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standing seam metal roof is a lot more expensive (double?) than asphalt shingles and i would say most roofers in NJ only have asphalt experience and probably do not know how to install them. i went through this when i lived in NJ and ended up doing asphalt. i can only guess if they are saying they are "no good" they probably have no experience.
keep calling around if you really want it. I did standing seam on our house in VT where it is much more common.
This is actually for a house we're building in North-Central PA. There are a ton of metal roofs around here. I just seem to have found two guys who, despite saying they do metal roofs, don't appear to actually know the first thing about it.
Asphalt shingles can be recycled, but most are not. Recycling is somewhat recent, and only available in a few areas. Who knows, maybe in 20-30 years it will be like recycling newspaper. That would be nice.
I've always wondered about sound. In my area metal roofs are becoming very common, on everything from old farmhouses to small city houses. Everyone I know seems happy with them but I always forget to ask them about noise. What happens in hail/rain/etc.? I'm assuming there's some kind of soundproofing?
Most people leave the asphalt shingles and install the metal over them, so it muffles most of the sound.
Most people leave the asphalt shingles and install the metal over them, so it muffles most of the sound.
Depends on the type of metal roofing, but yes, this is possible, and it reduces the cost of installation by eliminating tear-off. That said, I think the prior post was referring to the practice of removing asphalt shingles down to the decking before installing new shingles. Some installers will place new shingles on top of old ones, but I don't believe that to be good practice.
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Slightly off the specific aspects in the OP, but answering the good or no good question:
Metal roofs where thick slabs of snow avalanche off one section and smash down on another section of roof--possibly destroying a woodstove vent pipe on the way--are a problem. We had this happen after a huge snowstorm. Even with the lesser snowstorms, the thundering SLAM when that slab smashed onto another metal roof area would make us jump.
I made sure to not be standing anywhere near the roof edges when thick snow lay on the roof. That stuff could kill someone if the bottom layer was a few inches if solid ice, which it occasionally was. I "shoveled the roof" using kayak paddles to make vertical slices in the snow and then sliding the blade underneath that piece to make it come off before it got any thicker or formed ice on the bottom. But I had to jump away as soon as it looked ready to slide down.
The best thing about that metal roof was the raccoons stopped cavorting on the roof when we switched from asphalt shingles!!! The house was built partly into a steep ridge, and they had formerly stampeded all over the roof.
Looks like we may have found someone. Strangely, of the two companies I contacted, one responded to say they don't work in NY, and didn't reply again, even after I let him know the house is in PA. The other never responded at all. Someone I hadn't contacted sent me an email, though. They've been in business (family owned) for 42 years, and have done a number of roofs in our area that we can look at. Hooray!
He did throw a wrench in the works, though. We had pretty much decided on a vertical panel, standing seam roof, but he showed us pictures from a company that makes slate and shake style metal. Some of the 'shakes' are textured and shaded, and while they wouldn't pass for real shakes, they look nice. Anyone have input on those?
He did throw a wrench in the works, though. We had pretty much decided on a vertical panel, standing seam roof, but he showed us pictures from a company that makes slate and shake style metal. Some of the 'shakes' are textured and shaded, and while they wouldn't pass for real shakes, they look nice. Anyone have input on those?
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