Metal Roofing in Candler, NC

Candler's position in the Hominy Creek valley and the ridge lines above it creates a specific set of roofing conditions that make metal a particularly strong choice. Ridge-line homes above Old Haywood Road and Sand Hill Road sit exposed to wind that accelerates through the gap between Bent Creek and the Hominy Creek drainage — wind that beats shingle adhesive strips over time and lifts tabs that then catch the next storm. Metal panels, once seated and fastened, have no adhesive strip to fail.

The humidity in the valley floor is also higher than Asheville proper because of the creek drainage and the tree canopy density in the older subdivisions off Candler Road. That sustained moisture is one of the primary drivers of granule loss and mat degradation on asphalt shingles. Metal has no granule layer to lose and no mat to degrade — it sheds the same way in year 40 as it does in year one.

For the 1960s–1980s ranch homes that make up most of Candler's housing stock, metal also makes sense from a weight standpoint. These homes were built to carry one layer of shingles. Metal roofing systems weigh less per square foot than multi-layer asphalt, which matters when the framing underneath is 50+ years old and hasn't been inspected since original construction.

Every metal roofing installation we do in Candler carries our 15-year workmanship warranty covering the installation itself — seam formation, fastener pattern, flashing at every penetration and transition, and the ridge and eave detail. The workmanship warranty matters on metal more than shingles because the failure points on a metal roof are almost always installation-related, not material-related. A metal panel that leaks at year 8 is leaking at a seam, a fastener, or a flashing transition that wasn't done correctly — not because the panel failed. We get those details right the first time.