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Nashville, TN
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White standing seam metal roof and front gable on a farmhouse in Ashland City, TN
The Metal Roofers · Nashville, Tennessee

The Standard

The promise we make and the checklist we keep. Read both before you hire anyone to touch your roof — including us.

✦ Reviewed by The Metal Roofers Technical Team

This page documents the installation standard we follow on every metal roof we install, written and reviewed by the technical team.

1,000+ metal roofs installed · 10,000+ repairs · Licensed and insured, TN Lic #75515 ·

Updated August 2026 · Reviewed September 2026

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How we report and who reviews it
Why this page exists

Every roofer in Tennessee will tell you they do quality work. We decided to write down exactly what we mean by it, put our family name under it, and let you hold us to the letter.

What follows is two things: our word and our checklist. One is a promise. The other is how the promise gets kept.

Part One · Our Word

What we will never do

Twenty-some years in, most of what we believe fits on one page. It isn't a mission statement. It's a short list of refusals, signed by the people who will actually be on your roof.

We will never install over a problem we found and didn't name. If your deck is soft, you'll hear it from us first, with photos.

We will never quote a number built to move. The written price is the price.

We will never chase a storm. We were here before the hail, and we'll be here long after the out-of-state trucks go home.

We will never use a panel, fastener, or sealant we'd have to apologize for in ten years.

We will never sell you metal your house doesn't need. If a repair does it, we'll say so.

We will never leave a driveway unswept or a question half-answered.

We will never send a crew we wouldn't trust on our own mother's roof.

Our word, signed
The Metal Roofers Family & Team
Nashville, Tennessee
Part Two · The 24 Points

The install standard we hold on every roof

Anyone can promise quality. Below is what we actually mean by it: the standard our crews are held to on every install, printed in public so you can hold us to it too.

Phase I — The Deck
1

Every deck is walked and probed for soft spots before a single panel is ordered.

2

Rotten or delaminated decking gets replaced, never bridged, and photographed before it's covered.

3

Old flashing, boots, and fasteners are discarded. Nothing worn out gets reused on a new roof.

4

What we find is what you hear: deck condition in plain English, with pictures, before work continues.

Phase II — The Dry-In
5

High-temperature synthetic underlayment across the entire deck. Felt paper touches nothing we install.

6

Ice-and-water membrane in every valley and around every penetration.

7

Underlayment laps run to spec and are cap-fastened, never bare-stapled.

8

The roof is watertight at dry-in. Your home is protected before the metal even arrives.

Ridge level view of a black standing seam metal roof overlooking pasture in Hartsville, Tennessee
Hartsville
Copper penny standing seam metal roof and rake trim over a brick gable end in Lebanon, TN
Lebanon
White standing seam metal roof panels under storm clouds in Ashland City, Tennessee
Ashland City
Phase III — The Metal
9

26-gauge is our floor, and 24-gauge is offered where the roof earns the upgrade. Builder-grade 29-gauge has never been on our trucks.

10

Panels are cut with shears and nibblers, never abrasive blades that burn the finish and seed rust.

11

Concealed clips are spaced to the panel engineering, not to the crew's convenience.

12

Clips and fasteners are matched to the metal. No mixed metals, no galvanic corrosion, no shortcuts.

13

Panels float for thermal movement and are pinned only where the system calls for it.

14

On exposed-fastener panels, every screw lands straight and snug to the washer. Never overdriven, never proud.

15

Cut edges and hems are finished. If you can see raw steel, we are not done.

Phase IV — Flashing & Penetrations
16

Valleys are formed with hemmed edges and run open and clean. Water gets guided, never trusted.

17

Pipe boots are high-temperature rated and mechanically sealed, not smeared into place.

18

Chimneys are counter-flashed into the mortar joint. Caulk is a second line of defense, never the first.

19

Sidewall and headwall flashing is hooked and hemmed under the cladding, not surface-glued.

20

Ridge and eave get closure strips: vented where the roof needs to breathe, sealed where it doesn't.

Overhead view of a copper penny standing seam metal roof with three dormers in Lebanon, Tennessee
Copper penny standing seam · Lebanon, Tennessee
Phase V — The Finish
21

Magnet sweep of the lawn, beds, and driveway every day of the job, not just the last one.

22

We photograph what we cover: deck, dry-in, and flashing. The photos are yours to keep.

23

The final walkthrough happens with you on site, warranty in hand, explained in plain English.

24

The crew's names go on your paperwork. You'll know exactly who built your roof.

Aerial view of a silver standing seam metal hip roof on a brick ranch home at dusk in Franklin, Tennessee
Silver standing seam at dusk · Franklin, Tennessee
20+
Years in Metal
1,000+
Roofs Installed
4.9
Stars Across 150 Reviews
26
Gauge, Our Minimum Panel
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Hold Us To It

That's the standard. Now make everyone else meet it.

Take this list to any bid you're comparing. We mean that. Then call us for a straight answer and a written number.

Call (615) 649-5002