What Is a Metal Roof Tile?
A metal roof tile is made from materials like steel plate and aluminum. While roof tiles can be made from clay, ceramic, metal, slate, or stone, metal has become increasingly popular due to its thinness and lightweight properties.
Steel sheets, especially galvalume steel sheets, are commonly used in metal roof tiles for their durability. Galvalume steel is a steel sheet coated with an aluminum and zinc alloy on both sides, further treated with surface enhancements and painted finishes to significantly improve durability. This combination offers the long-term durability of aluminum and the sacrificial anticorrosion and self-healing properties of zinc, preventing long-term rusting of the steel sheets.
Uses of Metal Roof Tiles
Metal roof tiles are favored for roofing in various buildings like homes, offices, factories, and stores, owing to their lightweight, earthquake resistance, durability, heat resistance, and ease of installation.
Available in colors like brown, black, white, silver, gray, green, and orange, these tiles can be selected to complement the wall colors and the surrounding environment.
Being about 1/10th the weight of clay tiles and 1/3rd the weight of slate tiles, metal roof tiles simplify the roof support structure and reduce overall costs.