LOL, like a standing seam roof? Kaleb, your guy doesn't know about metal roofs. He's got 40 year old information. Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 5:59 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> 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. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
