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The Metal Roofers is a family-owned metal roofing contractor serving Berry Farms, South Franklin, and Williamson County. We install standing seam metal roofs, stamped metal shingles, copper, and architectural metal across the Town Center, the single-family blocks, and the townhome rows of Franklin's master-planned southern gateway, where design standards and a coordinated streetscape define every project. Lifetime workmanship warranty. No asphalt. No subcontracted installation.
The western two-thirds of Tennessee, including all of Williamson County, falls inside Dixie Alley, the Southern counterpart to Tornado Alley. Berry Farms is new, but the sky over it is not. This is not a hypothetical risk zone. It is where you live. Here is what your roof is up against, twelve months a year.
Berry Farms sits inside Dixie Alley, where tornado risk runs enhanced from November through May. New-build streets along the I-65 corridor carry open wind exposure, and young trees offer little buffer. Standing seam metal resists wind uplift to 140+ mph. Metal shingles interlock and carry Class 4 impact ratings. Asphalt shingles peel off in 70 mph gusts.
Middle Tennessee averages multiple severe hail events every spring. Hail that dents asphalt and voids shingle warranties bounces off properly gauged steel. Metal shingles with Class 4 hail ratings, tested against 2-inch ice balls at terminal velocity, are the highest-rated residential roofing material available.
Franklin's humid subtropical climate pushes dark shingle surface temperatures past 160°F in full sun. Berry Farms is a young community with young street trees, which means little canopy and full-sun roofs on nearly every block. Metal roofing with PVDF reflective coatings cuts that surface temperature dramatically, reducing attic heat gain and eliminating the daily expansion cycling that cracks and curls shingles.
Middle Tennessee's 49 inches of annual rain still has to leave your roof. Farmhouse rooflines concentrate water into valleys and porch transitions, and shingle surfaces hold that moisture long after the storm passes. Asphalt absorbs moisture and traps debris. Metal doesn't. Water sheets off. Debris slides.
Winter Storm Fern dropped nearly half an inch of ice across Williamson County in January 2026, loading gutters and stressing shingles on homes across South Franklin. Metal's hard, smooth surface sheds ice cleanly. With snow guards to control slide-off, there is no buildup and no freeze-thaw damage.
Installed over solid decking with synthetic underlayment, standard in every Berry Farms home, a metal roof is no louder than asphalt shingles during rain. The loud tin roof memory comes from barns and open-framed structures. In a residential assembly with decking, insulation, and drywall below, heavy rain produces a soft, even hum.
Berry Farms went vertical in the 2010s, and nearly every home here was roofed the same way: builder-grade architectural asphalt shingles. Builders chose them not because they were the best material for Williamson County's climate, but because they were fast to install and kept construction costs predictable. The homes were designed to a standard. The roofs were an allowance item.
Builder-grade architectural shingles run 15 to 22 years in Middle Tennessee, less on full-sun slopes with no canopy. The first waves of Berry Farms roofs are aging into their teens now, through Dixie Alley storms, 160-degree summer surfaces, 49 inches of annual rain, and freeze-thaw cycles that work the material until it cracks. The granules are thinning. The adhesive strips are weakening. The clock started the day the builder's crew left.
When Berry Farms homeowners face their first re-roof, the question is simple: install the same material that just aged out, or install the one that matches the community's 100-year plan and never gets replaced?
On Berry Farms roofs moving through their first decade, we find the same early pattern: granule loss concentrated on south- and west-facing slopes, adhesive strip failure on ridge caps, and cracked or lifted shingles at dormer and porch-roof transitions. The roof looks fine from the street. The wear is visible at the surface level. If your roof is in this range, it is worth a professional evaluation before the next storm season, not after.
Berry Farms is not an accident of growth. It is a master-planned community at Franklin's southern gateway, laid out deliberately at the I-65 and Peytonsville Road interchange. At build-out the plan calls for roughly 1,100 residential units, 1.8 million square feet of retail, and 3 million square feet of office, arranged around a walkable town center with shops, restaurants, trails, parks, pools, and a pavilion called The Plunge.
Every part of that plan was drawn for the long term. Streets, lighting, architecture, and walkability were designed to hold together for generations, and the design standards that govern exteriors keep it that way. Then the homes were roofed with builder-grade architectural shingles that run 15 to 22 years. The community was planned for a century. Its roofs were specified for a mortgage cycle.
The first waves of those roofs are aging into their teens now. Replacing like-for-like means re-roofing the same street twice more before the town center's trees mature, with dumpsters, tear-offs, and disruption each time. A metal roof matches the plan's actual time horizon. Install it once and the roof question closes for good, on a street designed to still look right in fifty years.
Berry Farms is governed by community design standards and architectural review, and here, that is a feature. The same rules that keep the streetscape coherent are the reason metal already looks at home on these blocks.
Design review here is not an obstacle course. It is a shared standard, and metal already speaks the community's design language. Black standing seam runs over porches and gables throughout Berry Farms, on single-family homes and townhomes alike. A full metal roof is not a departure from the aesthetic. It is the aesthetic, carried all the way to the ridge.
What review committees want is confidence: proof that the product proposed is the product installed, in a finish that holds its color and a profile that fits the street. That is a documentation question, and documentation is something we are very good at. A complete, professional submittal is the difference between a smooth approval and a month of back-and-forth.
We prepare the full design-review submittal for you: manufacturer specifications, Kynar/PVDF finish warranty documentation, color samples on actual metal, photos of comparable installs, and fire, wind, and hail test certifications. Metal accents are already approved language in this community. Our packet makes the case that a full metal roof simply finishes the sentence.
Townhomes and mixed-use buildings around Berry Farms Town Center, where rooflines sit in full public view above shops, restaurants, and offices. Roofs here are part of the streetscape, and the streetscape has standards.
The core of the community: modern-farmhouse and classic Franklin-influenced homes built from the 2010s to now, many already wearing black standing seam accents over porches and gables. The main roof is the only part still waiting on the upgrade.
Townhome rows share continuous rooflines, so material and color decisions carry across multiple owners. When neighbors coordinate a re-roof in metal, the row upgrades as one clean plane instead of a patchwork of aging shingle fields.
Berry Farms is still building toward its 1,100-home plan. Homes under construction or in presale can go metal from day one, skipping the shingle-to-metal replacement cycle entirely. One roof, installed once, aligned with the plan from the start.
Homes along the Peytonsville Road edge sit at the community's front door, with open new-build exposure off the I-65 corridor. Wind gets a longer run here, and young trees offer little buffer. Mechanically seamed metal is built for exactly this.
The Lewisburg Pike side runs quieter, closer to the trails, parks, and community garden that anchor daily life here. Same design standards, same builder shingles, same case for a roof that matches the neighborhood's longer horizon.
Many Berry Farms homes already wear black standing seam over the porch or a gable. Extending that metal across the full roof is the most natural upgrade in the community, and it can phase: porches now, main roof at replacement time.
Just outside the plan, older South Franklin properties toward Lewisburg Pike and Goose Creek Bypass carry acreage, barns, and outbuildings, with fewer rules on materials. Ribbed steel earns its keep out here.
Berry Farms' design standards exist to keep the community coherent, and our submittals are built to fit them. We prepare the full review packet, manufacturer specifications, PVDF finish warranties, color samples on actual metal, comparable installation photos, and fire/wind/hail certifications, formatted the way review committees want to see it. Metal accents are already part of the approved design language here. We document why the full roof belongs too.
Berry Farms is a new landscape. The street trees are planted but not grown, the lots are open, and the rooflines stand taller than anything shading them. That exposure affects roof performance in ways most homeowners never consider, until something goes wrong.
With little mature canopy to break it, wind moves across these blocks at full strength, and the streets nearest the I-65 corridor and the 840 interchange side see the most open exposure. Standing seam metal roofing, mechanically fastened with concealed clips, resists sustained uplift in ways nail-through shingles cannot.
Slopes oriented south and west take the worst solar loading, full afternoon sun at the highest angle and longest duration. These are the slopes where shingle deterioration is most advanced on every roof we inspect. Metal's reflective PVDF coating reduces solar absorption on these critical exposures.
North-facing slopes and tight roof valleys still hold moisture longest, and as the community's trees mature, shade lines will slowly creep across these blocks. Shingles there grow moss, harbor algae, and trap debris that holds water against the surface. Metal sheds all of it. No absorption, no biological growth, no trapped moisture accelerating rot.
A single Berry Farms farmhouse can have a south-facing slope baking at 160°F, a porch roof shedding into a tight valley, a west-facing gable catching prevailing storm winds off the interstate corridor, and an east-facing dormer holding morning dew that never fully dries. One material has to handle all four conditions simultaneously. That material is steel with a high-performance finish, properly ventilated and mechanically attached.
The right metal profile depends on the home, the design standards, and the roof geometry. Berry Farms runs from Town Center townhomes to farmhouse-style single-family blocks, so the answer shifts street by street. Here is how the three primary profiles match up.
The premium profile. Clean vertical lines with concealed fasteners and mechanically seamed panels. Best for homes with simple, bold roof planes, colonial, modern farmhouse, transitional, and contemporary styles. Highest wind ratings and longest warranties. In Berry Farms, black standing seam is already the accent language of the architecture, so a full standing seam roof reads as native, not novel.
Stamped steel panels that replicate slate, cedar shake, or clay tile while delivering the performance of metal. The most review-friendly option in Berry Farms because they read as traditional roofing from the street, an easy fit with the community's design standards. They preserve the streetscape's visual character while upgrading material performance by decades.
Exposed-fastener panels with ribbed or corrugated profiles. Not the right call for primary residences inside Berry Farms' design standards, but ideal for barns, workshops, and outbuildings on the South Franklin acreage just outside the plan. Lower cost per square foot than standing seam, with excellent weather performance where appearance standards are less formal.
We don't sub out. Every service listed below is performed by our crew, on your property, with materials we spec and warranties we stand behind.
Mechanically seamed panels with concealed fasteners. Maximum wind and weather resistance. The benchmark system for Berry Farms' open, full-sun new-build streets.
Learn More →Stamped steel panels in traditional profiles. Class 4 hail rating, interlocking wind resistance, and the appearance of slate or shake. The easiest metal system to take through Berry Farms design review.
Learn More →Seamless aluminum and copper gutter systems sized for Franklin's 49+ inches of annual rainfall. Custom-fit to your roofline, color-matched to your panels or trim.
Learn More →Architectural metal wall systems for accent walls, gable ends, dormers, and full exterior cladding. Same PVDF finish technology as our roofing. Coordinates or contrasts with your roof panels.
Learn More →Professional recoating for existing metal roofs that need a color update or finish restoration. Spray-applied elastomeric and ceramic coatings that seal, protect, and renew faded panels.
Learn More →Metal roofs are the ideal substrate for solar. Panels attach with non-penetrating clamps, no holes, no leak risk, no voided roof warranty. Paired with battery backup for complete energy independence.
Learn More →Prevents sudden snow and ice slides over entries, walkways, and landscaping. Essential on standing seam roofs. Installed with non-penetrating clamp attachments that preserve your roof warranty.
Learn More →Protective coatings for both metal and existing built-up roofs. Silicone and ceramic coatings add 10–15 years to an aging roof while dramatically improving reflectivity and energy performance.
Learn More →Berry Farms exteriors follow the community's design standards: white and cream board and batten, painted and natural brick, stone accents, and dark trim on modern-farmhouse and classic Franklin-influenced facades. Each exterior type has a palette of metal roof colors that works with it, and a few that don't. Here is what we recommend based on what we see most across the community.
Earth-tone metals: Burnished Slate, Weathered Bronze, Dark Bronze, Hartford Green, Charcoal Gray. Avoid bright or cool-toned colors that conflict with the warm brick undertone. Muted, warm darks are the safest and most attractive pairing.
Broader palette: Charcoal, Matte Black, Slate Blue, Patina Green, Aged Copper. Stone and stucco exteriors are neutral enough to accept a wide color range. Standing seam in darker tones creates a striking contrast. Metal shingles in slate profiles blend naturally.
Almost any metal roof color works against a white or cream exterior. Dark charcoal, matte black, and standing seam in anthracite are the most popular choices. For a warmer tone, Weathered Bronze or Aged Copper. Avoid mid-range colors that compete rather than contrast.
Choose lighter metals where heavy tree shade would make dark roofs visually disappear. Medium tones, Pewter Gray, Weathered Bronze, Colonial Red, maintain visibility and prevent the home from looking top-heavy under a dark canopy. Metal shingles in cedar shake profiles integrate beautifully.
Standing seam in dark, flat finishes, Matte Black, Dark Zinc, Anthracite, is the default for modern architecture. The clean panel lines complement contemporary geometry. Avoid textured or shake-profile shingles on modern homes; the material language conflicts. Let the metal read as metal.
Homes on multi-acre lots with detached structures have the most flexibility. The main house, barn, garage, and workshops can be unified under a single metal color or differentiated by structure. Standing seam for outbuildings, metal shingles for the residence, all in a coordinated palette.
We walk the roof, inspect the deck condition, assess ventilation, photograph the existing system, and take precise measurements. Drone imaging for steep or complex rooflines. You get a full written condition report regardless of whether you move forward.
We bring actual metal samples, not printed brochures, so you can see the finish, texture, and color against your board and batten, brick, or stone in natural light. We recommend profiles and colors based on your home's architecture, the community's design standards, and your aesthetic preferences.
Berry Farms design review is a step we plan for, not a surprise. We prepare and submit the full packet: manufacturer specs, PVDF warranty documentation, color samples, comparable installation photos, and all required test certifications. We track the review timeline and communicate directly with the committee if questions arise.
We pull all required permits through the City of Franklin. Franklin requires a roofing permit for replacement work. We handle the application, fee, and inspection scheduling so you never have to stand in a permitting line downtown.
Existing shingles are removed to the deck. We inspect every square foot of sheathing for rot, soft spots, and structural compromise. Damaged decking is replaced. Underlayment, ice-and-water shield at vulnerable areas, and ventilation components are installed to spec before a single metal panel goes on.
Our crew installs panels, trim, flashing, ridge systems, and all transition details. Standing seam panels are mechanically seamed on-site. Metal shingles are interlocked and fastened per manufacturer specifications. We do not leave your property with exposed decking overnight.
City inspection is scheduled and passed. We walk the completed roof with you, review all warranty documentation, and photograph the finished installation for your records and your design-review file. If you are adding solar, gutter, or siding work, those systems are coordinated and installed in sequence.
A metal roof costs more than shingles on the day of installation. There is no honest way around that. The question is what happens over the 15, 25, and 40 years that follow.
Builder-grade shingles on a Berry Farms home typically last 15–22 years, less on full-sun slopes with no mature canopy. A metal roof on the same home will last 40–60+ years with minimal maintenance. For 2026, standing seam runs $1,100–$1,900 per square installed, metal shingles $850–$1,500, and exposed-fastener panels $800–$950. Over the life of the community's plan, the shingle roof gets replaced two to three times. The metal roof gets replaced zero times.
| Factor | Asphalt Shingles | Metal Roofing |
|---|---|---|
| Installed Cost | Lower up front | Higher up front |
| Service Life | 15–22 years | 40–60+ years |
| Replacements (50 yr) | 2–3 full replacements | 0 replacements |
| Storm Damage Risk | High · Frequent claims | Minimal · Class 4 impact |
| Energy Savings | None | Up to 25% cooling reduction |
| Insurance | Standard rates | Potential impact-rating discount |
| Maintenance | Regular inspection/repair | Minimal to none |
A typical Berry Farms installation takes 4–8 business days. Homes here run 2,000 to 3,500 square feet with moderately complex farmhouse rooflines, porches, gables, and dormers that reward careful trim work. Accent-to-full upgrades can also phase, porches now, main roof at replacement time. We do not rush roofing. The result is a roof that performs for decades, not months.
Every Berry Farms roof is different. Pricing depends on roof area, complexity, profile selection, deck condition, and any design-review submittal work. We provide detailed, line-item estimates after a thorough on-site inspection, not ballpark numbers from satellite imagery. Call for a free evaluation and written estimate specific to your home.
We serve every street, row, and block inside Berry Farms, plus the surrounding South Franklin corridors and neighboring Williamson County communities.
We are The Metal Roofers, a Nashville-based company that does one thing: metal roofing, and everything that goes with it. Standing seam, metal shingles, gutters, siding, roof painting, solar, snow guards, and coatings. We do not install asphalt shingles. We do not install tile. We do not do general contracting. Metal is all we do, and we do it across Franklin and Williamson County every week.
We know Berry Farms, the Town Center, the townhome rows, the farmhouse blocks, and the design standards that govern them. We know the review process and the documentation that satisfies it. We know the permitting process at the City of Franklin. Our shop is about 35 minutes up the interstate, so this is not the edge of our map. South Franklin is part of our core service area, and these homes are a natural fit for what we build.
When you call us, you talk to someone who can answer your questions immediately, not a call center that takes your name and promises a callback. We show up with samples, walk the roof, and provide a written estimate that explains exactly what we recommend and why. No pressure, no gimmicks, no “sign today” discounts.
Yes, with the right submittal. Metal accents are already approved language in this community, black standing seam runs over porches and gables throughout Berry Farms. We prepare the entire design-review packet: manufacturer specs, PVDF finish warranties, color samples on actual metal, comparable installation photos, and test certifications. Metal shingles in slate or shake profiles and standing seam matched to existing accents both have a clear path to approval.
A properly installed metal roof with a Kynar/PVDF finish will last 40–60+ years with minimal maintenance. Standing seam systems with quality substrate preparation can exceed 60 years. By comparison, the builder-grade shingles on a Berry Farms home typically last 15–22 years, often less on full-sun slopes where young street trees offer little shade.
Yes. The western two-thirds of Tennessee, including all of Williamson County, falls within Dixie Alley, a region with an enhanced risk of destructive tornadoes. The enhanced risk window runs November through May, which is wider than the traditional Great Plains tornado season. Berry Farms' open new-build exposure along the I-65 corridor makes wind performance worth taking seriously. Metal roofing's wind resistance (140+ mph for standing seam) is a meaningful structural advantage.
No. Installed over solid decking with synthetic underlayment, the standard residential assembly in every Berry Farms home, a metal roof is no louder than asphalt shingles. The loud metal roof sound comes from agricultural buildings and open-framed structures where rain hits metal with nothing but air behind it. In a fully insulated residential build, the difference is undetectable. Many homeowners report it is actually quieter.
Yes, and on homes this new it is quick. Berry Farms roofs are single-layer originals on sound decks, so tear-off is clean and fast. It lets us verify the sheathing, install proper ice-and-water shield at eaves and valleys, and position ventilation components correctly. Layering metal over old shingles traps moisture, voids some warranties, and hides problems that only get worse. A clean deck is a long-term roof.
Most Berry Farms metal roof installations take 4–8 business days. Homes here run 2,000 to 3,500 square feet with moderately complex farmhouse rooflines, and newer single-layer tear-offs keep the schedule tight. Weather delays, deck repair, and custom trim work can extend the timeline. We provide a specific schedule estimate after the on-site inspection and never leave your home with exposed decking overnight.
Yes. Berry Farms sits inside the City of Franklin, and we pull all required permits through the city. Franklin requires a permit for roof replacement projects. We handle the application, fee payment, and inspection scheduling. You do not need to visit a permit counter or coordinate with the building department, that is our job.
Yes. Detached structures are fewer inside Berry Farms, but coordination matters here in a different way: townhome rows share rooflines, and adjacent owners often coordinate colors and timing so the row reads as one plane. On the South Franklin acreage outside the plan, we roof the house, the barn, and the workshop together, one mobilization, one permit cycle, one warranty package.
Metal roofing consistently adds value by eliminating the buyer's concern about near-term roof replacement. Berry Farms attracts design-conscious buyers, and they notice a roof that matches the neighborhood's architectural language and never needs replacing. In a market where a full roof replacement costs tens of thousands of dollars, a home with a metal roof that won't need attention for decades presents a clear advantage at resale.
Every installation comes with both a manufacturer's material warranty and our workmanship warranty. Manufacturer paint warranties on Kynar/PVDF finishes typically run 30–40 years against fade, chalk, and film integrity. Substrate warranties cover the steel itself against perforation. Our workmanship warranty covers the installation: every seam, flashing detail, trim piece, and fastener. Specific warranty terms are detailed in your written estimate.
Free on-site inspection, written estimate, design-review packet handled, and samples that match the community palette.
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