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Subject: Re: [OM] IMGS: My Pantry
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:44:58 -0500
Tom tells me I'm wrong about the tin roofs on our house and barn.  They are
made of rolled steel, not aluminum, but are still called tin roofs.

Tina

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Paul Laughlin <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I have this roof on my house, and so does the next house to the south of
> me.
> <https://www.oregonsbestroof.com/metal-roofing/roofing-shingles>
> As Moose said, it was light weight and did not require a tearoff  so that
> the cost worked out OK.  The 50 year warranty was good, too.  the house
> next door was done some 25 years ago and still looks the same as it did
> new.  Mine is around 15 years old.
> Paul in Portland OR
>
> On 11/15/2014 1:22 PM, Moose wrote:
>
>> On 11/15/2014 9:49 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>    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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