In Quebec, we don’t just ask a roof to look “nice”. We ask it to survive a six-month boxing match. Between the weight of a heavy wet snowfall, ice that works its way in and a thermometer that swings like a yo-yo, asphalt shingles often throw in the towel too soon.
Let gravity work for you
Asphalt shingles are like sandpaper: they hold the snow. You quickly end up with tonnes of pressure on the structure of the house. Metal, on the other hand, is a real slide. Snow has nothing to grip and eventually slides off on its own before it becomes a problem. You save your back, your money (no more professional snow removal) and above all, your peace of mind.
The temperature yo-yo
The worst enemy in Quebec is not -30 degrees Celsius, it is temperature variation. When snow melts during the day and freezes at night, water seeps into the pores of the shingles, expands and makes the granules burst. Metal is completely impermeable. It does not absorb water, it does not crack and it does not crumble. It is watertight armour, no matter how many times the temperature changes its mind in a single day.
The seamless advantage
Every joint on your roof is an open door for water. With shingles, you have thousands of weak points. When ice builds up at the edge of the eave (the infamous ice dams), meltwater backs up and eventually finds its way under the shingles.
The Vaillancourt approach
At Vaillancourt, we install one-piece profiled panels from top to bottom. No joints, no possible water entry. Even if a wall of ice forms, water physically has nowhere to get in.