Maybe take a drive into Michigan out in the country, saw a lot of them recently, enough I thought the way you did about that area. But it is mostly rural from what I see, not suburban or urban…As I drove down to the Indy area for the eclipse and across 136 and that area, i noticed A LOT of steel roofs. Rarely see more than an oddity level up north. Got me wondering why. Any of you mid-staters have any enlightening information to share on them?
They can look great combined with the right architecture. The great Victorian era homes with all the strong bright multi colors look amazing, then some people paint an 80’s or 90’s house like that and it looks awful.A lot of people down this way opt for them too. I think the thinking is they’ll last longer. Maybe they will but from what I’ve seen they’ll ugly out long, long before they wear out.
Don’t know about your area in the NW but mine - central northern IN - has more new steel than any other type for several years now. Neighboring property is co-owned by 3 siblings. One of them from Boston while visiting last summer asked me about the extreme amount of steelroofs in IN. Said from Ohio line to here all they see is new steel roofs. In NE they never see one.As I drove down to the Indy area for the eclipse and across 136 and that area, i noticed A LOT of steel roofs. Rarely see more than an oddity level up north. Got me wondering why. Any of you mid-staters have any enlightening information to share on them?
How long do you believe they last? Geographic info would be best for specific areas vs. the entire country, but we will not know for sure for a hundred years from now how modern metal roofs will last. The consensus seems to be 40-70 years with 100 on the top end.Wife and I are in the middle of this discussion. She wants a metal roof on the house, me not so much.
There is an idea out there that metal (talking like pole barn metal) is a forever roof. It’s not.
Most of the ones I see I like, when they’re new. In a few years though the reds turn purple-ish and the greens turn brown-ish. And for most of them, it’s not all that many years.They can look great combined with the right architecture. The great Victorian era homes with all the strong bright multi colors look amazing, then some people paint an 80’s or 90’s house like that and it looks awful.
The big deal is picking a roof color that complements both the architecture and the siding & paint colors. They also are offering more texture options than they originally had.
Those screws only have a 5 year lifespan as I have heard. It is a must to get the hidden fastener type…With what I’ve heard people with problems with their metal roofs say, if I were to install a metal roof tomorrow, I’d choose the snap-lock version. All those screws with the rubber washers are leaks waiting to happen.
While they don’t burn a metal roof in a structure fire is a bad thing. Traps the heat in and make it incredibly dangerous to get on. Ask me how I knowLow/no maintenance, fireproof, many colors.
Not much better than falling asleep with rain hitting a metal roof.
Roof lasting and being water tight are two different things. How many 30-50 year old pole barns are out there with the roof on but leak or have problemsHow long do you believe they last? Geographic info would be best for specific areas vs. the entire country, but we will not know for sure for a hundred years from now how modern metal roofs will last. The consensus seems to be 40-70 years with 100 on the top end.
I think one disconnect is that folks conflate a 40-70-100 roof with 0 maintenance. So far there is no maintenance free roof. That said it does not seem fair to equate the modern metal roofs with old pole barns either. My brothers morton barn is still near perfect at 30 years old.Roof lasting and being water tight are two different things. How many 30-50 year old pole barns are out there with the roof on but leak or have problems
Here is my 70’s FBI pole barn nailed down, stupid idea aluminum roof that they would have replaced cause they knew it was bad if I was the original purchaser which I am not roof flapping.
That perlin is completely rotten where the nail was, nothing to hold a screw so now there is a hole, makes for an issue. View attachment 347768