How New England Snow Loads Affect Your Roof — And What Actually Carries the Weight
Your roof's snow capacity comes from its framing, not its covering. Here's what that means for New England homes, county by county.
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Scott Plumptree
Director of Marketing, The Interlock Group
23 years with Interlock · 30 years in marketing
Scott Plumptree is Director of Marketing at The Interlock Group. He joined Interlock 23 years ago producing the company's video, photography, and print work, and grew into the role that now leads its brand, creative, and digital marketing. With 30 years in marketing, he holds every page to a homeowner-first standard: clear, accurate answers on metal-roof durability, warranties, and long-term value.
Also writes for the manufacturer atinterlockroofing.com.
Articles by Scott Plumptree
Engineered for Extremes: Interlock Metal Roofing Takes on Antarctica with the SPOT MODULE Project
Interlock Metal Roofing was chosen for the SPOT MODULE Project in Antarctica — mobile shelter modules supporting the South Pole Overland Traverse resupplying the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
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Foxborough, MA: Black Interlock Cedar Shingle Metal Roof on a Board-and-Batten House
50 squares of Black Interlock cedar-shingle aluminum roofing on a board-and-batten home in Foxborough, Massachusetts — installed April 2022. Cedar character that never splits, curls, or rots.
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How Long Does a Metal Roof Last in New Hampshire? 21 Years and Counting — Here's the Roof
This Charcoal Grey Interlock aluminum shingle roof in Gilsum, NH was installed in 2004. Photographed 21 years later: no rust, no curling, no replacement. Documented proof, not marketing.
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43 squares of Deep Charcoal Interlock aluminum slate on a Madbury, New Hampshire Tudor — slate formality at a seventh of the weight, minutes from the Seacoast salt air.
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Does Aluminum Rust? Aluminum Facts Every New England Homeowner Should Know
No — aluminum cannot rust. It forms a self-protecting oxide layer instead, which is why it's trusted for fighter jets, spacecraft, shark cages — and lifetime New England roofs.
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Westford, MA: Deep Charcoal Interlock Aluminum Shingles on a Classic Colonial
Deep Charcoal Interlock aluminum slate-look shingles on a classic Massachusetts colonial in Westford — the last roof this Middlesex County home will need.
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