About Southern Tier Metal Roofing

Southern Tier Metal Roofing is a free, independent guide to metal roofing across New York’s Southern Tier, from Ithaca and Binghamton to Corning and Elmira, built for a state that has no statewide roofing license and a region where snow and cold decide the roof.

What this site is

Southern Tier Metal Roofing does two things. It publishes plain, sourced answers about metal roofing in Tompkins, Broome, Steuben, and Chemung counties: what a roof costs, how standing seam differs from exposed fastener, which city office issues the permit, and how snow and freeze-thaw drive the design. And it runs a free matching service that connects a homeowner who wants bids with an independent local roofing contractor experienced with metal.

What it is not: a roofing contractor. Nobody here climbs a ladder, quotes a job, or performs work. The independent local professional you are matched with does all of that, at their own price, under their own name and insurance.

Why the guide comes before the pitch

New York is unusual: the state's own Division of Consumer Protection confirms that "New York State does not license home improvement contractors" (NYS Department of State consumer alert). There is no state license card for a Southern Tier homeowner to look up, so the verification work falls to you: insurance disclosures the law already requires in the contract, the free workers' compensation lookup, manufacturer certification on the specific panel system, and the local permit office.

That is why the center of this site is the Southern Tier metal roofing guide, not a services brochure. It walks the cost figures with named sources, the standing seam decision, the cold-country detailing, and the full five-check verify play, and it names the code office in each of the six cities we cover.

How the matching works

1. You tell us your city or county and a little about the roof, through the contact page.
2. We pass the request to an independent local roofing contractor experienced with metal who serves your area.
3. The contractor reaches out, looks at the roof, and quotes the work directly. You compare, run the checks from the guide, and decide. No obligation at any step.

What we publish, and how it is sourced

Every specific factual claim on this site carries a link to the page that states it: a New York statute, a state agency page, a city building office, a manufacturer's published figures. Where a claim cannot be sourced, the writing stays qualitative or says so. Cost figures are labeled by publisher and region, because no Southern Tier contractor publishes a local cost page and pretending otherwise would be fiction. Start with the services pages or the city pages, each of which names its local code office.

Who runs it and how it is paid for

Southern Tier Metal Roofing is operated by Compass Camper LLC, doing business as Compass Lead Group. The site is free for homeowners. It is paid a referral fee by the contractor a homeowner is matched with, and that fee does not change the price you are quoted. The full explanation is on how we make money.

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