Session Details

Date

October 22, 2025

Start Time

01:00 PM

End Time

02:00 PM

Education Level

Suitable for Everyone

Session Location

Booth #7086

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Metal Mastery Clinic: Stone Coated Metal Panels

This clinic focuses on considerations when choosing a quality stone coated metal shingle for your project, practical installation techniques and overall best practices. We will cover considerations for panel and accessory selection, detailing for hips and valleys, and installation techniques for perimeter detailing and common penetrations.

Learning Objectives

  • Understanding features and benefits of stone coated metal roofing systems
  • Understanding testing and performance aspects
  • Understanding best practices in installation methods
  • Installation techniques for perimeter detailing and common penetrations.

Presented by and

Mitch Heitsch

Mitch Heitsch, Regional Manager, Unified Steel

Throughout his career, Mitch has held several positions in manufacturing and contracting in the construction industry. He currently lives in Orlando, FL, where he continues to work with his nationwide team to educate the market on the benefits of Unified Steel!

Robin Anderson

Technical and Strategy Development Manager, Westlake

Robin has been in the metal roofing industry since 1986, when as a third-generation metal worker, he started in custom manufacturing, pushing the assist side of a ten-foot Chicago brake with his grandfather. Through years of hard work and learning, Robin graduated into managing installation crews, estimating and eventually ownership of the company that his grandfather had started in 1949. Working with different manufacturers of metal roofing provided learning opportunities of manufacturing, codes, and standards, as well as installing manual writing and product testing. Later joining Gerard Roofing Technologies as Installation Trainer, Robin was hired to educate existing and new contractors in the benefits of using and the techniques of installing stone coated steel roofing. Through many mergers and acquisitions, Robin is now the Technical Services Manager for Unified Steel / Westlake, a manufacturer of stone-coated steel roofing. Robin is responsible for code compliance, new product testing and product development, as well as working with the Training, Quality Control, Marketing, Claims, Engineering and Sales Departments to help provide a “real world” experience for bettering customer relations with architects, engineers, contractors, installers, and homeowners.