Standing seam
The farmhouse roof, made for snow.
Standing seam sheds snow, ignores ice dams better than shingles, and lasts forty years or more. It’s the long-life roof for houses that weren’t built for slate.
Casco / Standing seam
Why it works here.
Snow
It sheds
Smooth panels let snow slide. Snow guards over doors and walkways keep it from sliding onto anyone.
Ice
Fewer dams
Ice dams still form at cold eaves, but water can’t back up under seams the way it does under shingles.
Look
Old and new
At home on a Maine farmhouse, a barn or a modern addition.
Prices
Farmhouse? Seam suits it.
A Yeti Trades Co. portfolio site
The heritage roofing site, built in seven days.
Sixteen pages: three materials compared by lifespan, a repair-before-replace argument, ice dams explained for Maine, and Portland’s historic districts covered.