Barn tin on house??

barnyardfun · #1 07/26/06, 06:51 PM

Our house was moved from the city and now looks really out of place and has a couple different kinds of siding on it. I was thinking the cheapest way I could redo it all the same is barn tin. Has anyone put this on there house?? I am kind of going for an antique and unique looking house that fits into its surroundings.....not just run down looking.

Do any of you have this one your house??

Pictures???

GeorgiaberryM · #2 07/26/06, 08:16 PM

I don't have it on my house - but I want it! We have really bad looking plywood siding, and just this morning we talked about nailing foam insulation and radiant barrier all over the outside and putting up old tin (barn type - we have a big pile that we have been collecting for a few years). My barn looks fine - why not the house?

ET1 SS · #3 07/26/06, 08:20 PM

By 'barn tin' do you mean sheet metal?

Aluminum, or galvanized iron?

I have a steel sheet metal roof with a baked on enamel finish, 30 year warranty.

They are very common is this area.

Though mine is very shallow where most are steep.

barnyardfun · #4 07/26/06, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ET1 SS

By 'barn tin' do you mean sheet metal?

Aluminum, or galvanized iron?

I have a steel sheet metal roof with a baked on enamel finish, 30 year warranty.

They are very common is this area.

Though mine is very shallow where most are steep.

I mean the common stuff found on barns....umm...don't know the name.

Its what we call barn tin...silver, it rust.

They used to make a lot of the chicken houses with it. UGH!! I don't know! If the name comes to mind I will let you know.
I know what kind of metal you are talking about, I just don't have the $ for that right now. We have some of this 'barn tin' collecting around here so I thought it would work.
I am not really good at picturing a finished product so in my mind I just can't see what it would look like.....that is why I was trying to see if anyone had done this and had pics.

Thanks!

djb473 · #5 07/26/06, 09:17 PM

corragated steel panels????

big rockpile · #6 07/26/06, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by djb473

corragated steel panels????

Yelp I hated it on my House.

big rockpile

Farmer Willy · #7 07/26/06, 09:24 PM

Are you more concerned with will it work or how will it look? It will keep out the water. It would look like an old shack is my guess. If you're going to do it I recommend a primer and top coat of paint to make it look like a house.

harrisjnet · #8 07/26/06, 09:36 PM

What kind of roof do you have? I don't think you would want the galvanized tin on both roof and outer walls. It will look like a chicken house. If you had brown composition roof or wooden shingles, the tin on the side of the house would look fine. Especially if you put up wooden shutters and wooden trim.
We are tearing off our old delapidated back porch and building back an addition to our house. I plan to wainscott the inside with barn tin.

ET1 SS · #9 07/26/06, 10:01 PM

You could do it that way.

I would recommend either the galvanized stuff as it will last for decades without rusting, or else the baked-enamel stuff like mine.

I am almost done spraying styrofoam on the inside of it. So mine is very quite, solid, has a R-7, and is sealed very tight with no draft leaks.

Either way is pretty cheap to do. And real easy.

blufford · #10 07/27/06, 06:00 AM

Heres a link for the rusty roof.

http://www.buildingforhealth.com/roofing_rcm.html

Queen Bee · #11 07/27/06, 07:21 AM

You are talking about using the 'tin' as siding, correct??? I agree if you have a metal roof, I would not use metal siding.

barnyardfun · #12 07/27/06, 09:06 AM

I have an earth tone colored shingled roof. My DH says the stuff is called strongbarn the small corragated stuff.

Any more ideas?? Thanks guys!

harrisjnet · #13 07/27/06, 10:03 AM

I would think the barn tin would look fine. Especially with the earth toned roof.

rannie · #14 07/27/06, 10:18 AM

I think it would look good kinda rustic especially if you put the wood (old wood) trim and shutters to dress it up.

harrisjnet · #15 07/27/06, 10:24 AM

I have seen people hang old tools and tack on their house to decorate. With the tin it would really look neat.

AngieM2 · #16 07/27/06, 10:29 AM

I saw something in an "EXTREME HOMES" issue on HGTV in the past month.

It was a new house out in acrage, very nice and probably very expenisve, and it was all silver on the sides.

So, it is apparently not "low class" anymore.

Angie

chicken · #17 07/27/06, 10:31 AM

I've seen it done, roof and all. I did not care for it. My thinking turned to how it would sound in a storm, particularly a hail storm!
But hey whatever you have and whatever works for you.

jnap31 · #18 07/27/06, 11:19 AM

Plenty of folks build with it in the marshall islands they heat up like ovens cant go in them by noon time.Course they dont have or need insulation or anything it is just the metal nailed to wood.

barnyardfun · #19 07/27/06, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by rannie

I think it would look good kinda rustic especially if you put the wood (old wood) trim and shutters to dress it up.

That is kind of what I was going for.....Think it would work??

barnyardfun · #20 07/27/06, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by harrisjnet

I have seen people hang old tools and tack on their house to decorate. With the tin it would really look neat.

That is also something I had in mind.....old wagon wheels, old equipment, wash tubs, etc. I think it would look neat.