Style-Rib
- Manufacturer
- Metl-Span
- Product
- Style-Rib
- Status
- Current
- Market
- United States
- Last verified
- September 20, 2026
Style-Rib overview
Style-Rib is a 36 inch coverage panel with uniformly spaced ribs at 7.2 inches on center.
Style-Rib is an exposed fastener, single-skin metal wall panel in the Metl-Span range, used as a metal wall panel in new construction and retrofit.
Profile and dimensions
Style-Rib has 36 inches of coverage and a nominal 1½ inch height. The Style-Rib panel is made in lengths that run from 5′-0″ to 38′-0″. The exterior profile is a nominal 1½ inch rib height on center with staggered patterns.
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Materials and finishes
The Style-Rib exterior face is G90 galvanized steel in 24, 22, 20 and 18 gauge, unembossed or non-directional embossed. In Style-Rib, 18 gauge is not made in the embossed version.
The Style-Rib color offering is arranged in four tiers, Standard I, Standard II, a further tier I and tier II, and is supplied through a Metl-Span representative.
Joint and fastening
A staggered or reversed perforation pattern is available, in a wide variety of options. The perforations allow air circulation and natural light to pass through and add security.
Style-Rib has an overlapping side joint and is attached with an exposed fastening system.
Applications
Style-Rib can be used as an exterior or interior wall, with an insulated or non-insulated backup system. Installed in a rainscreen application, Style-Rib can form part of a system ranging from an uninsulated screen wall to BW Systems.
Features and options
Style-Rib ribs can run horizontally or vertically and can be curved to extreme degrees.
Style-Rib is available embossed (non-directional) or unembossed, and the wall system installs with exposed fasteners from the outside face.
Design basis
The load span table for Style-Rib is based on Allowable Stress Design (ASD). For Style-Rib LRFD loads, section 2.4.1 of ASCE 7-10 applies. Style-Rib is specified under MasterFormat 2012 Section 07 42 13.19.
