Posted by kcm.MN on March 21, 2017 at 06:55:08 from (174.219.5.31):
In Reply to: Metal Roofs posted by showcrop on March 21, 2017 at 05:42:54:
Another thing that is helping "all" different roofing materials are these new membranes that go down in place of felt. The membranes are self-sealing, and the steel or other roofing protects it from UV degradation.
I have a low-pitched roof on each end in this house. One end doesn't leak, but have had a horrible time with heat loss on the other end causing ice dams. The people who put the roof on the house were doing it at that time to an old, abandoned house, so I'm sure the level of care wasn't the greatest. However, they used nails, and properly installed on the metal ridges. But being a low-pitched roof, the roof rake snags on the nails quite often. This'll be a temporary patch job (...you know, until the next time it leaks *LOL*) as I've got too many other projects ahead of that. Eventually, will replace their less-than-stellar job on that end with new steel - but up here, steel is the best way to go by far!
I just wish they still sold the older corrugated steel up here. Can get it in the southern states, but haven't found it locally.
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