Metal Roofs

Hillcountry · 06-26-2019, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

I have two different types of steel roof. The one on my business is standard metal panels that are screwed down. 35 years old and will probably go another 50 but there is one problem. Expansion and contraction will cause some of the screws to loosen and need to be tightened occasionally which is not an easy job.
At my home I have a standing seam steel roof. Snow slides off better and no visible screws.....totally maintenance free.
I think the prices are comparable but standing seam is a much better option.

So because the screws are not visible (but still there) you are saying that the effects of heat and cold does not make things expand and contract? I would respectfully, argue that point...the screws through the metal, even though "hidden" are still going to expand and contract...the difference is that they are not exposed to the elements so therefore do not allow water through their elongated holes. Maybe that's what you meant...all good!

Biggd · 06-26-2019, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry

So because the screws are not visible (but still there) you are saying that the effects of heat and cold does not make things expand and contract? I would respectfully, argue that point...the screws through the metal, even though "hidden" are still going to expand and contract...the difference is that they are not exposed to the elements so therefore do not allow water through their elongated holes. Maybe that's what you meant...all good!

I have a few screws loose and I'm expanding & contracting, but mostly expanding!

Hillcountry · 06-26-2019, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Biggd

I have a few screws loose and I'm expanding & contracting, but mostly expanding!

I only expand in winter...in summer the chores let me contract again...

As far as my screws...it feels like they’re tightening...;o)

jeffk · 06-27-2019, 05:42 AM

I forgot one negative associated with my metal roof. Woodpeckers. I had a mentally challenged woodpecker on the roof in the morning that seems to have decided that rapping on a metal roof was like a rooster's call. What a racket. At first I couldn't figure out what the noise was. It sounded mechanical but I couldn't associate it with anything that I have in the house. I finally figured out that it was "outside" and went out to check. The little twerp was sitting on the end of the house banging away. He kept it up for days, for over an hour, and I assume he finally bent his beak and gave it up. He had been at it over a week last year. He came back this year but only once or twice and not for so long. His beak probably still aches from last year.

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06-27-2019, 05:42 AM	#4
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,172 Thanks: 206 Thanked 437 Times in 253 Posts	I forgot one negative associated with my metal roof. Woodpeckers. I had a mentally challenged woodpecker on the roof in the morning that seems to have decided that rapping on a metal roof was like a rooster's call. What a racket. At first I couldn't figure out what the noise was. It sounded mechanical but I couldn't associate it with anything that I have in the house. I finally figured out that it was "outside" and went out to check. The little twerp was sitting on the end of the house banging away. He kept it up for days, for over an hour, and I assume he finally bent his beak and gave it up. He had been at it over a week last year. He came back this year but only once or twice and not for so long. His beak probably still aches from last year.

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