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Standing Seam Metal Roofing in Kawartha Lakes & Peterborough

The Kawarthas are cottage country with a difference: a very large share of the building stock is now converted seasonal properties being lived in year-round. That conversion is where roofing problems appear. A cottage roof built for six months of use, then insulated and heated through a full winter, generates condensation and ice damming it was never designed to handle.

Coverage: Regular project territory east of Simcoe. Kawartha work is block-scheduled for efficient mobilisation.

This is the single most common thing we are called about in Lindsay, Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls. The fix is rarely just a new roof covering. It is a ventilated assembly. Our strapped Gold package creates an air gap under the metal that lets the roof deck run at ambient temperature, which is what stops the melt-refreeze cycle at the eaves.

We work Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, Buckhorn, Bridgenorth, Lakefield, Peterborough and the shorelines around Sturgeon, Pigeon, Buckhorn and Chemong Lakes.

What we specify differently in the Kawarthas

A metal roof is not one product. These are the conditions that change the assembly here.

Season-extended cottages and condensation

A seasonal roof assembly heated year-round will sweat. Before quoting a covering we look at what is actually happening in the roof cavity, because putting metal over an unventilated condensation problem hides it rather than solving it.

Ice damming on low-slope additions

Kawartha cottages accumulate additions, sunrooms, enclosed porches, bunkie tie-ins, usually at a shallower pitch than the main roof. Those junctions are where the damming starts. We double-lock anything under 3:12 and detail the transition rather than lapping into it.

Long unattended winters

Many Kawartha properties still sit empty November to April. Removing fasteners from the weather plane removes the leak path that does the most damage precisely when nobody is there to catch it.

Communities we cover

Standing seam installation, metal roof repairs, custom fabrication and roof inspections throughout Kawartha Lakes and surrounding areas.

How we build it in the Kawarthas

Three levels of assembly, quoted the same way everywhere we work, from a measured survey, never a rate card. What moves a quote is your roof, not your postcode.

Silver

Direct installation

Panels formed on site and installed over sound existing roof boards. The straightforward option when the structure underneath is already in good shape.

  • 1" mechanical lock standing seam, roll-formed on site
  • 26 gauge steel, standard colour range
  • Synthetic underlayment
  • Standard ridge, eave and gable flashings
  • Full site cleanup and magnet sweep

Best for: Sound decks, simple rooflines, budget-led projects

Quote the Silver system
Homeowner favourite

Gold

Strapped & ventilated

Adds a strapped substrate that creates a ventilated cavity under the panel, the assembly that actually addresses ice damming rather than hiding it.

  • Everything in Silver
  • Strapping system for a ventilated air cavity
  • High-temperature ice & water shield, past code minimum
  • Choice of 24 or 26 gauge steel
  • Snow retention assessment mapped to your roof

Best for: Most Ontario homes. The one we would put on our own houses

Quote the Gold system

Platinum

Architectural grade

Full architectural detailing in 24 gauge with a PVDF finish. For heritage homes, custom builds, and anything where the roof is a design element.

  • Everything in Gold
  • 24 gauge steel with PVDF (Kynar 500) finish
  • Custom chimney caps, coping and box eavestrough
  • Double-lock 180° seams throughout
  • Concealed-fastener detailing at every transition

Best for: Chalets, heritage homes, complex or highly visible rooflines

Quote the Platinum system

Every project is quoted from a site visit or drone survey, roof complexity, tear-off versus overlay, gauge, finish and access all move the number, and none of them can be assessed from a postcode.

Kawartha Lakes metal roofing questions

Can you fix ice damming on a Kawartha cottage?

Usually, but the fix is ventilation and insulation as much as covering. We will look at the whole assembly, soffit intake, cavity, ridge exhaust, and tell you if metal alone will solve it. Sometimes it will not, and you should hear that before you spend the money.

Do you work on water-access properties in the Kawarthas?

Yes. Flag it at quote stage so barge logistics and material staging are priced in rather than discovered on the first morning.

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Other areas we serve

Get a measured quote in the Kawarthas.

Tell us the address and roughly what you have. We will book a site visit or a drone survey and come back with a real number, not a range designed to get us in the door.

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