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Originally Posted by Normal
The two main reasons metal roofs may not be ideal here are the fading and heavy rains. Our sun can sometimes be brutal to paint and metal roofs do look rather ugly after a while. I’m not sure how faded one should become or how you would gauge this if you were Community Standards.
Another drawback would of course be the noise from rain. As most know our rains here can be exceptionally hard and lengthy in duration. Also for many there would be the speed the water drains from a metal surface and soil erosion. Perhaps some landscaping would need upgraded to serve the higher volume?
Maybe the villages should consider them because of the shortage of labor that could be coming? There is the idea of the federal government fining those who employ illegal immigrants to defray costs and fund deportation costs. Perhaps a roofing contractor here has or had some working for them?
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At my previous home, I built a pavilion in my back yard and used metal roofing, the ones with ribs, from Lowe's for the roof. It is typical metal roofing everyone knows about, not fancy or decorative, just functional. This isn't roofing most people would use on their home. After 10 years there was no fading of the color. This was in Tennessee and the summer sun there is quite intense.
Did you not read my previous post on noise from metal roofs? You can have insulating material under the metal that negates the noise from rain and hail.
As far as water erosion, have you not heard of rain gutters? My house in TV didn't have gutters when we bought it, so I had them installed to negate any water problems with the slab foundation. Even with asphalt shingles you should have gutters.
Yes, there should be a lower labor cost as a metal roof is much faster to install. Do real research on the new metal roofing being used, this ain't 1940.