Panel Profiles We Install
| Profile | Fasteners | Best For | Ballpark* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standing Seam (SL-16) | Concealed clips | Homes, porches, anything you look at every day | $$$ |
| Stone-Coated Steel | Concealed | Homes in shingle-heavy HOA neighborhoods | $$$ |
| PBR / R-Panel | Exposed, gasketed | Barns, shops, warehouses, wainscot | $$ |
| Corrugated (7/8") | Exposed | Farm buildings, rustic/ranch look on homes | $$ |
*Real numbers come from a real measurement. Anyone pricing your roof from a satellite photo is guessing with your money.
Gauges & Coatings, The Short Version
26-gauge is our standard on homes and most buildings; 24-gauge for standing seam on low pitches and commercial spec work. Thinner than 26 shows up in big-box flyers and oil-cans like a soda can — we don't hang it.
On finishes: Kynar 500 (PVDF) holds color longest and is what we recommend on anything you can see from the street. SMP is a solid workhorse for barns and shops at a lower price. Both carry manufacturer film warranties — 40 years on Kynar, 30 on most SMP lines.
The Colors We Hang Most
The full McElroy and Central States charts run 25+ colors each. These eight cover about 80% of the roofs we do:
We'll leave full-size sample panels with you — colors lie on a 2-inch chip and tell the truth on a 3-foot panel in your own daylight. Charcoal is our bestseller five years running; matte black is catching up fast on modern farmhouses.
Fair warning from Darlene: if you're deciding between two colors, take the darker one. Nobody has ever called the office wishing their roof was lighter.