And my roof is made from water reeds... With some recent repairs made
from wheat...
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Jez
On 15/11/2014, 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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