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Originally Posted by Alana33
That's funny.
I don't think they're ugly at all!
Clean lines and you can get the top coat for the roof in many colors.
I would've had to replace my roof on my STT home 3X's by now if it was done with shingles.
What's that cost ya to do up here?
What type of maintenance issues are there with shingles?
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I wasn't trying to be funny. The advantages of a membrane roof is that they are cheaper and they can be installed on a relatively flat roof. Typically, shingles need to have a slope of at least 3/12 or steeper. The roofs in the Virgin Islands are probably too flat to use shingles. But, I think shingles are used here because they have a more attractive appearance. They used to make a plain flat shingle, but most shingles today are called architectural shingles because they have a three dimensional appearance to them. They will last about 15 to 25 years with almost no maintenance. But, they have a longer life span in the North than in Florida.