All metal roofs are not alike. I was driving up I-5N in Washington when
I started noticing some very attractive metal roofs on houses and
businesses. When we needed to put a new roof on our old house, my husband
and I drove up I-5 on a sleuthing trip and located the source. The roofs
are manufactured by On-Site Roofing and are easy to install. The panels
snap together and give the effect of a standing seam tern roof with far
less labor and without the lead. It is a good roof to use with a water
collection system. Our roof was installed by a friend who had never
installed a metal roof before. Our house was in an urban area where nobody
had a metal roof on their houses, and my husband worried about negative
reactions from the neighbors. Instead, we had very positive responses and
this weekend one of our former neighbors asked us to contact the man who
installed our roof because she would like to replace her shingle roof with
the same kind of metal roof.
We chose the metal roof for water collection and environmental
appropriateness. Our former neighbor, on the other hand, seems to be
motivated by aesthetics and durability. At any rate, it's a choice that is
kinder to the environment than most and the roof can be recycled if it ever
needs to be replaced, though I expect it will outlast the house itself.
Carol (and Brodie)
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<snip> I'm planning on a metal roof...but I do like the shake look better
if costs
are similar and if fiber cement can be used without fear for rainwater
collection. <snip>
