On 11/15/2014 9:49 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
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We also installed aluminum roofs on our house and barn and they are called
tin roofs also.
Not that I've heard out here in the far west.
Perhaps the aluminum has better coatings now. Around here the few AL panels remaining are quickly turning to white
oxide. Most houses now use the coated steel which lasts a (relatively) very long time. I was sold when I a friend's
house with cedar shakes caught a spark from the wood stove. When you live in a dry area in the woods steel makes
sense. Yeah, yeah I know about slate but the structural requirements are onerous. Plain rusty steel is becoming
popular now too. The FeO coating is pretty stable and attractive in a rustic sort of way which fits with the
developing PacNW architectural style.
My pressed steel roof is now 22 years old. Other than looking very settled in, what with the moss and lichen, it appears
to be as good as new. It has the same name as this NZ product, and I seem to remember the company was Antipodean, but
they were manufacturing in the US at the time.
The brochure I still have shows a nine layer coating process, but very similar to the textured finish here.
<http://www.gerardroofs.co.nz/choosing-a-roof/roof-for-a-new-home/the-science-of-metal-tiles/>
And looks like the textured finish shown here.
<http://www.gerardroofs.co.nz/products/tiles-and-shingles/corona-shake/>
I bought it in part because it is so light, and could be installed over the existing two layers of asphalt shingle on my
light roof structure. (Which ended up being torn off anyway, for other reasons.)
I have to say it was a great choice, as it's now in much better shape than a 22 year old asphalt shingle roof. I'm
guessing it will at least manage the 50 years of the warranty.
Buying it wasn't fun. It was like having a car dealer closing room at my dining table, but the installation guy was
terrific.
A lot of the older stores and homes around here have pressed tin ceilings.
Not a PacNW style. Very few coffered ceilings of even the plain sort. However the emigrants are bringing the style and
the necessary $$ with them.
Most are just too fussy looking for me. In this lightly built house on clay in earthquake country, I think plasterboard
that can be filled when it cracks from movement is better. :-)
Roofed Moose
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