iMetal.net announced today that it has now added substructural steel and aluminum framing to its’ lineup of Metal Building Products, sold nationwide.

IMetal has online pricing for our customers to estimate costs and place orders for Cees, Zees, Subgirts, Struts, Hat Channels, U channels and Angles with either galvanized finish, red oxide primer, or mill finish aluminum finishes.

These items are available in lengths up to 45 feet and gauges as thick as 12 gauge for pickup at one of our eight regional fabrication facilities or shipped to the jobsite.

“For years we have been selling these products and have finally figured out a simpler way for our customers to quickly and easily get pricing and place orders for these products”, said David Laquer of iMetal.net.  “Our easy to use online estimating tool is available for our customers to use 24/7”, he added.

iMetal.net now boasts the most extensive online offering of metal building components, including Fasteners, Metal Panels and Trim, Heat Reflective Restoration Coatings, Solar Attic Fans, Tubular Skylights, and Metal Building accessories.

For more information, please contact iMetal.net at 267-983-1017, sales@iMetal.net, or visit our website:  http://www.imetal.net

Problem: Many residential and commercial building owners are faced with unattractive or deteriorating metal roofing, tile, asphalt shingle, or rubber roofing, metal siding, fiber cement or asbestos siding and are hoping for a product that lets them restore that surface instead of replacing it.

Huge energy costs for air conditioning are just around the corner – a large part of this cost can be traced to heat building up in attic or plenum spaces beneath the roof and above the living/working area of the building.

Solution: Nutech NXT Cool Zone Paints and Coatings for metal roofing, metal siding, tile, asphalt, and fiber cement roofing and siding.

Nutech NXT Cool Zone Paint, matched with the proper Nutech Primer, can reflect up to 90% of the sun’s infrared radiation, drastically reducing (50 degrees or more) the temperature of attic or plenum spaces.  This can significantly reduce the energy costs for air conditioning.

NXT Cool Zone, available in 37 standard plus custom colors, includes an advanced Heat Reflective technology, coupled with a nanotechnology based self-cleaning surface that sheds dirt and inhibits the buildup of unsightly bacteria, mould, and lichens.

This easy to apply, 3 coat process (primer plus two topcoats) can be used to paint metal roofing and siding, stabilize, restore, and paint asphalt shingle or flat roofing, and recoat/restore tile roofing and has been successful proven over the last forty years in Australia, Asia, and the UK, with over 750,000 successful installations.  Now available in the USA – distributed by iMetal.net, these products are available to roofing and painting contractors, as well as building maintenance companies, contractors, and do-it-yourself commercial businesses and homeowners.

Older metal roof and siding can be immediately rejuvenated and updated to a new color in as little as one day with the Nutech metal roof paint and primer system.  Corporate trade dress colors (including metallic colors on special order) can also be provided.

For more information – please visit our product information website at www.nutechpaintshop.net or our ecommerce site at www.imetal.net.

Smart, Eco-Friendly Home Solution
Natural Light Energy Systems’ Solar Attic Fans are a simple and environmentally sensible solution that can protect your home and even save you money. Powered completely by free solar energy, this sleek and efficient attic vent is compact, quiet and powerful! Simply, the function of a solar attic fan is to improve attic air circulation resulting in a healthy, energy efficient home. Solar attic fans pull hot air and moisture out of your attic extending the life of your roof. In summer months, it keeps your attic cooler helping reduce the load on your HVAC system. In winter months, it prevents moisture build-up and ice damming. Natural Light Solar Attic Fans are one of the best in their class with the highest standards for quality and functionality. We offer a 25 year product warranty - best in the industry. Read more about the benefits of attic venting.

Solar Attic Fan Models for Residential or Commercial Use
Natural Light Energy Systems  manufactures solar attic fans for all roof types and roof pitches for residential homes, industrial buildings or commercial offices. The roof-mounted solar attic fan, our most popular residential model, installs directly on most roof types including shingle, shake and tile roofs. The gable-mounted model attaches to your homes' existing gable opening and is powered by a remote solar panel installed on the roof. The garage vent kit adds an exhaust system to the solar attic fan that efficiently pulls hot air out of your garage.  The curb mounted solar attic fan, generally used for commercial applications, attaches to a pre-built curb and can vent up to 3,100 square feet per unit. Read more about each solar attic fan model.

Qualifies for Federal Solar Tax Credits
Natural Light Energy Systems Solar Attic Fans are so energy efficient that they qualify for Federal Solar Tax Credits as defined in the Emergency Stabilization Act as a residential photovoltaic system. Read more about Tax Credits.

Key Features of Natural Light Solar Attic Fans:

• Solar powered - operates for free during the day
• Adjustable solar panel bracket to achieve optimal solar exposure
• Low-profile unit blends seamlessly into roof line
• Water tight, will not leak and is maintenance free
• Fits any roof pitch and adapts to most roofing systems
• Stainless steel screen keeps out debris, bugs, bird and rodents
• Quick and easy installation - very few steps to complete
• No structural changes, wiring or painting required

Manufactured Using Only Quality Components:

• High impact adjustable solar panel - 10, 20, 30 or 50 watt available
• Seamless, commercial pure grade aluminum powder-coated housing
• Direct current, long-lasting, quiet motor with 25 year warranty
• 5-wind precision balanced fan blade - non-corrosive aluminum
• Stainless steel protective animal screen
• Seamless, commercial pure grade aluminum powder-coated flashing
  Read more about solar attic fan parts.

Warranty and Certifications:

• 25 Year Product Warranty - Best in the Industry!
• Qualifies for Federal Solar Tax Credits
• Custom Storm Model Available for Hurricane Zones
• The Original Adjustable Solar Panel
• Made in the USA

For more information, visit us at www.imetal.net or call us at 267-983-1017.

For about the cost of a nice light fixture, we can bring the soft natural light of the sun into virtually any space in your home or office. Installed on any roof surface in under two hours, you will quickly realize the cost benefits of a tubular skylight over incandescent and even traditional skylights. In addition to the free daytime operating cost, our tubular skylights do not contribute to heat loss or gain, unlike standard framed-in skylights. And did you know that electric lights can add 40% of the average heat gain in a home? As a bonus, tubular skylights often qualify for local tax credits as an energy conservation device. 

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Natural Light Energy systems Tubular Solar Skylights…the best choice for your indoor day lighting needs!

• Closed Tube system, no heat loss or gain
• Fits between rafters and joists, no costly framing, drywall, or painting
• Seamless, round roof jack for waterproof installation
• Modified high impact acrylic dome and diffuser for best clarity and durability
• Low arc diffuser for best illumination without spotlighting
• Dome ring prevents trapping condensation
• Installs on any roof in under 2 hours
• Residential / Commercial Models  with 10”, 13”, 18”, and 21” diameter tubes
• Commercial Models (21”) with Roof Curb or Warehouse Mounting

For more information about tubular solar skylights by Natural Light Energy systems, visit us at www.imetal.net or call 267.983-1017.

Are you looking for an additional Product and Service to offer your Residential and Commercial Building Owner customers?  

Metal Panel Source would like to introduce you to the fast-growing Roofing and Siding Restoration Market as a way to expand your business offering for customers and a way to hire new or re-hire former employees.  Metal Panel Source sees this opportunity to help the economy and planet in three different aspects. First by helping homeowners and commercial building owners save money by choosing a cost effective restoration plan instead of replacing the roof or siding on a building. Secondly, restoring roof rather than replacing it means less waste in the landfill which helps our environment. Third, by choosing to add roofing and siding restoration as a new service that your company can provide for its customers, a door is opened for potential employment for out of work contractors and more income for businesses that offer this new and exciting feature.

Metal Panel Source is the Northeast Regional Distributor for Nutech Paints, the World Leader in Roof Restoration products for Metal Roofing and Siding, Asphalt Shingle and Sheet Roofing, Tile Roofing, and Fiber Cement Siding, with over 750,000 completed restorations worldwide over the past 40 years.  

Nutech Paints is expanding its network of Painting Contractors, Roof Washing companies, General Contractors, and Building Restoration Specialists in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, DC, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Maine. 

Much more than just another metal roof and siding paint, asphalt shingle paint, or fiber cement, concrete, and tile paint, Nutech provides a selection of primer products designed specifically for the surface to be coated, plus a family of leading edge top coatings, all available in 37 standard colors, plus custom colors. 

Nutech NXT Cool Zone, the flagship of the Nutech Paints product line, makes use of Nutech’s advanced nanotechnology-based unique formulations which reflect 30-90% of the infrared heat striking the building and reduce the energy required for cooling the building by a similar amount. Nutech NXT Cool Zone also provides a self-cleaning surface which inhibits the growth of unsightly mold and bacteria.

If you have customers that are looking to paint or restore their Metal Roof or Metal Siding, Asphalt Shingle or Sheet Roof, Tile Roof, or significantly reduce the energy needs of the building,  please contact Metal Panel  Source (telephone – 215-343-1014), www.MetalPanelSource.com, or email to: sales@metalpanelsource.com.  An online video describing the business opportunity is also available at http://www.nutechpaints.com/become_nutech_pro.html  Metal Panel Source can provide information about the application training, sales, and marketing support provided to members of the Nutech Roofing Restoration Professional program (NRRP) and how to join with Nutech in offering these exciting products to metal building owners for painting their metal roofing and metal siding, other commercial building owners with asphalt roofs, or homeowners asphalt shingle roofs, tile roofs, or fiber cement siding.

For more information about the complete line of Nutech Paint solutions please contact Metal Panel Source at 215-343-1014 or visit us at www.metalpanelsource.com

iMetal.net today unveiled NutechPaintShop.net, its latest product information and reference site for Nutech Paint.  Featured in this site are Nutech Paint’s various product choices offered for painting metal roof and siding surfaces.

Nutech NXT Cool Zone is an advanced coating for painting and restoring metal roof, asphalt shingle, tile, and “flat roof” surfaces, as well as metal, fiber cement, and asbestos siding.  It provides both an infrared  heat reflecting capability and a nanotechnology-based self cleaning function.

When used to paint a metal roof, for example, NXT Cool Zone Metal Roof Paint in White (one of 37 standard colors available), has been tested to reflect 98.4% of solar infrared heat gain, providing a dramatic reduction in air conditioning expenses for the building.

Nutech also offers Nutech Tileflex, a less expensive choice, with the nanotechnology-based self cleaning capability, but without the heat reflecting component.  Nutech Tileflex can be used to paint metal roofing, as well as asphalt shingles and other surfaces.

Metal Building Owners can use Nutech NXT Cool Zone to paint both metal roofing and metal siding, restoring them to their original appearance or to enhance their appearance with any new, bold color they may choose (custom colors are available).

To properly paint a metal roof, iMetal.net and Nutech Paint recommend first treating any surface rust spots with any of the readily available rust remover products and coating the metal roof with one coat of Nutech’s  Anti-Corrosion Metal Roof Primer.  Then, two coats of either Nutech NXT Cool Zone or Nutech Tileflex are applied with brush, roller, or sprayer (sprayer recommended for best results).

NutechPaintShop.net is focused on informing potential metal roof paint and restoration customers about the unique capabilities and recommended applications for Nutech’s advanced coating technologies.  Nutech Paint, based in Australia, has restored nearly 800,000 roofs worldwide over the past 40 years.

For more information about the complete line of Nutech Paint solutions offered in the US at this time, please contact iMetal.net at 267-983-1017 or visit us at  www.imetal.net or NutechPaintShop.net

Nutech Paint selected for Large Condominium Metal Roof Paint / Recoating Project

Nutech Paint and iMetal.net are pleased to announce the start of a major metal roof paint / restoration project in Upland, CA.

Work began this week on cleaning and priming the metal roofing of the first units with Nutech’s Anti-Corrosion Metal Primer, to be followed immediately by painting the metal roof tiles with the Nutech NXT Cool Zone system.  Nutech’s Certified Applicator will be recoating the metal roofing on all 250 condominium units.  The project is scheduled for completion in April, 2012.

NXT Cool Zone is the most technologically advanced roof coating system, providing a heat reflecting surface which reflects 30% to 80% of the heat gain from sunlight – drastically reducing air conditioning costs.  In addition, the Nutech NXT Cool Zone Metal Roof Painting system includes a nanotechnology-based self cleaning coating, which sheds dirt and a biocide which provides algae and mildew resistance.

Nutech Paint, the world’s leading manufacturing of heat reflective roof coating and restoration systems for metal, tile, asphalt shingle, and commercial roofs, has restored over 750,000 roofs worldwide.  

iMetal.net has recently expanded our offering of Self Drilling Hex Head Screws for Metal Roofing and Siding Panels.  Self drilling screws, also known as TEK or TEKS screws, are manufactured with various drilling capacities, ranging from a single sheet of barn siding up to ½” thick steel.

Our extensive website (www.iMetal.net) offers the widest selection in the industry of screw materials, head styles, shaft sizes and lengths for attaching metal panels and decking to wood or steel  framing. 

For projects using aluminum panels or pressure treated wood, we can provide stainless self drilling fasteners as well.

Many of our hex head self drill screws are available with painted heads in quantities as small as 250.  We have color-matched over 1,800 metal roofing and siding panels from all the leading manufacturers and can usually paint and ship the screws in a few days without waiting for a color chip to match.

For hex head self drill fastener needs where you need less than a full carton – our new iMetal Express rapid-ship program offers many of our best-selling screws for immediate shipment in quantities as small as one!

Whether you need a single hex washer head self drilling unpainted screw or 25,000 Hunter Green 9-15 x 2 ½” Hex head screws with neoprene sealing washers – give us a call (267-983-1017) or visit our website – www.imetal.net. Please check out our online Fastener Selection Guide to help you choose the proper part.

We sell Classic Rib Metal Roof and Siding panels nationwide.  They are fabricated and shipped from 19 locations around the country and can be delivered nearly everywhere in the country by a boom truck to unload them directly to the ground at your job site.  (Some site restrictions apply – our truck must be able to get to the site).

Our customers have installed Classic Rib panels on homes, commercial buildings, schools, and industrial buildings, but the largest installed base of these panels are for pole barns, sheds, and other agricultural outbuildings.

Classic Rib panels are the “Exposed Fastener” type of metal roofing and siding panel.  This means that the fasteners used to fasten the panels to the supporting structure and the fasteners which connect the overlapping seams are visible after the installation.  We can provide a variety of types of hex head self drill fasteners or other fasteners that are painted to match the metal roof or siding panels.

Each panel covers 36” and overlaps the adjacent panel by a full rib.  We can provide them cut to any length between 5’ and 45+’, eliminating any waste.  Download our Free Panel Cutlist Calculator to figure what quantities you will need and send it along.

A major advantage of the Metal Sales Classic Rib Roof and Siding panel family from iMetal.net is that you can select from seven combinations of finish and galvanizing/galvalume substrate coating.  Several paint systems are available, including the Metal Sales Colorfast 45 (CF45) - 45 year warranty finish.  Twelve color choices can be provided, including our new Native Copper Premium color.

Our free Classic Rib Estimating Guide will help you select the proper trim pieces and accessories.  If you need some trim bent to a custom shape – that’s no problem – we can make nearly anything you need.  Just send us a dimensioned sketch and we can quote it for you.  Along with our quote, we’ll send you our detailed Installation Guide to help you answer any other questions you might have.

We have put a lot of information and pricing about this product on our website – enough for you to completely figure up and order a complete Classic Rib metal roof or siding project online.  If this seems too complicated for you to do online – don’t worry about it – just give us a call and we will put together a quotation for you the old fashioned way and fax or email it

We’ve been doing this for over thirty years.  Metal Building panels, trim, fasteners and accessories are our specialty – we think you will find our staff to be knowledgeable and helpful.

Click here for our brochure on Classic Rib Metal Roof and Siding panels!

iMetal.net has been selected as a distributor for Nutech Paint

iMetal.net has been selected as a distributor for Nutech Paint, manufacturer of Restoration Coatings and Paint for Metal Roofing and Siding, Asphalt Shingles, Tile Roofs, and Asbestos/Fiber Cement Siding.  Nutech products have restored over 750,000 roofs worldwide.

Nutech manufactures a family of primer/sealers and finish coats for restoring virtually all types of roofing and siding, including metal, tile, asphalt, asbestos, and fiber cement.   Many of the products feature Nutech’s heat reflective nanotechnology coating, known as NXT Cool Zone.  NXT Cool Zone Coatings utilize Thermal Protection Technology to reflect up to 80% of the heat striking your roof, reducing the roof temperature by up to 86 degrees – meaning the rooms below will be kept 42 to 50 degrees cooler.

Cross-linking polymer technology is employed to make the final surface dirt, moss, and lichen resistant.

Nutech coatings are applied in three coats.  First, the roof is carefully washed to remove all dirt, moss and lichen.  Then, a single coat of primer/sealer specific to the roof material is applied.  Finally, two finish color coats are applied.

Over thirty six standard colors are available, plus custom color matching, if needed.

For more information, click on one of the following links:

• Metal Roof Coating / Paint / Restoration
• Asphalt Shingle Roof Coating / Paint / Restoration
• Tile Roof Coating / Paint / Restoration
• Asbestos and Fiber Cement Roof Coating / Paint / Restoration

iMetal.net – (t) 267-983-1017    sales@imetal.net