BrettW
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Hello, anyone have experience with a metal roof for a house? I'm looking for a cedar lookalike roof. Just need to know what you have , if you like it and rough costs vs. ashpalt. thanks, bw
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We put a metal roof on our house when we built it and ended up going with 3' wide colored panels. One of the main reasons we used metal was for snow slide off and fire resistance. The panels were cut to the length we needed and they went on relatively fast as compared to asphalt. This particular roof was a little over twice as much as three tab asphalt. There is a firm in Nebraska that makes aluminum shakes and shingles which we considered but the cost was about 5 times more than the metal we used. Just material on the aluminum shingles was about $275 a square FOB Nebraska.
Hope this helps.
We put a metal roof on our house when we built it and ended up going with 3' wide colored panels. One of the main reasons we used metal was for snow slide off and fire resistance. The panels were cut to the length we needed and they went on relatively fast as compared to asphalt. This particular roof was a little over twice as much as three tab asphalt. There is a firm in Nebraska that makes aluminum shakes and shingles which we considered but the cost was about 5 times more than the metal we used. Just material on the aluminum shingles was about $275 a square FOB Nebraska.
Hope this helps.
njrqs
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<font color=blue> Anyone have experience with a metal roof for a house? </font color=blue>
Now my learning of US culture steps up a notch.
Metal roofs are used almost exclusively over here on new housing.
Either metal sheeting or concrete tiles for housing or metal sheeting for 100% of commercial buildings.
So I assume it is not popular there??
Here is a link to our major supplier's details.
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/bhp/steel/main/index.cfm/objectID.F2066777-14FC-11D4-89F600C04FCF6B8F
Cheers
Now my learning of US culture steps up a notch.
Metal roofs are used almost exclusively over here on new housing.
Either metal sheeting or concrete tiles for housing or metal sheeting for 100% of commercial buildings.
So I assume it is not popular there??
Here is a link to our major supplier's details.
http://www.bhpsteel.com.au/bhp/steel/main/index.cfm/objectID.F2066777-14FC-11D4-89F600C04FCF6B8F
Cheers
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just talked to a friend last night that wanted to go with metal to replace his roof, the difference between 10k and 2.5k for the total jobs made him decide to go back with shingles
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Neil, the metal roofs seem to be getting more popular all the time (and if I ever have to replace a shingled roof, the metal is what I'd want). I understand it costs a little more, but that your homeowner's insurance premiums are cheaper because of the fire and hail resistance.
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Neil,
<font color=blue>So I assume it is not popular there??</font color=blue>
Metal roofs have always been popular for residents in the northern US who live in heavy snow areas. This is reason metal roofs are used....to easily permit quicker snow slide off house roofs and to prevent roof rafter and load damage. They are also used extensively on barn buildings in rural areas all throughout the US. They are cheaper to install as you don't need to install an underlying plywood base that you would need for asphalt/fiberglass shingles. They are also easier for novices and do-it-yourselfers to install provided one is handy and skilled enough in cutting, trimming, and shaping metal ends. Metal will also last a lot longer if maintained properly. It's not unreasonable to expect a metal roof to get at least 50 years if it's periodically painted when rust first starts to appear. I installed a metal roof myself on about 80% of my barn buildings. I saved quite a bit of funding doing it this way as opposed to if I had to contract this job out to professionals. In the past 5-8 years, I've noticed an increased trend of homeowners using metal roofs for aesthetic reasons...they now come in many color combinations and they are very attractive. This is certainly an option for homeowners to consider when installing new or re-roofing.
Bob
<font color=blue>So I assume it is not popular there??</font color=blue>
Metal roofs have always been popular for residents in the northern US who live in heavy snow areas. This is reason metal roofs are used....to easily permit quicker snow slide off house roofs and to prevent roof rafter and load damage. They are also used extensively on barn buildings in rural areas all throughout the US. They are cheaper to install as you don't need to install an underlying plywood base that you would need for asphalt/fiberglass shingles. They are also easier for novices and do-it-yourselfers to install provided one is handy and skilled enough in cutting, trimming, and shaping metal ends. Metal will also last a lot longer if maintained properly. It's not unreasonable to expect a metal roof to get at least 50 years if it's periodically painted when rust first starts to appear. I installed a metal roof myself on about 80% of my barn buildings. I saved quite a bit of funding doing it this way as opposed to if I had to contract this job out to professionals. In the past 5-8 years, I've noticed an increased trend of homeowners using metal roofs for aesthetic reasons...they now come in many color combinations and they are very attractive. This is certainly an option for homeowners to consider when installing new or re-roofing.
Bob
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We are currently building our house, and I can tell you that here in my area at least, metal roofs are much higher priced than a comparable shingle roof. The two quotes we got were for $14,000 and $17,000 more than the price of a shingle roof/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif. This was for a galvalume standing seam roof. We do have a fairly large roof, with 8-12 and 12-12 pitch, but it sure seemed like alot more than the $4000 to do the roof in shingles (and nice 30 year raised profile shingles at that). My wife really likes the look of the metal roof, but for us, the cost was just too much to justify.
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Brett,
We did a metal roof on the workshop/barn - 14 square (1400SqFt) using cut to length 3' x19'4" green ridged sheets cut to length from the supplier once we determined the overhang etc.. See the photo.
The cost of the materials, screws, rake and ridge treatment totaled roughly $1100.
Asphalt roofing runs about $40-45/square, then the ice & water barrier, nails and 1/2 or 5/8 plywood & misc
materials for ridge vents cost is about $12-1300. for the same roof.
Most contractors are getting about $130-150 per square installed complete with all materials, here in our area of New England.
As far as a cedar look alike, there may be options out there as mentioned above, however they are likely to be $$$.
Carl
We did a metal roof on the workshop/barn - 14 square (1400SqFt) using cut to length 3' x19'4" green ridged sheets cut to length from the supplier once we determined the overhang etc.. See the photo.
The cost of the materials, screws, rake and ridge treatment totaled roughly $1100.
Asphalt roofing runs about $40-45/square, then the ice & water barrier, nails and 1/2 or 5/8 plywood & misc
materials for ridge vents cost is about $12-1300. for the same roof.
Most contractors are getting about $130-150 per square installed complete with all materials, here in our area of New England.
As far as a cedar look alike, there may be options out there as mentioned above, however they are likely to be $$$.
Carl
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njrqs
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Gee it is hard to grasp your construction costs.
Over here metal roofing is cheaper than anything and costs in the order of $25/m2 - This would work out to approx $1 (us) per square foot of sheeting. This price includes labour.
Scary hey??
You guys have big steel industry over there, heck most of your highrises are steel, whereas ours are concrete.
So you'd reckon you'd have the steel roofing cheap as chips by now !!
Cheers
Over here metal roofing is cheaper than anything and costs in the order of $25/m2 - This would work out to approx $1 (us) per square foot of sheeting. This price includes labour.
Scary hey??
You guys have big steel industry over there, heck most of your highrises are steel, whereas ours are concrete.
So you'd reckon you'd have the steel roofing cheap as chips by now !!
Cheers