Weather-resistant metal roof wins MRA award for outstanding protection

by Christopher Brinckerhoff | December 2, 2024 6:00 am

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In low-country hurricane regions, ensuring houses are beautiful and able to withstand extreme tropical storms is the ultimate goal. For those reasons, the Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA)[2] has named a coastal home with a custom metal roof fabricated by Jet Metals using Drexel Metals’ coil as its Best Residential Metal Roofing Project competition winner for the third quarter.

The home, located just 20 minutes from downtown Charleston on Daniel Island, demonstrates how a gorgeous architectural style can achieve extreme resiliency by using quality materials to last. The project team chose a metal roof with a stormy gray metallic finish called Weathered Zinc as the perfect crowning touch for the home’s beautiful architecture.

As one of the home’s designers, Jenny Butler, director of marketing and design at Shelter Custom-Built Living, states, “A metal roof was selected to limit the architectural color palette to three materials: brick, wood siding, and the gray metal color of the windows, doors, and roof.”

The Drexel Metals system gives the home maximum curb appeal while offering a minimalistic yet distinctive design throughline by providing a single profile shape and a unified color palette across the entire residence, including matching the windows, doors, gutters, parapet caps, and trim wrapping. With its PVDF finish, interlocking design, and heavy-duty fastening system, the energy-efficient metal roof will protect the home from moisture, corrosion, and the damaging effects of high winds and storm-caused leaks for many years. For complete details about the Drexel Metals’ Daniel Island residential roofing project, visit MRA’s website[3].

“Thanks to the thoughtful selection of quality materials and adhering to installation best practices, this project is a great example of combining beauty and performance best to ensure great performance for the long run,” says MRA executive director Renee Ramey.

With this competition phase closed, the search is on for MRA’s Best Residential Metal Roofing project for the fourth quarter of 2024. Open to U.S. and Canadian homeowners, contractors, installers, and manufacturers, MRA officials will select one outstanding metal roofing project based on project appearance, performance, and originality/use of materials. Interested participants may upload their project photo and a 200-word or less description of why their metal roofing project is worthy of top honors on MRA’s website[4].

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