Stone-coated steel gives you the look of shake, shingle or tile with a steel panel underneath. Blue Peaks Roofing installs Westlake Royal stone-coated steel roofing on Front Range homes.
Here is an honest look at how it handles hail, what it weighs, whether it is noisy and how it compares to impact-resistant shingles and standing seam metal.
Every job has a dedicated project manager who is your point of contact and sends you a prep email before build day.
Your project manager keeps you updated every day of your build, and we keep daily photo logs of the work.
At completion we clean up and sweep the yard and driveway with a magnet.
We walk the finished job with you before we call it done.
Residential roofs carry our 5-year workmanship warranty, with the terms in your contract.
Three Front Range homes: Westlake Royal Cottage Shingle in Charcoal with Cap Shake hips and ridges, Cottage Shingle in Iron Wood, and a stone-coated steel roof in Timberwood on a log home.
The stone granule finish softens the look of the steel. Details that matter on these roofs include ridge and hip trim, flashing at chimneys and the eave and rake edges.
Each panel is formed steel with a coating and a layer of stone granules bonded to the surface. The panels are shaped to look like traditional roofing, such as the cottage-style shingle shown above, and they lock together across the roof.
Because the panels are steel, the roof is light and durable, and Westlake Royal lists a Class A fire rating for the system when installed with the specified underlayment. Because they are coated in stone, they do not look like a metal roof from the street.
Westlake Royal lists its Cottage Shingle with Class 4 hail impact resistance, and says it meets the FM standard for Very Severe Hail. It also lists a Class A fire rating when installed with the specified underlayment.
Those are lab ratings, and an honest answer includes the limits. Very large hail can dent steel panels or knock granules loose, even when the roof keeps shedding water.
Westlake Royal lists its stone-coated steel roofing at about 150 pounds per square (100 square feet). In the same comparison it lists heavyweight laminated asphalt shingles at about 305 pounds and tile, including concrete tile, at 600 to 1,100 pounds.
The common worry is rain noise. A stone-coated steel roof goes over solid decking and underlayment, not open framing like a barn, and the stone surface softens the sound of rain. Any roof is loud in a hard hail storm.
Some jurisdictions, including the Town of Parker (per parkerco.gov), require a mid-roof inspection for stone-coated steel in addition to the final. We confirm the requirements for your address and plan for them in the schedule.
Many HOAs care about how a roof looks from the street. Stone-coated steel comes in shake, shingle and tile profiles, so it can often match the look a neighborhood expects. Some HOAs still require specific materials, so check your guidelines. We can provide the product details and colors your architectural committee asks for.
Some Colorado jurisdictions limit wood shakes or require Class A fire-rated roofing in wildfire areas, so check with your town or county (in Douglas County, douglasco.gov). Westlake Royal lists a Class A fire rating for its stone-coated steel when it is installed with the specified underlayment, so a shake profile is one way to get a shake look with a Class A rated product.
On cost, stone-coated steel usually runs higher up front than impact-resistant asphalt shingles. Against standing seam, the price depends heavily on roof design, panel choice and trim, so we are glad to price both.
Learn more about impact-resistant shingles or read metal roof vs. shingle roof for Colorado.
No roof is. Westlake Royal lists Cottage Shingle with a Class 4 hail rating, but very large hail can still dent panels or loosen granules.
Most of the noise worry comes from metal roofs on open framing. Stone-coated steel goes over solid decking, and the stone surface softens rain noise.
Often, because it looks like shake, shingle or tile. Check your HOA guidelines, and we can provide the product details they ask for.
We install Westlake Royal stone-coated steel.
Yes, a reroof needs a permit, and we pull it unless your contract says otherwise. Some jurisdictions, including the Town of Parker, also require a mid-roof inspection for stone-coated steel.
We will inspect the roof, document what we find and explain your options in plain language. Inspections are free. Call (303) 808-0687 or send us a note through our contact page.
