Metal Roofing in West Ashley

Standing seam is still rare in West Ashley, which is why it stands out on a 1950s Avondale or Byrnes Downs cottage where the low pitch and simple gable suit a clean panel run. Metal sheds the oak debris that packs into shingle valleys, and a hidden-fastener aluminum panel holds up in the humidity coming off the Ashley River.

On the water side of the Ashley, along Ashley River Road and the marsh edge, there is enough salt in the air to justify the Pearl's salt-air-rated finish. Carolina Bay and Shadowmoss HOAs generally treat standing seam as a color-approval question; we submit the panel color with your order.

Most of West Ashley is inland enough for the steel option. A 24 or 26 gauge standing seam steel panel costs less than the aluminum we spec near the Ashley and the Stono marsh, and it is what we recommend for a Shadowmoss, Church Creek or Carolina Bay home whose owner wants to stop buying shingle roofs. On the 1950s South Windermere and Ashley Hall ranches, the long low-pitch runs are exactly where standing seam looks its best.

For a West Ashley owner the trade is price against cycles. The Pearl Metal starts at $52,650 on the published ladder against $18,100 for High Wind, close to three times the price, and a first-cycle Carolina Bay roof or a third-cycle Byrnes Downs roof is the cheapest moment to make the switch because the deck is open either way. The written estimate prices both, and if High Wind is the right answer for your house and your timeline, that is what it will say.

Twenty-five minutes from Mount Pleasant across the Ravenel Bridge and out Highway 17, with James Island and Johns Island on the same dispatch run down Savannah Highway.