Roof weight ·
Will a Metal Roof Be Too Heavy for My House?
No. Building codes already allow two layers of roofing, and even our heaviest metal roof weighs about half what asphalt shingles do per square foot.
No. Local building codes allow for at least two layers of roofing material on a house, and that allowance exists to protect the structure from too much weight.
Even our heaviest metal roof is about half the weight of an asphalt shingle per square foot. So we are not putting any added stress on the structure.
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Will a metal roof be too heavy for my house? No, all local building codes allow for at least two layers of roofing materials. And that's really just to protect the structure from too much weight. Even our heaviest metal roof is half the weight per square foot of an asphalt shingle. So no, we're not