Both look good and cost around the same, so which is the better investment?
TRANSPORATION
• Lightweight (approx 1/10th the weight of clay) making Metrotile® cheaper & more environomentally friendly to transport
• Steel won’t break or crack during transport
• Only buy what you need. Less waste, less cost
• Expensive to transport due to weight. More fuel is required which Means more pollution. These costs are passed on to the customer
• Breaks during transport. The cost of this is added to the tiles that don’t break
• You need to buy more than you need to cover breakages during transport and installation
INSTALLATION
• Lightweight Metrotile® requires less support, saving cost on your structure
• Requires less timber battens, reducing costs
• Won’t break during installation
• Quick and easy to install
• A heavy clay roof requires more support, increasing the cost of your structure
• Clay tiles are small, requiring many more timber battens
• More tiles break during installation, adding cost
• Small tiles take longer to install
AFTER INSTALLATION
• Tough zincalume steel deosn’t damage afer installation
• Tiles will not move during high winds and storms
• Can not be removed by intruders
• Virtually maintenance free
• FREE 30 year warranty
• Easily broken by falling fruit & birds dropping things onto the roof
• Wind displaces tiles, creating holes in the roof
• Easily removed to break into home
• Continueous repairs to broken, cracked and slipped tiles
This can effect most types of roof including clay, concrete & stone coated steel roof tiles. This is not a problem with the roof but is a feature of the vegetagion surrounding it.
A Metrotile® roof however, resists this occurance longer than clay and concrete tiles, and can be easily cleaned to return the roof to looking like new.
Metrotile® roofs give you piece of mind. Why risk un-proven tiles when you can have all the benefits of Metrotile®. Every Metrotile® roof comes with a FREE 30 YEAR warranty.
You can use your Metrotile® roof to collect rainwater safely. Ask your MetroTile® Distributor about Rainwater Guttering
Defining the reliability of our tiles is how they’re made and what they’re made with. We only use the best raw materials to construct a tile designed to perform for a lifetime.
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UV PROTECTION
WIND RESISTANCE
LOW RAIN NOISE
HAIL PROOF
SECURE
FIRE PROOF
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