Metal Roof Options — Simplified
Choose Your Metal Roof Plan
Every Perkins-installed roof meets Florida Building Code. What changes tier to tier is the materials, warranty length, and the service protections included. Below is an honest, side-by-side look — pros and cons — for every option we offer, including the one we don’t recommend.
Materials, tradeoffs, warranties & price
Compare the panel system, substrate, finish, underlayment, warranty coverage, included service protections and exact price change from the Protector base.
| Plan | Metal & underlayment | Pros | Cons | Price |
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| 01 Penny Not recommended This is what most other contractors sell as their standard metal roof | Snap-lock panel system (vs. Protector’s hand-crimped standing seam) |
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Base −$90 to −$125/SQSavings vary by cuts |
| 02 Protector Our full-service starting point | Mil-finish standing seam w/ Polyglass PX-HT (40-mil) — hand-crimped panels, hidden fasteners, US Steel |
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Base Price |
| 03 Preferred Most popular Most popular upgrade | Panels upgraded to Kynar Fluropon coating (Sherwin Williams, any color, same price) |
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Base +$125/SQ |
| 04 Premium Kynar finish + Class A fire rating | Kynar-coated panels + upgraded XFR underlayment (80-mil, Class A UL fire rating) |
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Base +$161.50/SQ |
| 05 Coastal For homes near salt/brackish water | Panels upgraded to .032 non-corrosive Aluminum, Kynar-coated + XFR underlayment |
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Base +$257.50/SQ |