They can improve your home s energy efficiency by reflecting solar radiant heat which may even reduce cooling costs by 10 25.
Metal roof over shingles cost.
On average you can expect to pay between 7 50 to 12 50 per square foot to install a metal shingles roofing system on a typical residential house.
A steel metal roof can average between 275 400 per 100 square foot.
Copper and zinc are considered to be premium metals.
Advantages of metal roofs over shingles.
Cost of metal roofs vs.
Corrugated steel or ribbed metal panel is the cheapest of them all.
In fact this type of metal roof is cheaper than a shingle roof costing between 3 50 to 7 00 per square foot.
They will also cost more to install ranging from 70 to 500 per square in labor versus 50 to 175 per square for asphalt not including overhead expenses.
Compared to an asphalt roof on a 1 200 square foot single story home costing 4 200 to 8 500 metal roofs cost 8 400 to 19 000.
An asphalt shingle roof which costs between 3 50 and 7 per square foot installed.
A low end total cost for a steel shingles roof installed over top of the existing 17 square roof would be around 14 500 at 850 per square while the cost of a high end aluminum standing seam would be about 26 350 at 1 550 per square for a comparable roof.