Metal roof?

[anonomoose]

Find out why that roof is sagging before making any decisions on roofing material. We have looked at a lot of fixer uppers. Sagging roofs that are visible usually meant a fair amount of water damage. Some had it from the inside and they usually had a number of reasons. Venting of bath and kitchen fans into the attic is a super bad culprit along with poorly sealed light fixtures and plumbing/electrical cutouts.
There were a few that had plain old bad roofing especially around anything going through the roof membrane.

Find out what is causing the potential moisture before doing any type of roof.

Good Luck. I like steel if it is done correctly. Poorly done steel is a magnate for bats and other critters that love the little crevices at the soffit and trim seams.

BTW, I have seen a lot of different roofing that works in various climates.(Spend a lot of time in Europe with the inlaws and their roofing is only warrantied for a 75 year limit because they went with the "cheap" roof) I can't even imagine how we keep putting up homes with roofs that last 5-10 years.

Hey...bats need a place to live don't they? Eat skeeters don't they? Score one for the metal roof.

The nice thing about a metal roof is that it will go over some dips in the asphalt without sagging unless it is seriously dipped over large areas and there is a good snow load.

As for the Europeans, well all I can say is I would hate to be the roofer trying to make a living over there. A roof lasting 75 years would put most roofers out of business. Thank goodness for poorly designed shingles, and companies that don't put in fungicides, and super cheap shingles from the box stores ...they keep roofing companies alive and well back here in the good ole US of A.

That is the reason you get in bed with a builder and sell him the best cheapest shingle you can find, so that just about the time the sub gets fully developed and the builder moves on...the roofer comes right back in there and makes a killing. Same thing with the furnace companies, plumbing shops, hot water heaters.....a whole industry of workers would be out of work if they did all this stuff like they really mean it. Thank goodness for the cheap stuff....keeps Americans employed....

 

[lenny]

forgot the Ice and Water shield, added it in with my other figures