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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BW
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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.
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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.
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.
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
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
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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
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
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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.
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.
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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..
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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
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
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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.
