Price of Roofing Sheets in Nigeria Today 2024

Aluminium roofing sheet prices 2024

Going by usage statistics, Aluminium roofing materials are currently the most used roofing sheet types in Nigeria. This reason is traceable to its affordability, lightness in weight, long-lasting qualities, enhanced corrosion resistance, fair insulation, and inability to burn during fire outbreaks. As expected, it has its shortcomings, one of which is the noise it’s makes under rainfall and creaking sound it generates under direct heat of sun rays.

By definition, Aluminium roofing sheets are roof materials purely made of the metal Al or its alloys with elements like cooper, Tin, Manganese, Silicon, or Magnesium etc. This is done to improve it’s tensile strength, flexibility, ductility and recyclability among other targeted gainful features. These sheets are deployed to work in varying ways including its usage in cladding of walls, awnings, in gutters and sidings.

As per specifications, you can install Aluminium roofs on any Purlin made of steel or woodwork. Below is the price list of the three kinds of Aluminum roofing sheets in the market now which are the Long span Aluminium, Step tile Aluminium and Metcoppo Aluminium and Aluzinc.

Aluzinc costs about ₦25,000 per bundle

Longspan

Metcoppo

Stone coated roofing sheet prices 2024

Due to how durable, reliable, colorful, elegant and environmentally friendly these Stone-coated roofing sheets are, there is an increased market demand for it in major cities across the country for use on high budget roof projects. This is because Stone-coated roof types has come to make up for the flaws of Aluminum roofing sheets and this therefore has made the price per piece pricey overtime. As a matter of fact, Stone coated roofing sheets are one of the most expensive roofing materials available in markets.

The idea behind this type of sheets was birthed in the 1940s in Europe when the need for camouflage and protection arose. This was perfected through Bitumen coating and subsequent covering by sand, stone and/or other materials. By description, Stone coated roofing sheets are refined metals, usually Steel which are coated with Stone chips and fixed to the top of the galvanized steel is an Acrylic film. Most of them are Oven-baked with a life span guarantee of about 50 to 70 years, thereby reducing the need for replacement and some other unnecessary maintenance costs that would have made the lifecycle cost more expensive on the long run especially during renovation.

One major take away about this type is that they don’t just come in varying beautiful colors only, they are long-lasting sound absorbers designed with anti-rust materials for energy efficiency. They also come in assorted kinds & designs and are usually accompanied by roof accessories like facial boards, Ridge caps, Valley gutters, Side Caps, Treated nails, B.B.C and Repair kit. Below is the price list of the kinds you are likely going to see, which includes Bond or Classic designs, Shingles, Wooden shakes, Roman and Milano designs.

Shingles

Swiss roofing sheet prices 2024

This roofing sheet is one of the latest but underground yet most expensive roofing material types in the country just after metro tiles. It looks more like a Stone-coated variant but under a different brand name with its spectacularly unique color combination in terms of appearance that tends to conform with a traditional pattern. The average price of Swiss roofing sheet per square meter is ₦5,000 – ₦6,000 in Nigeria.

Swiss roofing sheets have all the amazing and needed qualities of a typical roofing material and as a result, it is the most expensive roofing sheet in Nigeria today. Buying it before now requires you to pre-order from importers who will end up inflating the price due to the exchange rate of Dollar against Naira. As a result, Swiss Metrotiles Limited now sources for these products through their Switzerland factory for nationwide distribution to make it cheaper.

Fibre Cement roofing sheet prices 2024

The name is usually mistaken for the Fibre Britment roofs which has phased out already. Fibre cement roofing sheets are still in fashion, though demand for it is dwindling as attention is shifting towards its metal counterparts. Although they are easy to break, but buyers consider them better than corrugated Zinc roofing sheets in terms of durability.

They have really stood the test of time since they have been in use for centuries. Till today, flat Fibre cement sheets are still one of the best cladding materials while the ones with corrugated finishes are still being used for roofing purposes. In all, the average price of Fibre cement roofing sheet per square meter is ₦4,000 – ₦5,000 in Nigeria.

In essence, Fibre cement boards are slates made of composite materials like Portland cement and cellulose fibres mixed with water and other additives to give you a hard, non-metallic, non-combustible, heavy, highly insulated, opaque profiles that you know today. Sometimes, its manufacturers reinforce these cement sheets with Asbestos to give it some sturdy traits.

Roof light roofing sheet prices 2024

These are transparent or translucent roofing sheets made from raw materials like fibreglass, polycarbonate, plastic and or danpalon. The best and most popular of these rooflights are the one ones made with fibreglass, otherwise called Glass reinforced polyester resin (GRP) or Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP).

These kind of Roofing Sheet are not rampant but are particularly important when you wish to let in light into your house without the interference of rainfall. They are usually sold corrugated either plain or coloured in various thicknesses like 1mm, 2mm, 3mm, 4mm and even more. The average price of Rooflight or GRP translucent roof sheet per square meter ranges from ₦5,000 – ₦15,000 in Nigeria.