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Article: Metal roofs and buildings prove their worth by standing up to Katrina.(Usage of Metal roofing)
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- The Mississippi Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 20, 2006
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Why should a home or business owner on the Mississippi Gulf Coast choose a metal roof when shingles are far cheaper?
Just ask one of the customers of Skyline Roofing and Sheet Metal in Ocean Springs.
"We have a customer now who wants a metal roof," said Roger Meiers, owner of Skyline Roofing and Sheet Metal. "His shingles and plywood blew off (during Hurricane Katrina), and he sustained $80,000 worth of damage. His neighbor had a metal roof, and he had no damages."
Meiers said there has been a tremendous interest in metal products, metal roofing and components since Katrina because people have looked around and seen that metal buildings and ...