ARCHITECTURAL METAL WORK FENCE

Superior Gate Hardware

Exceptional artistic, reproductive or hand-forged gate hardware in bronze, brass, stainless steel and other specific metals with oil rub, patinas or other artisan finishes are chosen based on the design requirement of each individual project.

Metal Fencing includes:

Mesh fencing

Pergolas

Pergolas add ambiance to your home, destination for your outdoor living space, and provide a calm and intimate area to enjoy your surroundings. Their architectural elements enhance and define space, creating a living area to include the charm of outdoors and extend your home for gracious entertaining or casual living.

Our custom pergolas can be free-standing, attached to a home or outbuildings, connect buildings or transform an ordinary walkway into an elegant passage to create an air of graciousness in any setting. Our skilled designers will work with you to create a pergola that captures your vision and adds long-lasting beauty to your home. Our manual Ultra Shade Systems can be added for screening the sun and diverting rain on inclement days.

Custom pergola designs are our hallmark! We welcome the opportunity to work with you to create one-of-a-kind designs that will enhance your outdoor living space and provide beauty and enjoyment for years to come.

Arbors

SOLAR METAL PANELS

Metal is the most solar-friendly roof available and the PV contractor should know about it. Metal roofing is attractive, durable, non-flammable and requires almost no maintenance. The “buy-it-cheap and fix-it-later” mentality has steadily diminished over the last few decades and more building owners are choosing metal than ever before.

Metal roofing is really the logical choice for solar integration. Metal roofs offer a decades-long service life, so there is little risk the solar panels will out-live the service life of the metal roofing. Additionally, both thin-film and crystalline solar modules can be attached directly to metal roofing without penetrating the roof. Roof penetrations can be a source for future leaks, so avoiding them is a sound building practice.

Thin-film solar panels can be applied directly to select Metal standing seam products, such as Medallion-Lok, Maxima and 238T. Because the solar panels are attached directly to the roofing material, this technology is referred to as Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV). Some of the advantages of thin-film Solar panels include lightweight, ease of installation and aesthetics. Thin-film solar panels can be jobsite or warehouse applied by solar integrators or roofing contractors that perform solar work.

Generation X is leading the charge to more durable construction materials and methods that reduce maintenance and have longer service lives. These facts are borne out by statistics clearly indicating that metal has a much larger share of replacement roofing than it does in new roofing within the residential market. Solar contractors should know something about roofing alternatives and service lives in order to bring added value to their customers. The roof and the solar PV array should be evaluated as a single system. Advising the mounting of a solar array with a 30-year plus life on a TPO or asphalt shingle roof with a 15-year life is a bit like mounting a Ferrari engine on a Mini-Cooper chassis.