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Lifetime Construction Builders, a family-owned roofing company in business since 2009, installs DECRA, Tilcor, and Westlake stone-coated steel roofs in tile, shake, and shingle profiles. Most homes cost $25,000 to $42,000 with tear-off, and the job takes about 3 to 5 days. Every installation carries our lifetime transferable warranty, on top of the maker's product warranty.
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From 2016 through 2026, NOAA logged 168 thunderstorm wind reports, 48 hail reports, and 54 winter storms in Allegan, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, and Ottawa counties. Every southwest Michigan metal roof has to take all three, stone-coated steel included.
MSU Extension explains that ice dams form when attic heat melts the snow on a roof and the water refreezes at the cold eaves. Michigan's residential building code, R905.2.7.1, calls for ice-and-water shield from the eave to at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line. Our stone-coated steel price includes that leak protection.
What homeowners ask us first about a stone-coated steel roof.
About 3 to 5 days on most homes with Lifetime Construction Builders, from tear-off to cleanup. Steep roofs with dormers, valleys, skylights, and chimneys take longer; DECRA's own installation guide puts that kind of roof at 3 to 4 squares a day.
No. DECRA, Tilcor, and Westlake set a minimum slope of 3 in 12, meaning 3 inches of rise for every 12 inches across. Some panel lines need 4 in 12. Low-slope porch roofs and flat sections need a different roof. Lifetime Construction Builders measures each slope during the free inspection.
Price comes first: it costs more than Atlas architectural shingles or exposed-fastener steel from Lifetime Construction Builders. Careless steps can dent a panel, especially at the eaves during gutter cleaning. Some stone granules wash into the gutters, and a repair can mean lifting several interlocked panels.
No maker publishes a service life. DECRA and Tilcor give the original owner a lifetime limited warranty with 30 years on the finish, and Westlake gives 50 years, limited and transferable. Lifetime Construction Builders adds its own lifetime transferable warranty on the installation.
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West Michigan homeowners complain most about roofers who go quiet once a problem comes up. Our customers wrote about the crew, the pace, and the finished work, and we're rated 4.9 out of 5 on Google.
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“The team at Lifetime Construction completed the job in a remarkably fast time frame without compromising on the craftsmanship. I appreciate their dedication to delivering excellent results promptly. Overall, I'm satisfied with their efficiency and the overall quality of their work.”
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Every stone-coated steel job runs the same six steps. Luis, our regional manager, is your contact for the whole project, from the first visit to the final cleanup, and he picks up your calls.
Call (616) 360-2522 any time; the line is answered 24/7. Tell us your town and the roof you have now.
We look at the roof's size, pitch, and decking, the things that set your price, and put that price in a written estimate. It doesn't change once you have it.
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Choose DECRA, Tilcor, or Westlake panels in a tile, shake, or shingle profile. Brand and profile both move the price, so your estimate is written for the one you pick.
The crew tears the old roof off down to the deck, then lays new underlayment and the ice-and-water shield.
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The stone-coated steel panels go on next, then the trim and the flashing around chimneys, vents, and walls.
Before the crew leaves, they haul the old roofing away, clean up, and sweep the yard for nails. Your lifetime transferable warranty covers the installation, and the panels carry the maker's published product warranty.
A stone-coated steel roof from Lifetime Construction Builders costs $1,250 to $1,600 per 100 square feet, installed with tear-off. Most homes come to $25,000 to $42,000.
That price covers the tear-off, underlayment, ice-and-water shield at the eaves, the steel panels, trim and flashing, and cleanup. You get it in a written estimate after the free inspection.
Compare other metal roofingFree inspection and written estimate. Financing available, ask Luis. 5% military discount. We take credit card, check, or cash.
Stone-coated steel looks like tile, shake, or shingle and is made of steel underneath. Here's how it compares with Atlas shingles and the other metal products we install.
Each panel is a layered system: steel with an aluminum-zinc (Galvalume) coating, an acrylic base coat, ceramic-coated stone granules, and a clear acrylic overglaze. The color comes from the stone granules, not a paint film like polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF).
$500 to $700 per 100 square feet, or $11,000 to $22,000 on most homes. We're an Atlas Preferred Contractor and an Atlas Pinnacle Pristine Authorized Installer.
Asphalt shingle roofingStanding seam runs $1,300 to $1,650 per 100 square feet, $24,000 to $42,000 on most homes. Exposed-fastener steel, where the screws show, runs $900 to $1,150, or $16,000 to $28,000.
Metal roofingBrands, noise, upkeep, repairs, and who's doing the work. Anything else, ask on the phone.
A person answers 24/7(616) 360-2522No independent source ranks one brand best. Lifetime Construction Builders installs DECRA, Tilcor, and Westlake panels, and they differ in profiles and warranty terms. Westlake adds an FM 4475 "Very Severe Hail" rating, and Tilcor's CF panels hide their screws.
Rain noise depends on the whole roof, not the panels alone. DECRA credits the stone coating with damping the sound, and the deck, underlayment, and attic insulation underneath matter too. Every Lifetime Construction Builders installation includes new underlayment.
Yes, with care. DECRA's homeowner manual says its panels are made to be walked on in soft-soled shoes. Step in the low pans of tile profiles and stay off the side laps. If a panel does get dented, call Lifetime Construction Builders at (616) 360-2522.
Usually. DECRA's guidance is a touch-up kit when the damage on a panel is under 10 inches across, and a new panel above that. Because the panels interlock, a new one can mean lifting its neighbors. Lifetime Construction Builders inspects the damage for free.
About 1.3 to 1.5 pounds per square foot installed, by the makers' figures. DECRA panels fastened to the deck weigh 1.3, and DECRA on wood battens and Westlake weigh about 1.5. Lifetime Construction Builders installs all three brands.
Call (616) 360-2522, where a real person answers 24/7. Lifetime Construction Builders backs every installation with its lifetime transferable warranty, and Luis, our regional manager, is your contact.
Yes. Lifetime Construction Builders holds Michigan license 252400088, which you can check with LARA, and carries $1 million in general liability and $2 million in workers' comp. The company is family owned by Daniel Retana and has been in business since 2009.
Our local office is at 605 56th Street in Pullman. We install stone-coated steel roofs in Pullman and the eleven towns below, with the same free inspection and written estimate in each.
Tell us your town and the roof you have now, and we'll call you back to set up your free inspection and written estimate. Prefer to talk first? Visit our contact page.
Questions about steel roofing? Call (616) 360-2522We'll call you back at the number you gave us. If water is coming in right now, call (616) 360-2522.
