Can I easily switch over to a metal roof?

[texdav]

If you are in a high humidy area also remmeber that a meatl roof there is not like in a hot 'evry fry cliamte. most metal roofs are only gauranteed for 35-30 years because of this. ithose areas they will have to be repainted.Also if the roof its nopt put on p[rop[erly it will rollup like a tarp in very high winds. best left to the expert which doe not incluide many roofers also.

[sandinmyshoes]

Originally Posted by riveree

Okay, my fault, I should have explained more in the original post but I didn't want to make the post too lengthy......

I am in Florida and the family member (nephew) is in Florida. He is not a professional roofer, but he does hold a contractor's license. He's been building houses in Florida since he was a kid and all the houses are still standing, hurricanes and all .

We would of course remove the shingles and replace whatever is necessary in the leaking spots, but I think his thought about leaving the shingles in place is for noise reduction and to save time. He'll be doing this project in one weekend (he has a full time job during the week and lives quite a distance from me).

My nephew is a man of few words , so what he said was "you get the supplies, I'll roof the house". He's not the type to steer me towards a particular product, he'd rather I choose what I'm happy with and he'll do the work.

I did get an estimate from a professional roofer a few months back, and I expected to be able to hire that roofer by now, but my funds are tied up elsewhere and I can't bear to put a roof on credit in the meantime, not when the only real issue is a few small leaks in the garage (I don't even need a bucket they're so small). We were joking around with the nephew and he said "I'll put a roof on for you, no problem", so that's what got us started on the idea.

Honestly, I think he can do a good job, I've seen his roofs. I'm far more worried about my current roof than any roof he would put on .

So I should forget about the idea of keeping any of the shingles on the house? Really, this was my thinking as well, but my husband wants "fast and easy" and he thought the noise control would be a benefit (some people do leave them on, right?). I can veto that plan and insist we remove all shingles if that's what is best.

Does anyone have a favorite metal roof manufacturer?

A very wise man once said to me when i was a grasshopper.He said,..."(fill in your name),....why is there never enough time to do the job right,....but allways enough time to do it over?"
Price the whole job.Price the ripoff and required sheathing repair.Realize your nephew is not superman and can't ripoff,repair and install roof in 2 days.I hope your paying him as well as a stranger.