovations – the durability and weather-resistant nature of steel is a great benefit for home owners. For years, we’ve offered roofing solutions in roll formed profiles like FC-36 and Standing Seam panels like our FormaLoc. But now, with Forma Steel’s collaboration with Wakefield Bridge Steel Shingles, we’re able to retain the classic shingles aesthetic with steel – a far more durable option than traditional asphalt.
A Classic Appearance with Immense Homeowner Benefits
Replacing asphalt shingles with steel isn’t just a smart safety upgrade, it’s a long-term investment that pays for itself in multiple ways. Steel is far more durable and hail-resistant than asphalt, and our steel shingles carry a Class 4 Impact Resistance rating, meaning they’re built to withstand even the most punishing hailstorms without cracking, denting, or deteriorating over time. With this home renovation located in central-Alberta, finding a hail resistant roofing system was critical.
Wakefield Bridge Steel Shingles also feature Cool Roof solar-reflective technology, which reflects solar heat away from your home rather than absorbing it, helping to lower indoor temperatures and reduce your cooling costs during those hot summer months. And because insurers recognize how much more resilient steel roofing is compared to asphalt, many home insurance providers will reward you with reduced premiums simply for making the switch.
Upgrading the Entire Exterior with Steel for a Modern Durable Home with Style
Each year in central-Alberta hundreds and hundreds of homes see incredible destruction due to hail storms. This damage is not just limited to roofing – many of the new construction homes are outfitted in vinyl siding, which is unable to resist hail impact. This particular home renovation not only saw a smart upgrade to the roof, but carried through that same steel protection to the siding as well.
Many of our Cladding Series steel panels from Forma Steel feature both modern and traditional styles to perfectly suit residential renovations and upgrades. Hidden fastener panels that seamlessly complete exteriors can also be finished in textured or woodgrain metals to add warmth and depth of traditional materials – but add decades of longetivty to any home. On this particular project, the homeowners chose vertical Board & Batten in Fossil Grey, and complimented it with Forma Plank in Frontier Woodgrain.
Check out more photos below to get inspired on your next home renovation project:
