Our starting price, installed. This is the Masterrib Lifetime exposed fastener panel, the most economical roof we make. Every other panel we run costs more.
What the starting price actually is
Four dollars fifty a square foot is a floor, not an average. It buys our Masterrib Lifetime panel on a straightforward roof: reasonable pitch, decent access, nothing complicated going on. It is a genuinely good roof and it carries a 40 year paint warranty, but it is the entry point to our range rather than the middle of it.
Most homes land higher, and the honest reason is that most people who call us are not shopping for the cheapest roof. They are replacing asphalt for the second or third time and want the one that ends the cycle.
What each panel costs
Every number below is a starting price, per square foot, installed. Same crews and same 40 year paint warranty on all of them. What changes is the profile and how the panel fastens.
| Panel | Starting price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Masterrib Lifetime | $4.50per sq ft | Exposed fastener. Best value per square and where our starting price lives. Ideal on barns, shops, pole buildings and simple house roofs. |
| Masterlok Lifetime 100 | $5.70per sq ft | Our most popular home panel. One inch standing seam, concealed fastener, nothing penetrating the weather surface. |
| Masterlok Lifetime 150 | $5.90per sq ft | Inch and a half seam. Taller profile, stronger shadow line, same concealed fastener system. |
| Masterlok Lifetime 175 | $6.75per sq ft | Inch and three quarter seam. Handles low slopes and open framing where a solid deck is not there. |
| Stone coated steel | Quotedby the job | Top of the range. Steel underneath, stone chip finish on top. You are paying for the look. |
Every one of these is a floor, not an average. Pitch, tear off, complexity and access all move the final number, and we put it in writing before anything starts.
The five things that move your number
- Pitch. Steeper roofs take longer and cost more to work safely.
- Tear off or go over. In many cases metal goes directly over existing shingles, sometimes in as little as a day. That saves real money when the decking allows it.
- Existing layers. Two or three layers of asphalt usually means a tear off, and that changes the job.
- Complexity. Valleys, dormers, chimneys and skylights are all detail work, and detail work is where a metal roof is won or lost.
- Access. Tight lots, long carries and landscaping you would rather we not drive over all add time.
Cost per year, not cost today
Steel roofs last 40 to 70 years. Asphalt gets 15 to 20 in this climate. That is the comparison that matters, and it is why a metal roof that costs more once is usually cheaper than two or three shingle roofs.
Our panels are also Energy Star rated. The reflective finishes cut summer heat gain, which shows up on the cooling bill every August rather than once at the end.
Where shingles still make sense
If you are selling in two years, or the building is coming down, or the budget genuinely is not there, asphalt is the right call and we will tell you so. We would rather lose a job than sell somebody a roof that does not fit their situation.
Get a real number on your own roof
Averages are averages. The tool below measures your actual roof from aerial imagery, lets you pick a panel and a color, and gives you a price in about a minute. If trees block the imagery it will not work, and in that case call 574-343-9203 and we will come out and quote it free.
Price your specific roof, right now.
Why does the tool say "per square" instead of per square foot?
Do not write a check for the whole roof today.
A metal roof lasts 40 to 70 years. A monthly payment lets you get on the metal path without a five figure check up front. Prequalify in 60 seconds through Acorn Finance, see real offers from multiple lenders, and pick the one that fits.
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One roof, ten years, done.
Shingle path: pay for the roof today, replace it around year 15, then again around year 30. Three roofs. Three disposal bills.
Metal path: finance one roof, pay it off in about ten years, own the roof outright for the thirty years after that.