Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I'm thinking about replacing mine with a metal roof.
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Not so fast, the developers can have metal roofs on their buildings but not allowed on residential houses. Sucks don’t it.
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It does suck. Many developer owned buildings have metal roofs, but they are tricky to get through deed restriction for residents. Also, it would be difficult to get the solar blankets that heat the water in our pool installed on a metal roof.
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Why would it be any different than shingled roof? I would think it would be easier to mount or are you saying the metal roof won’t heat water like shingled roof?
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I called T & D construction, the company that installed our pool and solar heating, and asked if they would reinstall the solar if I replaced our asphalt roof with metal. The answer was no. Apparently the method used to attach the solar system to an asphalt shingled roof would not work on metal and there are too few metal roofs to make it worth their effort to install solar on metal roofs and offer their standard warranty.
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Did research on metal roofing a few months ago to get info for next roof if we are still in this house and TV. You can get stamped metal roofing that looks like shingles and comes in various colors and styles. Not cheap but last almost indefinitely. Then spoke to TV ARC office about metal roofs. First response was not an option. Then explained with pictures what I was looking at and response changed to submit and it could be possible with changing of technology and styles. The option of having barn style, straight panel roofing will probably not be in the near future until price of insurance and roof replacement become so high that government steps in to override HOA's.
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I swear that I saw a home for sale in TV sometime this summer with a standing seam metal roof. It stood out and made an impression on me. I believe it was on a home in the northern area.
Just wondering out loud. What kind of roof do the manufactured homes in the older sections have? Metal. |
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[QUOTE=Velvet;1974573]And I’ve also heard that some insurance companies do insure you but raise your roof deductible to $15000 or more so above what you would have to pay to replace the roof.
I was in the insurance adjusting business and the majority, if not all, of the insurance companies do not have a "roof" deductible. They do have a windstorm/hurricane deudcitble which is usually a % of your homes value. For example if you have a $300,000 policy and a 5% wind deuctible the deuductible is $15K. If something falls from a plane and hits your roof your regular deductible should appy. |
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We just bought a home in TV, roof about 20 years old, building inspector report indicated roof was in "excellent" condition. We had no problem getting home insurance. Maybe we were just lucky. When I compared the cost of our policy with the policies of our friends in TV, I think we paid a slight premium, maybe $100/year more than if we had a new roof.
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Right On.
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