Anyone put a metal roof on their house?

[4EyedTurd]

For those that have done it, how'd you like it? How was the price compared to a shingle roof?

[Gasser64]

A quality metal roof, something like R-panel, can be had for slightly above the price of a 30 year shingle roofing. I've seen people get it for the same price.

Thing to remember is this. The cheapest, lowest quality metal roof you can come up with, is leaps and bound better than the highest quality, most expensive shingle roof you can buy. Given the choice I'll go metal all day, every day, until the end of days. Shingles suck. That 30 year and 20 year warranty crap is just a bunch of... crap to get you to buy them

[4EyedTurd]

Hey Justin, is it common to put metal right over existing shingles?

[Gasser64]

People do it, but I wouldn't. I've pulled off a few where there were shingles below, and the people never had a problem. Makes for a bigger insurance paycheck for the roofing company, as more work is involved.

There comes a point where I personally, would start thinking about the amount of weight on top of the house. Maybe its just me, but I just like everything clean and clear. Plus there are going to be areas where you can still see those shingles, if that bothers you. It will be in places around the edges only, though. I used to be like "cha ching!" if I could sell a roof on a house that had that. And you could always tell from the outside.

What type of metal are you looking at? There are many kinds, and they get expensive REAL fast. Some of them are $50k roofs easily.

[Baron Von Crowder]

From what I understand, it lasts for a very long time, barring grapefruit sized hail. Also, it can get beat with small hail, and since it's cosmetic damage, isn't covered by insurance.

The above is purely anecdotal, I don't work in the industry.

[Gasser64]

The big hail will kill any roof yes. But while small hail is only cosmetic, if it knocks some of those rocks off the stone coated steel roofs, they're still "totaled". They're actually still just fine, but we get them replaced. You just have to have 8 hail hits in a 10x10' area and you get a new roof.

I'm personally on the fence about that, if it were my roof. I guess its cool to have a new metal roof, but its not really broken. And the newness look of those metal roofs only lasts about 5 years before the elements make them look old and worn, even though they're just fine. But they look old and worn. So there isn't much point in it imo, its just going to go right back to that state fairly quickly. And you can't even see those hail dings unless you get up there.

So do we try to get them a new roof? Sure, the insurance co will cover it. Its no cost to the customer and its illegal for the insurance co to drop you or raise your rates for acts of God (hail) in the state of TX. Do they actually NEED a new roof? Nope.

BTW nationwide is the best homeowners insurance available, when it comes to if they'll pay, if anyone is... wondering. They seem to just argue less, and pay more. I never have a hard time with nationwide. They just pay up and go about their business. Allstate sucks they always want to drag everything out as long as possible and don't really seem to give fuckall about the homeowner.

[4EyedTurd]

I was looking at R panel but standing seam looks pretty good as well.

[lincolnboy]

Think about all the extra weight added. It would have to be that you will need to renforce the frame.

[CexMashean]

Think about all the extra weight added. It would have to be that you will need to renforce the frame.

Stop.

[lincolnboy]

Stop.

So you are saying that you dont have to?

[Gasser64]

If you get the R-panel, just watch out and make sure you don't get the old kind. There is still some of that stuff floating around, and lingering out there. Its the kind where the seam on the panel doesn't really roll underneath the seam of the next panel. It just sort of goes underneath it, and doesn't make nearly as good of a seal.

Also whatever you do, do not use that old method of the self tapping screws with the rubber washers. You'll be replacing every screw on the roof every 5 years due to a leak somewhere lol. People actually used that crap for a while.

[fordracing19]

What do they use now for screws?

[Gasser64]

What do they use now for screws?

Just regular but they're now up underneath the connection between the two panels. The water would have to flow uphill to get in there.

If money isn't an issue, standing seam is the better choice.

[BMCSean]

If you get the R-panel, just watch out and make sure you don't get the old kind. There is still some of that stuff floating around, and lingering out there. Its the kind where the seam on the panel doesn't really roll underneath the seam of the next panel. It just sort of goes underneath it, and doesn't make nearly as good of a seal.

Also whatever you do, do not use that old method of the self tapping screws with the rubber washers. You'll be replacing every screw on the roof every 5 years due to a leak somewhere lol. People actually used that crap for a while.

Is there any way to do preventative maintenance that will lessen the likelihood of leaks?

[8mpg]

Im a fan of metal.. I put up Rpanel on my roof. It was around $3500 for 40sq worth of materials. That being said, I would do standing seam next time for aesthetics.

I got my materials from Mueller. They say rpanel over shingle is fine but better to do standing seam over felt paper. I dont have a clue why installation is so expensive on a metal roof. It can be installed in about the same time as shingle. Even the standing seam roofs these days are interlocking, not a true seam using a seaming tool.