Robert Morris, a Trenton, New Jersey manufacturer, created the first sheet metal roof for his own Philadelphia mansion in 1794. Even though Thomas Jefferson advocated for metal roofs, it took nearly 100 years before U.S. homeowners considered them as a reasonable roofing option. Today, metal roofs are steadily gaining in popularity and account for 13 % of the market.
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