It’s a little known fact that Michigan is one of the most progressive areas when it comes to roofing.  Part of the reason may be the temperature and weather extremes in Michigan.  When it comes to Michigan roofing, if it works in Michigan it works.  That may be one reason why Michigan was the site for the first rubber roof installation way back in 1980.  That roof is still going strong nearly 30 years later, and rubber roofs are coming into wider use all over the United States.

The MRCA or Michigan Roofing Contractors Association, is one of the top information sources for Michigan roofing.  This groups includes numerous chapters which are the ARCWM,  Associated Roofing Contractors of Western Michigan; the Flint PRO, Professional Roofing Organization; JLWRCA, Jackson, Livingston, Washtenaw Roofing Contractors Association; LRCA, Lansing Roofing Contractors Association; RIPF, Roofing Industry Promotion Fund; SVRCA, Saginaw Valley Roofing Contractor Association; and the SMRCA, Southeastern Michigan Roofing Contractors Association.  The MRCA maintains lists of roofing contractors and consultants, has information on roofing, and holds yearly meetings to keep its members up to speed on the latest in roofing advancements.

Michigan is one of the most aggressive areas when it comes to the use of metal roofing materials.  This includes not only the older tin barn roof style, but the newer styles that mimic the look of other roofing materials.  Michigan’s cold, snow filled winters and hot summers test not only the shrinking and expanding ability of metal roofs, but their ability to shed water and snow.  But never walk barefoot on a metal roof.

Hansons is a Michigan roofing company that prides itself on treating customers as family.  Hansons both honors manufacturer warranties and adds its own warranties to the products they sell.  Hanson’s extra warranties include a 10 year guarantee all the way up to a 30 year fully transferable guarantee.

Michigan State University is a leading research center for green roofing.  Green roofing means growing plants on a roof to replace the lost plants when the structure was built.  Soil, plants and even trees are elements of green roofing.  Research continues to determine the benefit of green roofing to the environment, the benefit of green roofing to a roof and a structure, and ways a green roof might harm a roof.

From rubber and metal roofs to trees on roof tops, Michigan roofing is a wild subject to consider.