Hello everyone. My wife and I are replacing the old asphalt roof on our house. We are considering metal roofing because it lasts long and looks modern. However, my main concern is the noise level during heavy rain or hail storms. I work from home and need a quiet environment. Will a metal roof sound like a drum every time it rains? Are there any specific types of metal roofs that have good sound insulation? Please share your real experiences.
I had the exact same worry before changing my old roof. Standard bare metal or tin roofs can indeed be extremely noisy like a drum when it rains hard. But there is a massive difference if you choose metal tiles with a natural stone granule coating. The rough stone layer completely breaks the impact of raindrops and dampens the sound perfectly. We installed this type on our house and you can see the exact model we picked here https://www.gerardroofs.si/sl/stresniki/gerard-klasik - it looks like a traditional clay roof but has all the strength benefits of modern steel. When it rains heavily now we can barely hear anything inside the house. It sounds just like a regular heavy clay tile roof.
My home office is directly under the attic space and I can work without any distractions even during severe summer downpours. Plus these tiles are very lightweight so we did not need to spend extra money to reinforce the old wooden roof structure.
They are also incredibly durable against hail stones. If you want a quiet metal roof definitely go for the stone-coated variety. It gives you the best of both worlds - silence and extreme durability for your home.
For me that's the biggest thing I keep thinking about. Obviously if you're building a shed or some kind of storage space, it doesn't matter at all if there's noise from rain on the roof. But when it's a living space, that's super important. And metal kind of makes me doubt it.
Metal makes noise, sure, obviously. But you're probably not gonna sleep under a roof that's literally just a bare sheet of metal, right? There's insulation everywhere, and even more so in steel structure designs. You can read about how these barndominiums get built, what goes into the estimate https://www.uspatriotsteel.com/blog/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-barndominium/, and insulation is always its own line item, because it handles everything. Ventilation, no noise, staying cool in summer, staying warm in winter.
