DeWitt Metal Roof Installation

There is a sound a metal roof makes in a February thaw that homeowners either love or need to be warned about. Snow lets go all at once and slides off in a sheet, usually around two in the afternoon when the sun finally reaches the south slope. Most people who have lived with one for a season would not go back. That is the honest sell for metal in mid-Michigan, along with the fact that you are unlikely to ever buy another roof for this house. We handle metal roof installation for DeWitt families, and we have been doing it since 2020 as a family owned business. Our crews are factory trained. Our owner is a third generation remodeler. The panel layout gets planned on paper before anyone climbs a ladder. Free estimates, warranty options on material and labor, and financing when a longer lasting roof is worth stretching for.

DeWitt Roofing Company

Here is the part nobody explains until it is too late. Metal moves. A long panel can grow and shrink close to half an inch between a hot July afternoon and a January night. Fasten it as though it were a shingle and it will fight back. Oil canning, buckling, and screws that back themselves out all show up within a few years. You will see examples of that on outbuildings all over Clinton County. Any roofing company that installs metal properly plans for that movement from the start. The right clip system. The right fastener spacing. Expansion allowance built into the detailing. We do. It is also why we sometimes talk a homeowner out of metal. Too many valleys and penetrations and the investment stops paying off. In those cases a well built roof replacement with GAF architectural shingles is the better value. We say so even though it is the smaller ticket. Our GAF Master Elite President’s Club status covers that side of the work. Homeowners weighing the two often start by reading about metal roofing. Then they ask us to price both. That way the comparison happens over a twenty year window rather than at signing.

Schedule a Free Estimate

The only way to know what metal costs on your particular house is to have someone measure it. Roof complexity drives the number far more than square footage does. Online calculators tend to be useless here. We schedule free estimates across DeWitt and the surrounding townships, and we can usually get out within the week. Our estimator will measure and photograph the roof. He will look at your ventilation too. Then he sits down and explains the panel options in plain terms. Standing seam and exposed fastener systems land at different price points and different looks, and neither is wrong. You will leave that conversation with a written number and no obligation attached. Homeowners lining up other DeWitt exterior remodeling projects can have siding, windows, or a deck quoted in the same visit. Warranty options are explained before you decide. Financing is available. Any promotional discount running that season gets applied without you having to ask. Call the office or fill out the form and we will find a time.