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Metal roofs- opinions, please
DH and I are going to replace the roof on our log cabin. I'm leaning toward a metal roof because of the warranty, and I like how they look. However, I've never known anyone that has a metal roof and I'd like opinions, please- good or bad. Thanks for your help.
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I love our metal roofs. I love the way it looks and the one on the house is not as loud as you would think. It is well insulated under it and there is very little noise. The one on the barn isn't insulated and it is louder but kind of pleasant when it rains. we have all dark green metal roofs but I like the dark red ones too.
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10/25/06, 11:25 AM
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There was a thread on here a while back about metal roofs.. Lots of pros and cons.
Seems that some people had problems with them leaking. Be sure to get references from the person that you are having install your roof...
Check the archives, you can probably find the thread and read the comments...
Make sure you get a "written" warranty and check with the BBB about the co. that you finally go with...
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I didn't know you had a metal roof, Lisa. Thank you for the opinion- if we go with one, and I really like them, ours will be hunter green. Our barn roof has an odd wavy roof called Onduline or something like that.
We have cathedral ceilings with insulation but it's not like there's an attic to buffer sound, will that make the rain louder?
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There are many restored historic homes in these parts, over 100 years old, with their original metal roofs. Tells you something.
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We have an old cabin on our property with a metal roof and we have spent many rainy nights there - sleeping like babies!
The cabin is very old and the metal roof is not insulated at all - in the winter when we had the wood burner cranked up, the roof would sweat and drip. But with good insulation, I bet it would be fine. We've talked about metal roofs on the outbuildings we plan to build. I'll keep tabs on this thread so we can read the comments about them as well.
Good luck!
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Its all I would use. Your insurance should be cheaper because of the resistance to fire as well as hail damage.
Out here you rarely see anything but steel. Now the thing out here is to use the "plain" unpainted steel that will immediately rust when it gets a little wet. It looks like its been there for a hundred years. The colored is on its way out.
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Originally Posted by KincoraFarm
I didn't know you had a metal roof, Lisa. Thank you for the opinion- if we go with one, and I really like them, ours will be hunter green. Our barn roof has an odd wavy roof called Onduline or something like that.
We have cathedral ceilings with insulation but it's not like there's an attic to buffer sound, will that make the rain louder?
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We also have cathedral ceilings (no attic). You can hear the rain but it is a nice soft sound. My husband helped the installer with the original main cabin roof and tehn went on to do the new addition roof and all the outbuildings himself. No problems at all with leaking in the past 4 years. If you have any specific questions, I'll pass them on to him. If I'm remembering correctly, I've seen a picture of your cabin...it would look lovely with a green metal roof.
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We have metal on our house and 3-tab on our shed. We have to have the shed roof shoveled, while the house sheds snow. Our metal roof is 15 years old now and the color has faded some but is still in otherwise working order.
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love, Love, LOVE our metal roof! We have an old farmhouse and we replaced the roof last year with a "permanently colored" metal. Supposedly, you never have to paint it. We chose dark red because that what the roof was originally painted. It looks really pretty, and the sound of the rain on the roof is better than any sleeping pill. We got a warranty, and expect the roof to outlast us!! 
Good luck in your quest! You will love your metal roof.
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We just put a metal roof on our house (building) about 4 years ago. I'd never use anything else. We got commercial grade from our contractor son-in-law. He put it on, so I know it was done right. (You have to use some kind of special screws I think.)
Everybody had metal roofs in the Oregon Mountains--so the snow would slide off and here in Oklahoma they're great because tornadoes and strong winds can blow roof tiles off.
The good thing is--when you get one--you're done. They pretty much last a lifetime. They have some kind of finish on them that is really heavy duty.
Oh another thing, if you live in a forest they help to prevent your house catching afire if there's ever a forest fire coming around.
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The color will fade. For longivety the galvalume finish is the most enduring. I have both that are 15 years+ old and the galvalume is holding fine while the hunter green is fading and the red is not more auburn.
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metal roof
Put a metal roof on my Mom's house, she loves it. I have go outside to use my cell phone. galvalume is the coolest.
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Lots of metal roofs in our area---churches, commercial buildings, as well as homes and barns and sheds. We did have a bad hail storm this last spring that left some dents in it and many people's insurance paid for new roofs even though they were not leaking---just visually impacted (not that you could see from the ground, but that's insurance). Otherwise there is nothing wrong with the metal roof that I can see.
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We've had some big hail storms too and I keep watching for dents but so far..nada. I can't remember what brand we have, but I'm pretty sure the color is guaranteed. I'll have to check it out.
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I have metal roof and would never go back to shingles. I love it.
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We put on a metal roof about 5 years ago and love it. Our shingles had leaked from the time the house was a year old. We haven't had a leak since. Ours is a lifetime guarantee - both for leaking and color If we sell it, the guarantee is for 50 years to the new owner.
We used a certified installer - noticed he was doing some things wrong so contacted the manufacturer - I e-mailed pictures, and they said to run him off, and they took him off their certified list. We then got another installer, and when they were done, the manufacturer sent someone to inspect it and then we got our guarantee. So now they can't come back and say it was installed wrong.
We haven't noticed a noise difference, but have an attic. We do notice sometimes in the mornings we'll think it's raining, but it's the dew running off the roof into the drainspouts.
If you do put on metal, remember it is slick, like a sliding board - especially if wet. You'll want to be really careful if you need to do any repairs up there (like on the chimney or vents).
We have Ondura on the roof of our barn, and don't like it as much as the metal. We've had small branches hit the Ondura and put holes in it. If we ever have to replace the roof on the barn, we'll go with metal.
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Love mine...and it's just the cheap panels from Home Depot....one panel on each end of the porch was ripped off (2 different hurricanes), but both were easily replaced and are not damaged by normal weather. I love the music it makes during a rain storm, plus we have the additional security of not fretting as much as our neighbors with asphalt shingles when there is wildfire raging nearby. I can't imagine a farmhouse with any other kind of roof!
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Like everything else there are many grades of Metal Roofs. There are the cheep ones that are just tin or sheet metal peices that you screw on to the roof. There are the ones that are locked togeather by crimping and make a singel piece of roof material the top end of the scale. And there are many diferent grades of each one. The first thing to selecting one of the roofs is How much money are you willing to spend? Then find out what is in the price range that you want to spend.Then find out what is the grade of what you picked. The average shingle roof is expected to last 20 Years. The Metal Roof will be there for around 50 Years or more.
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My front porch is the original tin roof. (The main roof has ashpalt that were installed 10 years ago or so).
While it is true that the metal roof will shed snow, this is not always a good thing. I typically get at least a foot or so of snow and ice built up on the porch roof. Then, on some sunny and unseasonably warm day, it starts to melt and slides off.
It doesn't slide off a little bit at a time, it comes off suddenly, in chunks 4 feet by 5 feet and 12 inches of ice and thick, heavy wet snow. Last year, a chunk landed on the front stairs and snapped a 2 x 8 stair tread like kindling, and bent the iron stringers almost 45 degrees.
If you are in a snow area, and particularly if you have children, you should assess how the snow will come off your roof.
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