haha yeah that is the kind of roof you want, a standing-seam or snap
fit. The under edge is screwed down with brackets then the free edge of
the next panel snaps down over it. A standing seam is similar but a
machine crimps the seam tight. That stuff with the screws and rubber
washers is OK for a barn or a shed or something, but the proper stuff
with no exposed screws is the way to go.
You need to find a metal roof guy who knows what is available locally or
just do a search on suppliers in your area and ring them up. I ended up
getting my roof material from some outfit in Georgia because of some
stupid reasons that I did not understand at the time, and it caused a
problem with a delay in production. There are 2 or 3 local places that
fab up the panels. I think they all pretty much buy the rolls of
material from various suppliers then have their own machines and dies to
roll out the various profiles.
--FT
On 8/5/21 5:58 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:
You would think some smart engineering type person could come up with a design
where the panels interlock and each panel covers the screws on the prior panel.
Then you have some kind of special cap that clips on the end panel to cover its
screws.
Allan
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021, at 5:56 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
This roofer does metal roofs, but says unless you spend a lot of money for the
right roof, they don’t last any longer than a regular roof. The bad part about
them is the rubber seals at each screw start leaking after about 10-15 years
and it’s almost impossible to find exactly where it’s leaking.
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On Aug 5, 2021, at 4:09 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
A metal roof was put on our 'new' barn wings post-WWII. It was very heavy
gauge
corrugated aluminum, probably made in the rolling mills that used to do bomber
skins.
Where it was not damaged mechanically by other storm debris, and where the nails
didn't pull out in the wind, etc., the roof is still good. But that other
damage all adds up,
and very little of that original roof is actually all that good anymore.
This is in the PNW, not that far from Kaiser's aluminum mills powered by the
Columbia
river. Might only have been a regional thing, and probably temporally limited.
Also, _very_ noisy in hail and such.
-- Jim
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