Metal Roofing VA Oil Canning

What in the world is oil canning? In the vernacular of metal roof installers oil canning is when a metal roof, particularly standing seam metal roofs, has bulges and ripples in it. This phenomenon occurs for a plethora (I always wanted to use that word in a blog) of reasons. The main culprit is the roof deck. Think of it this way, the deck of the roof is the bones and the metal roofing VA is the skin. However the bones lay, that is how the skin is going to lay. If the deck has as little as a 1/8 inch deflection then that panel will not lay flat. Here are some more reasons, if the master coil is slit with more tension on one of the decoilers then it will keep that tension in that coil and the panel won’t lay perfectly flat. Add to that humidity and when the humidity around the roof is different it will oil can.

These types of roof also expand and contract with heat or cold weather. A 50 foot panel will “stretch” as much as ¼ of an inch between the summer and winter months. In these panels we actually use clips that allow the panels to expand and contract. If you compare the new steel panels with the old tin panels you can see that we have made some headway on reducing oil canning. However we don’t think we will ever be able to eliminate it altogether.

For more information on oil canning and other elements of standing seam metal roofing VA please visit us at AlphaRain.com or call us at (540) 222-1642

Metal Roofing Ventilation Charlottesville VA

This is a two-part blog about metal roof ventilation system for Charlottesville VA.  One thing that I have noticed is that not too many contractors or roofers understanding the importance of ventilation for attics or for roofing systems.  In this part, on the blog, I’m going to focus on ventilation in the attic.  Have you ever wondered why some attics are a lot hotter than others in the summer?  Most of this is due to poor ventilation if you have ridge vents in your roof which allows a way for the hot air in the attic to escape, but no way for the air to enter at the bottom of your attic you are doing a disservice to yourself.  For air to escape you must have a new way for air to enter, Hot air always rises, so as the hot air heats up and rises you need a way for the fresh cooler air to enter.  The proper way for this is through a soffit vent or through our custom metal roof vent which is placed at the bottom of the roof when the roof is installed.  Our custom metal roof entry even allows for fresh air to enter below the metal roof and flow into your attic.  This is very important to many old houses that do not have any soffits or way to vent air into their attics from the bottom of the roof area.  We have made a video what I have linked to it below that shows a sample and that I will explain exactly how this process works.  In Part two I will talk about Vented J Channel and how we installed a complete patented roof ventilation system in addition to venting the attic.

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In the video, you will hear from Paul Dysart the Project Manager for Alpha Rain Metal Roofing VA.  Paul is giving an overview of how to install the new state of the art solar panels on their solar roofing systems.  Please take a moment and watch this informative live interview shot today from the home of Virginia’s Metal Roofing Specialists. Watch the video via this link as well:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFT5VDpEAFo

Metal Roofing VA

Hi I am Paul, project manager of Alpha Rain.  And I am Brandy, owner of Alpha Rain Metal Roofing Company. We wanted to take a minute and introduce our company.  We are the best metal roofing contractors northern Virginia. The only work that we do is metal roofing, that is our specialty.  To the best of our knowledge, we are the only roofing company in Virginia that only specializes in metal roofs. Also, 99% of our customers are actually living at their house while we are installing their metal roofs. We have to have high attention to detail and provide a highly clean job site.  We have to, most customers have children or pets and we are very concerned about nails and debris.  We use a magnetic roller and rake over the area that we worked once we complete a job to make sure all the nails and other material are cleaned up. We are a family owned business, during off business hours I actually refer to Brandy as “Dad”, while on the job site he is my boss.

We have been in business for over 27 years and have been specializing in metal roofs exclusively for 14 years.  I have been working for alpha rain since I have 5.  The company has been in business for 27 years which means that out of those 27 years I have worked for the company for 25 of the years and that makes me feel pretty old. We are very concerned about making our customer not only feel but know that they are receiving the highest quality and highest standards of any company in our industry.  If you can please take a look at the next video that is only patented solar panel roofing system.  Also, feel free to visit our website www.alpharain.com for more information.

Thank You,

Brandy & Paul Dysart