metal roofs
 

I'm simply posting this to help folks that are considering putting a metal roof on there home. There's a few things to research on metal roofs understanding we're the snow will land on the ground and hopefully not damaging landscaping or landing in front of your overhead garage door we're it hardens like cement from the impact. But in this picture I want folks to see what happens when hiring a "roofer" always research there history and never take the lowest price . What I'm showing here in this picture is what NOT to do. When applying metal roofing over a asphalt roof you must put down strapping first.why? The two roofs will move independently with temperature changes and eventually the metal roof from the granular friction of the asphalt will prematurely fail. Now I'm sure I'll get a few ego responses from the " no it all's" but trust me a good roofer would not do what's in this picture.

Someone once told me they would never use a metal roof due to the "noise" factor.

Is it true that it is very noisy when it rains?

No. Have one out side the master bedroom. If installed correctly they are not.


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We had one installed on our new park model and porch, kinda hoping we'd have a little of the *tink tink* sound in the rain, but nothing.

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The great thing about metal roofs is all the snow slides off of them.
The bad thing about metal roofs is all the snow slides off of them.

I agree I have a metal roof also. Real planning needs to go into where the snow will slide off. Not just landscaping but entrances, garage doors, vents.

I had an issue when the snow slide off it covered the vent for my tankless hot water heater and I would have no hot water until I cleared the snow.


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The snow this winter was covering half of my front windows, about 5' high.

I had to replace the bottom half of my barn board siding in the front and back of the house because it rotted out due to the snow sitting against it for years. I didn't want to reside the whole house so I ended up putting a pressure treated skirt on the front and back of the house and stained it after it dried out.

I bought the house with the metal roof on the main portion of the house. My garage and breezeway has asphalt shingles. In my situation if I had to do the roof over I would put shingles.

For the best results you really need a large overhang for a metal roof, at least a foot or larger, IMHO.

Yes the overhang will definitely help. I did a lot of planning when I built the house but absolutely missed the ball on the hot water vents.


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Designing for a metal roof is absolutely key.

I built my first home back 35 years ago before metal roofs were popular. A contemporary home with a 4/12 pitch roof, 2' overhangs, and no gutters. That house today would be the perfect candidate for a metal roof.

we had a metal roof for decades, aluminum. No noise except for zzzzzzzzzzzzz…. thud when the snow slides off.