The Metal Roofers

Setting & Architecture

The style is Southern neoclassical. A centered entry and a tall portico carry the front, with a main hip roof over the house and strong gable faces at the wings. The façade is disciplined and symmetrical. Windows line up across the elevation, trim is sharp, and the brick is painted a warm white that works with the landscape. From the drive you read big, simple shapes first: portico, gables, and the long roof planes above them.

The site opens to fields and tree lines in every direction, so the roof outline does a lot of visual work. Low beds and rounded shrubs keep the base tidy without crowding the walls. A guest structure and a small pavilion sit behind the house near the fire pit and terrace. They echo the same gable language, which turns the back lawn into a courtyard rather than a scatter of buildings.

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Roof & Detailing

We installed black standing-seam panels formed to length and run ridge to eave on every plane. Seams track clean through hips and breaks so the pattern stays calm across the complex geometry. Ridges sit low, rakes throw a crisp shadow, and eaves finish with hemmed edges. Gutters and downspouts are color-matched, so the fascia reads straight from corner to corner and the portico trim stays in charge of the front.

The front pediment and the valleys that die into it got special attention. We built crickets where needed to steer water, set lined valleys, and stepped counter-flashing neatly into the painted brick joints. At the chimneys we rebuilt saddles and boxed the bases in color-matched metal. Wing tie-ins were reset so panel spacing carries from plane to plane, and the rear garden buildings use the same panel width and spacing for a continuous read. The result is a single roof system that connects house, wings, and outbuildings without visual seams.

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From Our Crew

“We approached this like one estate roof. House, wings, and the garden buildings all had to land with the same rhythm. We rolled full-length black panels on site, snapped layout so seams line up through the hips, and kept the ridges low so the architecture stays the focus. The portico and front pediment required careful valley and cricket work, all counter-flashed into the brick for a clean line. We staged away from the entry so the walk and landscaping stayed open, protected the beds, and magnet-rolled the drives every day. When we were done, the roof read as one piece across the whole property and the house looked exactly how it should—sharp, quiet, and built to last.”