Florida
QUEENTILE stone-coated steel roof tiles are stocked at 4 counters in Wildwood, Florida. Inland heat, afternoon storm cells, and hail are what age a roof here — the basalt stone surface absorbs impact and will not fade the way a pigmented finish does.
Where to buy
Call ahead for pricing and current stock on the profile and color you want. If you would rather we route the order, request a free sample and estimate and we will put you with the right branch.
Why stone-coated steel
QUEENTILE panels are wind-rated to 155 mph (250 km/h), and the Verona and Shake profiles carry TAS 125 test reports — the Florida protocol for roof-system performance. The panels interlock and fasten mechanically to lath battens rather than sitting as individually bedded field tiles, so an uplift event has a continuous fastened plane to work against instead of a course of separate pieces.
The steel core is coated on both faces with aluminum-zinc — up to six times more rust-resistant than conventional galvanized steel — and then buried under natural basalt granules in a patented acrylic binder and a sealed acrylic glaze. On a barrier island, a bayfront street, or anywhere the afternoon breeze carries salt inland, that stack is what stands between the roof and a decade of corrosion.
A QUEENTILE roof weighs under 1.4 lb per square foot. Concrete and clay barrel tile weigh several times that, which is why a Mediterranean reroof so often turns into a structural conversation first. Verona gives you the deep half-round course and the shadow line at a fraction of the dead load, on the framing that is already there.
Profiles
Hold the actual panel before you commit to a color. Tell us the profile you are considering and we will send a sample and a written estimate within two business days.
