

While this true to buildings like garage, carport and pole barns. This is primary caused by lack of roof layers. Nowadays residentials home roof are insulated, decked and underlayment. These layers between the metal roof and the living area makes reduce the noise significantly. Making the metal roof as quiet as other roofing material. For us, on homes that have already shingles on we recommend to our customers not to remove them which gives the home extra insulation and noise reducing.
You could save by as much as 20% on cooling energy costs. Yes you read that correctly 20%. While shingles roofs absorb much of the heat, metal roofs can actually reduce the cooling energy. This is because metal panels are coated with special pigments that reflects the sun energy and release that during the day. You can read our posts on Energy-Star Tax Credit up to $500
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