1912 foursquare in Linden Hills

The owners wanted a roof they wouldn’t have to replace again. On a foursquare with a simple hip roof, standing seam steel makes sense: few valleys, long straight runs, and the panels shed snow.

The panels are 24-gauge steel in Dark Bronze, roll-formed to length and fastened with concealed clips so the steel can expand and contract. Under it is high-temperature ice and water shield across the whole deck.

Steel took five days, more than twice as long as shingles, and cost about two and a half times as much. Two rows of snow guards over the porch keep snow from sliding onto the front steps.