Fall River NS Aluminum Metal Roofing for Solar-Ready Homes | Maritime Permanent Roofing (Interlock Shingles Review)

We hired Maritime Permanent Roofing (an Interlock Roofing company) to install a new metal roof. A lot of metal roofs that get installed are steel “barn-board” roofs that are screwed down. If you can’t see the fasteners, you’ve installed a better quality roof called “standing seam”. So we were trying to decide between standing seam and metal shingles. In the end, we decided we liked the look of shingles better, so we went that route. What differentiates MPR from other roofers is that they use aluminum (which oxidizes with a protective coating, rather than rusting, like steel). Living in a province where you’re not too far from the ocean in any direction, this was important to us. So our first contact with the company was with “Greg” who handles the sales. He was quick to give us a quote (for “slate” shingles in a “musket grey”, one of 9 colour options). I’m not going to lie to you, it wasn’t cheap. We live in a large bungalow, so with a 5000+ sq.ft roof the costs add up quickly. Asphalt shingles would have been less than half the price, but we knew we were installing solar panels, so asphalt was not an option (asphalt shingles just don’t last like they used to… they are made more cheaply, using less asphalt and more fiberglass). So we signed the contract and were given a start date of 2 months out. Our next contact was with “Chris” (Greg’s brother… yes, it’s a family business). He is the operations manager. Both Greg and Chris were laid-back and easy to talk to and generally seemed like nice/good people. I’m always happy when I hire good people. Chris showed up the first week of November to deliver all the materials to site and he informed me that the install crew would arrive on the weekend to start the job. So on Sunday Nov.7th “Janner”, the installation foreman, and his crew showed up. They were a crew of 6 men!! As we have a large complicated roof with multiple dormers, many ridges and valleys and multiple facets with several different roof pitches, it wasn’t a job for amateurs. Janner and company were very friendly and willing to answer questions openly, and they were very professional. Everyone in the crew had been formally trained by the parent Interlock company (which is based in British Columbia) and they had been installing Interlock Roofing for over 10 years, so they knew what they were doing. Luckily, the weather was good (for the most part) and they finished the job in 4 days. We are quite happy with our new roof, which has now prepared us to install solar panels. Greg, Chris and Janner were all good people and all professionals. I highly recommend MPR if you are considering installing a metal roof. I’m quite sure an aluminum shingle roof will outlast a steel barn-board roof, but I will update this review in a couple/few years to report on how the roof is holding up and whether or not there are any leaks. ps: Interlock Roofing is a Canadian company, who designs and manufactures their own aluminum shingles, they even make their own ringed aluminum nails.