Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA)
Metal Roofs and Other Earth-Friendly Measures Like Residential Solar Systems Go Hand-in-Hand
For homeowners facing climate extreme realities, MRA says environmental awareness is now a 365-days a year necessity. Will 2019 spell the end of Earth Day? According to home improvement experts, the fact that environmental awareness is celebrated just one day out of the year is an outmoded idea in 2019. With greater ...
MRA Selects 2018 Top Survivor Home Winner For Enduring Hurricane Michael's Extreme Fury
The Metal Roofing Alliance announced today that a home in Panama City, Florida, is the winner of the 2018 MRA Top Survivor Home challenge. The 1,400 square-foot home, built in the 1940s, survived ferocious conditions when Hurricane Michael struck as a Category 4-plus storm last fall. With wind speeds of 155-mph, ...
"We Thought Our Lives Were About to End"
Metal Roofing Alliance Selects Panama City Home as 2018 Top Survivor Winner for Facing Down Hurricane Michael's Fury. Kristi, a homeowner from Panama City, Fla., considers herself lucky, thanks to a less-than-thorough home inspection that missed the obvious fact her 1940s home needed a new roof ...
If You’re Installing Metal Roofs, You’ll Want to Be a Member of the Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA)
The Metal Roofing Alliance is focused on growing the residential market for metal roofing. They have a strong membership program that provides leads, an online presence and professional marketing tools to metal roofing contractors. The MRA links consumers and professionals through their Find-A-Contractor program. In this video, Ken Gieseke, VP Marketing at ...
Wedge Roofing, MRA’s Best Metal Roofing Project Winner, Proves Greater Protection is a Beautiful Thing
The winner of the Metal Roofing Alliance’s Best Metal Roofing Project Competition proves that better protection can be beautiful. Wedge Roofing, an MRA contractor member located in the San Francisco Bay Area, recently took top honors for a beautiful metal re-roofing project installed on a rustic log cabin home located ...
Built to Wow: An Amazing Metal Roof Tops Award-Winning Aspen Home
By Metal Roofing Alliance There’s no doubt that Mountain Living Magazine’s 2017 Home of the Year is a true design marvel. From its epic 10-acre setting in Aspen, Colorado to its airy 15,000 square foot floor plan—all meticulously planned and built to luxurious green living standards—it’s a modern masterpiece both inside and ...
TO THE RESCUE: Metal Roofing Job Done Right Saves Florida Homeowners From A Menace
MRA Case Study The Sventeks installed a beautiful Drexel Metals Mansard Brown standing seam metal roof that came complete with a 35-year warranty and Valspar's Fluropon® 70% PVDF coating, a highly-durable finish designed stand up to severe climate conditions, including saltwater, humidity and storms. At first, Jayne Sventek and her husband thought ...
The Solar Market Is Hot: A Primer For Solar System Roof Installation
(Image courtesy of McElroy Metal) As the first state in the nation to require all new homes to have solar power beginning in 2020, there’s no doubt that California’s recent decision is causing interest in residential solar systems to soar. California’s leadership is a giant step forward to bring solar power into ...
Are You Listening to your Customers? You may need to be Diversifying your Business.
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Contractors should really consider the changing markets and think about offering more or different products and services in 2019. I had the pleasure of attending the 2018 METALCON Conference in Charlotte, NC. A great show and a great chance for me to really visit with ...
Metal Roofing Alliance predicts uptick in demand for metal roofing, driven by California’s new residential solar requirements
By Metal Roofing Alliance. The state’s solar power mandate causes U.S. builders, homeowners to think twice about their roofs. (Image courtesy of McElroy Metal) As the first state in the nation to require all new homes to have solar power, California’s recent decision may result in a dramatic shift in the ...
