The Metal Roofers

Turn off the gravel and the yard opens to pasture, split-rail fencing, and a long view to the hills. The house sits on a gentle rise with a deep brick porch, white posts, and three tidy dormers across the front. Hydrangeas run the walk, boxwoods keep a clean edge, and tall evergreens frame the left side. The roof is the last piece that pulls the whole place together.

Setting & Architecture

This is a straight country porch farmhouse on a gentle rise. One long main gable faces the road, three dormers keep the upstairs useful, and a deep brick porch runs the length of the front so the house meets the yard the right way. White posts line up with the walk, the entry sits centered on the steps, and the fascia runs true from corner to corner. The elevation reads clean and balanced.

The site work helps it. Hydrangeas fill the beds along the walk, boxwoods hold a neat edge at the porch, and mature trees frame the roof so the front slope reads as one clear plane. You get pasture, split-rail fencing, and a long view to the hills. From the drive you see shape first, then trim and plantings, which is how a farmhouse should land on open ground.

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Roof & Detailing

The front slope is finished in charcoal steel shingles sized like old slate. From a few steps back they read as stone. Courses run even across the dormers, hips and ridges are kept low, valleys are tight, and the rakes throw a crisp shadow. Gutters tuck in so the porch line stays clean and the curb view stays classic.

Around back the roof shifts to matching charcoal standing seam. That plane gives the solar array a solid place to clamp without penetrations and keeps the panels low and in one rectangle. Conduit routes out of sight, seams run straight to the ridge, and edges are hemmed for a finished outline. From the road you get a traditional farmhouse look. From the rear the system makes power quietly without changing the face of the house.

From Our Crew

“We were proud to build this one. The owners wanted the curb view to feel like a country farmhouse and still get real power off the back. That meant slate-look steel on the front for the right texture, and standing seam on the rear so the solar could clamp on without holes through the panels. We laid out the front first so the shingle courses land clean at the dormers and the valleys sit tight. On the back we kept the seams straight, set rail and clamps in a single plane, and routed conduit where it stays out of sight. Beds were covered, walks were protected, and the drive stayed open. We staged the lifts to miss the trees and we used ground mats at the porch corners so the hydrangeas and boxwoods came through untouched. The site was magnet-rolled every afternoon and again at finish. When we stepped back, the house looked like itself, just better protected and ready to make its own power.”