Up on the Bluffs you get wind straight off the lake with nothing in the way. Inland toward the Rouge it's calmer but the tree cover brings its own problems — shade, damp, and everything that grows on a north-facing slope. Highland has roofed both ends of Scarborough for over twenty years.
The Bluffs change the calculation. Up on that edge there is nothing between a house and the open lake, and wind arrives with no warning and nothing to slow it. Roofs there need to be fastened for uplift rather than simply laid, and it is the detailing at the rake and ridge that decides whether they hold.
Inland toward Rouge National Urban Park the problem inverts. Heavy tree cover means shade, damp and constant debris, and a north-facing shingle slope under mature canopy grows moss whether you want it to or not. Metal gives that nothing to root into.
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Roofing homes in Scarborough
Up on the Bluffs there is nothing between a house and the open lake, so fastening for uplift matters more than it does a few streets inland.
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
Kingston Road carries most of the older commercial stock — long, low buildings with a great deal of flat roof and not much pitch to help them.
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
Infill is the pattern here rather than subdivision, which usually means tight sites and roofs that have to relate to whatever is already next door.
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
Under the tree cover toward Rouge National Urban Park, gutters fill with needles and leaf litter faster than almost anywhere else we work.
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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