Shingle to standing seam
Anderson Mill, Austin
The shingles had started curling and shedding granules, and the north valley was holding moss. We stripped it back and put a concealed-fastener standing-seam roof on instead.
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The service RAM is best known for.
Metal Roofing in Austin
Standing-seam and metal panel roofs built for Texas heat, hail and hundred-degree summers — the work RAM is known for.
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What this covers.
Standing-seam metal roofs
Concealed-fastener panels with no exposed screws to back out over time.
Exposed-fastener R-panel
A cost-effective metal option for outbuildings, porches and barns.
Metal over shingle
Where the decking allows, we can go over an existing layer and skip the tear-off.
Energy-efficient coatings
Reflective finishes that cut attic temperatures through an Austin August.
What standing seam actually means
The panels lock together and the fasteners hide underneath, so there is nothing exposed on the surface to work loose in the heat. It is the more expensive metal system and it is the one we recommend for a house you intend to keep. Exposed-fastener R-panel costs less and has its place — barns, shops, porch roofs — and we will happily install it where it makes sense.
Going over an existing shingle roof
Where the decking is sound and code allows it, metal can sometimes go straight over one existing layer. That saves you the tear-off and the dumpster. It does not always work, and we will not pretend it does — we check the decking first and tell you which way it has to go.
What it costs
Metal costs more up front than asphalt. What you are buying is time: a properly installed standing-seam roof can outlast two shingle roofs, and it holds up to hail that would total a shingle roof outright. We will give you both numbers so you can decide with the real figures in front of you.
Also from RAM
The rest of what we do.
Roof Repair & Replacement
Shingle and metal roof work from a single missing shingle to a full tear-off and replace.
Read moreSiding, Gutters & Trim
The rest of the building envelope — the parts that decide whether the roof actually stays dry.
Read moreKitchen & Bath Remodeling
Room-level work — the kitchen, the bathrooms, the floors. One room at a time, in and out.
Read moreRenovations & Additions
When you are moving walls, adding square footage or taking a whole house back to studs — the bigger, longer jobs that need engineering and inspections.
Read moreServing Austin, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Georgetown, Leander, Pflugerville and the surrounding communities.
Recent work
Metal Roofing we have done.
Drag the handle across any photo to see what it looked like before we started.
Limestone ranch re-roof
Cedar Park
A faded brown shingle roof on a limestone ranch, with rust showing through the valley metal. Replaced with dark bronze standing seam and a new gutter line to match.
Front porch roof
Round Rock
The corrugated porch roof was rust-streaked and sagging, and it had started staining the ceiling boards underneath. New matte standing-seam panels, posts repainted, ceiling replaced.
Workshop re-roof
Georgetown
Weathered galvanised panels with surface rust and screws backing out of their washers. Exposed-fastener R-panel was the right call here — it is a shop, not a house.
Reflective roof for the heat
Hill Country, west Austin
A dark shingle roof soaking up west Texas sun and sagging between the rafters. Light silver standing seam reflects most of it back and dropped the attic temperature noticeably.
Illustrative examples. These are representative of the work RAM does, shown while real project photography is being collected.
Free, no-pressure estimate
Thinking about metal roofing?
We will come out, get on the roof, and tell you what we actually find — including if the answer is “you do not need a new roof yet.”