The Village of Kohler, built around the turn of the last century, has lots of houses with slate roofs. Many of those are probably approaching 100 years of age if not older. When you consider how difficult of an environment Wisconsin is, that speaks for the durability of the material, for sure. I wonder how hard it is to find someone who works on them?
-D > On Aug 24, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Here in old New England we still have some slate roofs around. Those are real > honest 100 year roofs. Then with a little maintenance they're good for > another 100 years. Back in the '80s a lot of houses converted to asphalt > shingles, now I'd bet some of those people are wishing they'd just fixed a > few broken slates... > > -Curt > > On Monday, August 24, 2020, 9:23:04 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I’ve seen them done here and they use the continuous roll stuff as well, or > precut most of the pieces off site and truck them to the site. Cost is about > double that of a composition (shingle) roof from what I’ve heard, however, > that pays in the long run between the life of the roof and savings on > insurance. > > Never understood the clay tile stuff. Seems like it would be a PITA to > maintain and repair, not to mention needing more substantial structural > members to support it. > > -D > > > On Aug 24, 2020, at 8:57 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > Its the insulation that keeps them quiet. When you get into Maine you see a > > lot more of them and in Arostook county almost all new roofs are metal. The > > amish put them on, they show up with the metal in a giant roll like wire > > for telephone poles comes on and cut to fit so there are no horizontal > > seams mid-roof. > > When we had our roof done I looked into metal but with no amish here the > > price was outrageous. Asphalt shingles were less than half the cost. > > -Curt > > > > On Saturday, August 22, 2020, 9:33:11 PM EDT, Dwight Giles via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > Aren't metal roofs,noisy? We don't see them on houses here on New England. > > Only garages. > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > Wickford RI > > > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 9:27 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > >> How do you like the metal roofs? > >> > >> I have been thinking about doing that when my asphalt shingle roof needs > >> replacing (soon, it's 22 years old, and I've already had to patch a leak > >> around a skylight in the living room). But some of the installations > >> I've seen look cheap and "industrial" for want of a better word. > >> > >> My other thought has been composite tiles that look like spanish tile. I > >> really like that look but the cost of real tile is quite a lot and I'm > >> not sure if a normal truss roof would take the weight if it wasn't built > >> for that originally. > >> > >> Allan > >> > >> > >> OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> > >> writes: > >> > >>> Our homeowner's insurance includes the house, detached garage, well > >> house, > >>> guest house (was a shop), and hangar. When I called to report a roof leak > >>> that was staining the ceiling in the bedroom a couple of months after a > >>> hailstorm, State Farm sent an appraiser who inspected everything, all the > >>> roofs. He determined that the house roof was OK, the leak was from an > >>> poorly sealed standpipe, but did find that all the other roofs had hail > >>> damage, so paid to replace them all. That included the 2000 sq. ft. > >> hangar > >>> with foam sprayed on the underside of the roof. By spraying the outside > >> of > >>> the hangar roof with foam and latex paint of some sort, we had enough > >> money > >>> left over to re-roof the house. All the roofs are now metal - which > >> reduced > >>> our premium some 20% or so (I don't remember exactly, it might have been > >>> more. > >>> > >>> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 12:35 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I suspect they’re looking at your county appraiser’s records to get > >> things > >>>> like age, square footage, etc. It’s entirely possible they’re including > >> the > >>>> cost of your outbuilding, too. That or there could be mistakes in your > >>>> property appraiser’s records - always good to check every year or two. > >>>> > >>>> I say that from experience, as the house we built in Wisconsin had a > >> room > >>>> added to it by a third party appraiser the city hired when we had a > >>>> reassessment. He didn’t do a physical inspection, he just did a “drive > >> by”. > >>>> We challenged this and found that he had boogered up so many other > >> people’s > >>>> appraisals that the city ended up firing him and hiring a new company > >> that > >>>> did it right. > >>>> > >>>> -D > >>>> > >>>>> On Aug 22, 2020, at 1:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> No they don’t care as long as they get paid off. These insurance > >>>> companies plug in some sort of number they claim is the cost to rebuilt > >> the > >>>> house based one some sort of calculation they come up with. > >>>>> > >>>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>>> > >>>>>> On Aug 22, 2020, at 11:27 AM, Craig via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 22:12:58 -0500 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > >>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> I ran a couple of online quotes and cheapest I came up with so far > >> was > >>>>>>> Liberty Mutual. It was around $600-$1k cheaper depending on > >>>>>>> deductible. I have not tried State Farm yet. The problem is USAA > >> and > >>>>>>> all these others put a rebuild value WAY higher than what we paid > >> and > >>>>>>> what I figure the actual house is worth/would actually cost to > >> replace. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Can you not say, "This is what I want to insure my house for?" Or is > >> the > >>>>>> one who funded your mortgage requiring the higher value? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Craig > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > >>>>> > >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > >>>>> > >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> OK Don > >>> > >>> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > >>> pause and reflect." 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