In low country hurricane region, how to make sure homes are not only beautiful, but able to withstand extreme tropical storms, is the ultimate goal. A coastal home with custom metal roof fabricated by Jet Metals using Drexel Metals’ coil did just that. In so doing it received Metal Roofing Alliance’s Best Residential Metal Roofing Project competition winner for the third quarter of 2024.
The home, located just 20 minutes from downtown Charleston in an area called Daniel Island, demonstrates how gorgeous architectural style also can achieve extreme resiliency by using quality materials made to last. Covering just over six square miles, Daniel Island, S.C., remained underdeveloped until the 1990s. Since then, developers have built a planned community that blends the convenience of modern living with the historic architecture of the Low Country. Located approximately 20 minutes from downtown Charleston and scenic beaches, the community is decidedly idyllic.
Daniel Island’s aesthetic constraints coupled with the challenges inherent in coastal architecture make designing a contemporary and long-lasting residence no easy task. The residence’s combination of white brick and dark wood paneling visually alludes to the area’s architecture without compromising the home’s distinctive look.
A Coastal Roof
While several elements come together perfectly in this stunning home, the custom metal roof fabricated by Jet Metals using Drexel Metals’ coil is of particular note. The project team tied the project together with a DMC 175S metal roofing profile, which utilizes snap lock installation and free-floating clips.
The project team chose this metal roofing system for its ability to contribute to the intended design vision and to enhance the home’s resilience, which is key in coastal locations. This metal roof has a stormy gray metallic finish called Weathered Zinc; a crowning touch for the home’s unique architecture. The color produces a minimalistic throughline to the home’s overall design. The roof’s color along with the profile provides a high degree of design versatility and longevity. These benefits were integral to the project since the home features an upper pitched roof and sections of lower flat roof.
As one of the home’s designers, Jenny Butler of director of marketing and design at Shelter Custom-Built Living, says, “A metal roof was selected to limit the architectural color palette to three materials: brick, wood siding, and the gray metal color of the windows, doors and roof.”
The Jet Metals team was able to roll-form coils into panels with DMC100NS’ distinctive 1-inch seam height. This profile could handle the demands of both the high-pitched upper roof and the sections of low-pitched lower roof.
Butler explains, “We wanted the look of a flat roof but with the durability of a traditional standing seam roof. Due to how visible the first floor ‘flat’ roofs were from the second-floor windows, we also wanted something that looked good.”
Weather Resilience
The roof’s Weathered Zinc polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) finish does more than provide a minimalist color palette to the Daniel Island residence. This finish is fade-resistant and comes with a cool roof rating, which increases the home’s energy efficiency without sacrificing a comfortable interior temperature. This is essential given the location’s semi-tropical climate, which boasts 209 sunny days per year.
However, since it is located approximately 12 miles from the Atlantic coast, this home needed to be able to provide significant weather resilience. On the one hand, its PVDF finish protects the roof system from moisture and corrosion. On the other, the roof’s interlocking metal panels and heavy-duty fastening system resist the damaging effects of high winds and storm-caused leaks—two key factors given that Daniel Island is located in an area prone to hurricanes and other tropical storms
The Drexel Metals roofing system readily met all requirements for this design. It gave the home maximum curb appeal while offering a minimalistic yet distinctive design throughline by providing a single profile shape and a unified color palette across the entire residence, including matching the windows, doors, gutters, parapet caps and trim wrapping. With its PVDF finish, interlocking design and heavy-duty fastening system, the energy-efficient metal roof also will protect the home from moisture, corrosion and the damaging effects of high winds and storm-caused leaks for many years to come.
“Thanks to the thoughtful selection of quality materials and adhering to installation best practices, this project is a great example of how to best combine beauty and performance to ensure great performance for the long run,” said MRA Executive Director Renee Ramey.
TEAM
Fabricator: Jet Metals, Rock Hill, South Carolina, www.jetmetals.com
Metal:
Designer: Shelter Custom-Built Living, www.sheltercustombuiltliving.com, Daniel Island, South Carolina
MATERIALS
Metal: 100NS, panel width: 18 inches, material: 24 gauge steel, Drexel Metals, Louisville, Kentucky, www.drexmet.com
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