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Metal Roof Maintenance.

A metal roof can outlast everything else on your house, but its fasteners and sealants won’t get there on their own.

Completed gray metal roof on a New Mexico home exterior by Paramount Roofing

Overview

The panels are almost never what fails. New Mexico’s daily heat-and-cool cycle expands and contracts every panel on the roof, and over years that movement backs screws out, strips the holes they sit in, and dries the flashings until they crack. None of it is visible from the ground, and none of it announces itself before the first leak.

A maintenance visit is the counter-move. Every fastener on the roof gets serviced, the roof openings and wall seams get re-sealed, worn rubber washers get swapped out, and every sealed spot is painted back to match. It is the work that decides whether a metal roof reaches the life it was sold with, and it carries a 3-year Paramount workmanship warranty.

What’s included

What every maintenance visit includes.


01

Clean & prep

The roof is cleaned and prepped so sealant bonds to a sound surface.


02

Re-seal roof openings & pipe boots

All roof openings, the rubber boots around pipes, and the seams where the roof meets a wall are re-sealed.


03

Encase failed flashing

Any worn flashing (the metal that seals roof edges and joints) is fully sealed over to make it watertight again.


04

Fastener service: back-out screws

Backed-out screws are secured across the entire roof.


05

Fastener service: replace missing screws

Missing fasteners are replaced to close every open point.


06

Replace worn screw washers

Worn-out rubber washers under the screws (called neoprene washers) are swapped out across the entire roof for a watertight fit. Where the original screw holes have widened, we use oversized ‘goof screws’ that grip again.


07

Paint to match

All the sealed spots are painted to match for a clean finish.

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Upgrade options

Fibered silicone mastic

Step up from standard sealant to fibered silicone mastic (a tougher, longer-lasting sealant). It stays flexible and shrugs off sun damage far longer.

Warranty

  • 3-year Paramount workmanship warranty on maintenance work.

FAQ

Common questions.

What does a metal roof maintenance visit actually cover?
We clean and prep the roof, re-seal all roof openings, the rubber boots around pipes, and the seams where the roof meets a wall, and seal over any worn flashing (the metal that seals roof edges and joints). The headline item is fastener service: we secure backed-out screws, replace missing ones, and swap out worn rubber screw washers, including oversized goof screws where original holes have enlarged. Every sealed spot is painted to match at the end.
What is a goof screw and why does it matter?
A goof screw is a larger replacement screw we use when the original hole has widened and no longer holds. New Mexico’s daily heat-and-cool cycle slowly works screws loose and strips the holes. A goof screw bites into fresh metal and seals the spot watertight again.
What is the fibered silicone mastic upgrade?
It swaps the standard sealant around roof openings for fibered silicone mastic, a tougher sealant that stays flexible and shrugs off the sun far longer than regular caulk, so it won’t dry out and crack after a season or two of New Mexico heat.

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