metal roof

[dmccarty]

Neil,

What you say makes sense BUT there is this concept about
getting what the market will bare. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

And in the US, depending on the location, alot of the contractors
are getting top dollar for metal roofs. It used to be that only
commercial construction got the metal roofs now more people
want them for residential. Since some areas have few installers
but high demand the contractor can and does charge a fortune
for the metal roofs.

I have heard that the county I live in is one of these high demand
low number of contractor areas. But in the county just to the south
west where my property is located prices are more reasonable due
to more installers and less demand.

It also seems to depend on whether the roof is a standing seam
metal or the corrugated metal.

Later,
Dan McCarty

 

[njrqs]

Dan

Given the cost of your sheds too, I think we have the metal cladding business sorted out.

Along with salt water pools, I am going into the metal cladding business.

Look for a store near you /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Cheers

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I can't believe those prices! Up here in the north most of the houses and comercial are metal roofs, it is the cheapest and easiest to put up. I did my shop which has a 44ft. x28ft. dimention a side with ridge cap and flashing for 1100$. I will never own another structure without a metal roof, the only problem I have ever heard of is when we had a ice storm and when the snow/ice slid off it sheared off the screw heads on the way down but that was a unusually bad ice storm and the build up was very thick and very quick.

 

[JoeR]

Hi Neil,

Can you explain the salt water pool??? Some people have them in my neighborhood, but I have no idea about salt water pools.

By the way,

It is my understanding metal roofs were the most popular roofing prior to 1950. More people went to fiberglass shingles since they made less noise when rain fell on them. Of course, we now have more insulation in our ceilings and metal roofs are not as noisy... This is what I have been told...

Joe R.

 

[phantom309]

One thing RE the savings on homeowners insurance with a metal roof:

I wanted a metal roof last time and checked with my insurance agent and, sure enough, there was a good (15% or so) break on my insurance.

BUT (there had to be one!), the downside was they had a "cosmetic damage exclusion clause". They would not pay to repair the roof if it faded, blistered or (fairly likely here in the TX panhandle) got the crap beat out of it by hail stones!

In the end, the thought of putting up a more expensive roof (easily twice the cost when I was looking) this year only to have a hail storm pummel it next year (with me essentially "self-insuring" this damage) turned me off of the idea.

FWIW, I'm putting up a new equipment barn now and am going with a metal all around (and on top).

Just thought I'd mention so anybody could check out the fine print with their insurance agents.

Best,

Mark

 

[njrqs]

Joe

Go to the post under Projects - Swimming Pool Installation for more info. Let me know if you want more info again.

Maybe metal roofs are no good in the snow. I don't know what my southern cousins use (I have not seen snow !!)

Cheers

 

[hermit]

Our homeowners insurance gave us about the same discount but did not mention any exclusions like yours. The manufacturer of the material warranteed the finish for 25 years for chalking and 50 years for adhesion. I doubt that I will be around to have to worry about it.
Metal is about all you see on the $3-4 million trophy homes going up around here, either ribbed or the standing seam. We got a price for standing seam installed which came in right at $1200 a square, which was way too rich for our budget.
The panel roofing is easy to put up and doesn't require any real specialized tools.

 

[heehaw]

if you have a roof with few valleys and stange cuts, the metal roof might get a little cheaper, but not a lot. i lked to several places that sell the metal roofing, but don't install it, and they sure don't offer any guarantees like i hear folks here mentioning. kinda like a product i used once called onduline, or something like that, it had a lifetime guarantee against everything, well the company went out of business, and started up under a new name, and is now sold at lowes..it is junk..it fades, cracks and becomes very brittle..
heehaw

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Neil,

As you say $25 per square meter which equals 10.5 SQ FT thats $2.38PSF or translated to what we call a "square of roofing = 100SF" is $238 per square.

Unless you are mixing the current Ausie $ with USD then at the exchange rate of $1USD = $1.75AUD then $25AUD = $14 USD so about a $1.40 PSF for USD

If this is the case the costs here and there are about the same.

Carl

 

[jimmoore]

I just put a new metal roof on my barn=cost $800 for labor, and $1,800 for material. total 2,600 The screws cost over a hundred dollars @ 9 cents each. The colored panels would have cost about 200 more than the silver that I used. A lot of people are now going to the metal roof in this area of Arkansas. Attached is a picture of the dentist' office that he just had done. My barn was about 2,000 square feet.