Don't like the 'metal roof look?' Check out this metal SLATE alternative!

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[bobjoatmon]

The house I grew up in had metal shingles and it was 'bullet proof'. The house was torn down in 2017 and was 100 years old with the original roof. After my grandparents died and my uncles and aunts sold the place the new owners didn't have annual termite control done... All it took was a decade of that and the house was damaged so much it was uneconomical to repair due to the termites being in the entire floor and every wall (East Texas Huntsville area where the termites are Texans too, bigger and bader, haha)

[natej]

Although Matt would never say it, hats off to him for helping his employee build this house with his resources.

[FloridaDock]

Looks great! We put a metal
Shingle roof product on our Straw Bale house in Florida 25 years ago. It still looks great. Zero issues despite 5-6 Hurricanes.

[gary]

Love the Build Show. As an HVAC contractor/trainer innovative ideas get me excited. It doesn't have to be HVAC, building in general and next level thinking is something that keeps my mind wanting to create a better wheel.

[texasmike]

Thank you for informing everyone on your channel of newer easier ways to home build prep

[gkurtenbach]

I put these exact same Edco shingles on my house 10 years ago. They look like the day they were installed. Great product. I have no affiliation with the company. Looks like slate from the ground. The only downside is to make sure you put snow stops on as, like many metal roofs, snow will avalanche.

[David_King]

This is exactly the kind of product I have been looking for. I love standing seam but it doesn’t always look right on some buildings. This is a great option for a traditional look.

[timothymkellydmd]

Love the look my question is how adaptive is this style to solar panel mounting?

[kenwilliams]

I am a fan of metal roofing. It's easy to install, looks great, and may last the lifetime of the house. The only drawback I have encountered was trying to find matching replacement panels to repair a small section of roofing that suffered damage from a fallen tree. The particular shake pattern was discontinued by the manufacturer a few years after we installed it. I searched all accross the nation to find something compatible without success. I ended up replacing the entire roof with galvalume standing seam as I was assured the profile and color would always be available.

[casycasy]

hope you show how they flash .and the ridge how do they install that so you dont see any fasteners.and do you order the ridge for the pitched roof you have ie;12/12 roof or 4/12 roof??

[neckofthewoods]

It was $33, 000 in materials to do my house. I paid $4, 000 for shingles. I can replace my roof every 15 years for the next 120 years before I hit the metals cost. At 120 years the metal will most likely need replaced. I just couldn’t.

[JeffreyMota]

How is repair? Would love for repairs to be discussed during videos so we have the full info, thank you very much for your videos and the work you put in for us mat, amazing work!

[wayneroyce]

I am building material supplier, and I have had several customers who have went the metal roof route who complained about their cellular service after the metal roofing was installed. Have you had any experience with cell service issues from metal roofs?

[philipp]

Can you put this on as siding as well?

[jasonperkins]

I love a good metal roof, I don’t do Mutch roofing anymore, but 25 years ago I used to install Girard, Decra. Granulated steel tile. It was an awesome roof if it was installed right. unfortunately, I have repaired many granulated steel tile roofs. Failure always came in when a installer just don’t care.
I like this style of roof because you lay your 1” x 4” vertically then 2” x 2” horizontally, and then you can insulate in between the bats. Something you should appreciate insulated roof. It really helped break that thermal transfer. When we started, we use smooth shank nails, and we found that they would back out through time. Then we went to ring shank nails. Made it harder to repair them, but really tied everything together. I find myself doing repairs on them occasionally because there isn’t a lot of steel tile installers out there.

[jcjenkins]

Great Video Can you give more detail on how the roof itself is constructed did you vapor vent it? why is there no rain screen? how is it insulated?

[ZylkaLeftridge]

Im doing this on my custom build! we wanted metal roof but love this look!

[bearfoot]

I installed a Decra Shake steel roof on my house, in 1995. It's had 100+ mph winds, 100 degree heat, Hail and Snow. No leaks, or degradation that I can see. Steel is the only way to go.

[JoGuev]

Couple weeks late, mother just had her roof redone. Tried to convince her to do metal but she wanted the normal shingle look, but she did suggest to the roofer for the Fortified system you discussed on an earlier post.

[BrianTPhoto]

We just had this roof installed in the spring, over 2, 600 sq ft went up in a day and it's been great. The neighbors are all commenting about how good it looks and we are planning a solar installation hopefully before the end of the year. This is the last roof I will ever put on a house thankfully.