Main Street Markham is heritage-protected, and the rest of the city mostly isn't — which means two very different conversations about what a roof should look like. Highland has been doing both for over twenty years. On the older buildings the constraint is appearance; everywhere else it's usually just how long the thing will last.
Unionville's Main Street is heritage-protected and Markham Village is not far behind, so on those buildings the roof has to satisfy more than the owner. Profile, colour and how the edge detail reads from the street all matter, and getting that wrong is expensive to undo.
Cornell, Berczy Village, Angus Glen and Milliken Mills are newer and the constraint is simply durability. Same panels, same crew, completely different conversation — and on a planned community the roofs tend to come due in clusters, so neighbours often go together.
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Roofing homes in Markham
Unionville's Main Street is heritage-protected and Markham Village is close behind, so on those buildings the roof has to satisfy more than the owner.
Most of the decision is the profile rather than the colour. A deep tile like Banff suits older roofs with steep pitches and plenty of visible surface; Standing Seam is flatter and cleaner and sits better on a long modern run. Banff is available in black only; Standing Seam offers eight finishes.
Eight finishes
Black 9005 through Terra Cotta 8004, on every profile except Banff.
Snow
sheds rather than holds it, so there's less weight on the structure and less ice building at the eaves.
Summer heat
reflective coatings cut how much reaches the roof deck.
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Commercial roofing
Buttonville and the employment land around it hold the bulk of the commercial roofing here — large, low, and flat.
On a commercial building the case for metal is mostly about what stops happening. Flat and low-slope roofs need attention on a cycle, and that cycle costs money whether or not anything has actually gone wrong — inspections, recoating, patching, and scaffolding booked every few springs. Metal takes most of it off the calendar.
Fasteners
Standing Seam fixes with concealed fasteners, so there are no exposed screws to work loose.
Finish
matched to the existing brick, cladding or curtain wall rather than fighting it.
Long runs
panels are rolled in Europe and cut to the building, so there are fewer joints.
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New builds and custom homes
Cornell and Berczy Village were master-planned, which means the roofs were specified in batches and now come due in batches.
The useful time to involve a roofer is while it is still on paper. Pitch, valley detailing and how the panel meets the fascia are all cheaper to resolve at the drawing stage than on site. We would rather be in the conversation with your architect early than be handed a finished deck and asked to make it work.
Early involvement
we work with architects and builders through detailing, not just at installation.
Seven profiles
the roof can be part of the design rather than a constraint on it.
Lifespan
metal outlasts asphalt by a wide margin, which matters on a house you intend to keep.
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Eavestroughs
Markham's newer communities were designed with curved streets and tight grading, and drainage follows the road rather than the property line.
Metal sheds water fast — that is the point of it — but it does mean more water reaches the eavestrough in less time than a shingle roof would send down. Undersized or leaking gutters are the usual reason water ends up sitting against a foundation, so we size the system to the roof rather than fitting it afterwards.
Coated steel
four protective layers, warranted 40 years by the system's manufacturer.
Sized to the roof
metal sheds water faster than shingle does, so the system is sized for the roof rather than matched to whatever was on the house before.
Coordinate the eavestrough finish with your chosen roof. Confirm the available materials and colours.
SEVEN PROFILES. UP TO EIGHT COLOURS.
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