Eau Claire Roof Pros provides professional metal roofing in Eau Claire, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Chippewa Valley. Metal is a good roof for this climate and a bad one to install carelessly, because a steel panel is the coldest surface a house can present to its own attic. The panel tracks outdoor air, and in February the underside runs colder than shingles ever do.
On a vented attic assembly that is manageable and mostly irrelevant, since the panel sits above a deck and the deck is what matters. Where it stops being irrelevant is metal over purlins with nothing behind it, or metal on a cathedral bay, or a pole building with a heated shop underneath. Then the panel itself is the condensing surface, and the frost forms directly on the steel. It drips on whatever you parked underneath.
So we specify differently depending on what is underneath. Over a solid deck: high-temperature synthetic underlayment, ice barrier at the eaves and valleys, twenty-four gauge snap-lock or mechanically seamed panels on concealed clips. Over purlins or a heated outbuilding: a factory-applied condensation-control membrane laminated to the panel, or rigid foam above the framing so the steel never gets cold enough to collect anything. Which one you need depends on the building rather than the price sheet.
Exposed-fastener panels are cheaper and we install them, but we tell you the trade. Every screw is a hole with a gasket in it, the gasket ages, and the fastener line is exactly where a temperature difference concentrates. On a heated building we push people toward concealed clips for that reason rather than for looks. A hidden clip has no hole to age around.
The above-sheathing vented option is worth naming here. Battens and counter-battens over the deck give the panel its own drying space and keep the whole assembly a step further away from the sheathing, which on a house with a history of winter moisture is the version we would rather build. Battens also give a failed panel somewhere to drain. It costs more and it fails much later.
And the honest limit: metal will not fix a frost problem either. It changes the surface, it does not change the air leaking out of your ceiling. If someone quotes you steel as a moisture solution, ask them where the moisture is going instead, and see whether they have an answer. A good roofer will have one ready.
Our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — a gasketed and dammed attic access hatch, site-cut vent baffles carried from the top plate past the insulation line, bath and range fans ducted to insulated roof caps rather than into the soffit, airtight IC-rated can housings sealed to the drywall, two-part spray foam at top plates, plumbing stacks and wire chases, eave intake sized at or above the ridge exhaust it feeds — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Eau Claire and nearby communities including Altoona, Chippewa Falls, Lake Hallie, Menomonie.
What We Handle
Everything our metal roofing in Eau Claire covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of metal roofing work in Eau Claire, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Eau Claire services.
Materials, equipment and how we do metal roofing
The difference between metal roofing that lasts and metal roofing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with a gasketed and dammed attic access hatch, site-cut vent baffles carried from the top plate past the insulation line, bath and range fans ducted to insulated roof caps rather than into the soffit, airtight IC-rated can housings sealed to the drywall, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Eau Claire job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Chippewa Valley means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do metal roofing outside Eau Claire
Eau Claire Roof Pros covers Eau Claire and the surrounding communities of the Chippewa Valley. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Metal Roofing in Altoona, WI — Eau Claire County, population 8,293
- Metal Roofing in Chippewa Falls, WI — Chippewa County, population 14,731
- Metal Roofing in Lake Hallie, WI — Chippewa County, population 7,170
- Metal Roofing in Menomonie, WI — Dunn County, population 16,843
- Metal Roofing in Bloomer, WI — Chippewa County, population 3,683
- Metal Roofing in Stanley, WI — Chippewa County, population 3,804
Start on the Eau Claire Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (888) 832-3078 and describe the job.
Why Eau Claire Chooses Eau Claire Roof Pros
- ✓We inspect attics in cold weather on purpose, because frost is evidence that erases itself. A March stain read in June tells you almost nothing.
- ✓Any quote that follows a winter ceiling stain names the moisture source before it names a product, and if the source is inside your house we put that in writing.
- ✓We turn down replacements. A frost problem survives a new roof, so we would rather you spent the money on air sealing than on shingles that cannot help.
- ✓Exhaust venting is the last thing we add, not the first. Pulling more air out of an attic that leaks at the ceiling simply draws more house moisture up into the cold.
The standards behind metal roofing
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The metal roofing work we do in Eau Claire follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every metal roofing project in Eau Claire gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (888) 832-3078 for a free metal roofing free estimate in Eau Claire, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.