Metal Roofs In Winter

[davismanLV]

I miss hearing rain on the roof. But that's mostly because 1) I live in the desert and it doesn't rain, and B) We have tile roofs here and you can't hear anything. You gotta look out the window and see the rain! I never knew that snow would creep like that!!

 

[edsaqwer]

No, no, and no!No metal roof on the house. That's terrible. In the summer, the roof gets hot, and you can feel like you're in a boiler in the house, but in the winter, it takes twice as long to heat the house as a house with a conventional roof. I understand that maybe some people like it, and it looks good, but it is very unprofitable from a rational point of view. My new house originally also had a metal roof, but as soon as I moved in, I immediately ordered a new roof [SPAM link deleted by GAD] installation. I understand that everyone's tastes are different, and I say in advance that this is just my opinion.

 

[richardp69]

No, no, and no!No metal roof on the house. That's terrible. In the summer, the roof gets hot, and you can feel like you're in a boiler in the house, but in the winter, it takes twice as long to heat the house as a house with a conventional roof.

Totally disagree.

 

[walrus]

No, no, and no!No metal roof on the house. That's terrible. In the summer, the roof gets hot, and you can feel like you're in a boiler in the house, but in the winter, it takes twice as long to heat the house as a house with a conventional roof.

Totally disagree.

+1 on disagreeing. Metal roofs are actually very energy efficient.

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/metal-roof-pros-and-cons/

walrus

 

[Midnight Toker]

Hopefully your roof pitches to the sides and not towards your main entrance/driveway. I've seen metal roofs w/o ice clips (like those fancy snowbirds on the first page) result in major car damage from thick sheets of ice coming down during a sunny morning thaw. One of those can take your head off!! Snow...no problem. But if you ever get an ice storm...be very careful around the perimeter of your house!!

 

[chazmo]

Very cool, Richard!

 

[Cougar]

I also replaced the roofs on my home/music room #1, two 24'x40' 2 story barns, and my Geetar Bar party room with metal roofs. Nothing better than hearing the rain beat down on those roofs....

Yep, we just had a new metal roof put on our little riverfront house. It was needed because the prior roof was LEAKING. It looks great, but with the attic insulation, I don't really hear the rain that much. Hail, yes. Rain, not so much.

Here's a shot before the snows came....

 

[wileypickett]

Others have snowbirds which reduce the avalanche effect

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I've seen these things on roofs from time to time and always wondered what they were for.

 

[Nuuska]

You should have them evenly all the way up. We have tile roof w double tube rails down about 20 inches from eaves. One winter the snow han melted leaving a large chunk of ice near the top. It was about 2x3 meters = 7x10 feet and about 8 inches thick. When it got loose and gained some speed before hitting that double rail it had gathered enough energy to rip the rails off. Luckily nobody was there when it happened.

I´ve considered getting metal hooks that just slip under the tiles and around the wood beams. When the roof is full of those there's no chance forrepeating what we had.

 

[walrus]

You should have them evenly all the way up. We have tile roof w double tube rails down about 20 inches from eaves. One winter the snow han melted leaving a large chunk of ice near the top. It was about 2x3 meters = 7x10 feet and about 8 inches thick. When it got loose and gained some speed before hitting that double rail it had gathered enough energy to rip the rails off. Luckily nobody was there when it happened.

I´ve considered getting metal hooks that just slip under the tiles and around the wood beams. When the roof is full of those there's no chance forrepeating what we had.

Wait! You are blurring the top of the guy's head? What's he hiding?!

walrus

 

[geoguy]

Maybe he is a roofer that is participating in the Finnish witness protection program? And his bald spot was too readily identifiable.

That looks like a rather gentle roof pitch, where the clay tiles are being installed.

 

[Nuuska]

Nah - that pic is something I just grabbed in www - it was like that.
Most likely from Germany - because those nifty snowcatchers are not sold here.

 

[Midnight Toker]

Nah - that pic is something I just grabbed in www - it was like that.
Most likely from Germany - because those nifty snowcatchers are not sold here.

I just looked up the product in the yellow box. Ergo Schneenasen (snow noses), and besides obviously being German, that very same pic w/ the blurred out head is on their front page!

 

[beecee]

We have a copper roof over our south facing door. Thats where we had the snow slide almost take out a couple dogs. Twice.

So after every moderate + snowfall...5" or more...up I go with a snow rake.

But yes I love metal roofs too. Wonder why asphalt shingles ever got so popular.

 

[chazmo]

You should have them evenly all the way up. We have tile roof w double tube rails down about 20 inches from eaves. One winter the snow han melted leaving a large chunk of ice near the top. It was about 2x3 meters = 7x10 feet and about 8 inches thick. When it got loose and gained some speed before hitting that double rail it had gathered enough energy to rip the rails off. Luckily nobody was there when it happened.

I´ve considered getting metal hooks that just slip under the tiles and around the wood beams. When the roof is full of those there's no chance forrepeating what we had.

Boy, those ceramic roofs are so beautiful. You never see them in my part of the US. I think that's because they wouldn't handle winters very well, but I'm not sure what the reasoning is.

 

[Nuuska]

My house is built 1957 - original roof tiles were replaced at 1997 - just because some tiles were cracking and leaking. When the old tiles were dropped town from roof top to driveway in order to smash them - about 20% of them survived. Right now there's about 12 inches of snow up there. No problem with snow at all.

EDIT - while my roof is made of tiles - they're not ceramic, but concrete tiles - so what I wrote above applies to concrete tiles.

Metal roofing costs less - and it is lighter so supporting construction does not need to be so sturdy. The tileroof mimicking sheet roof seems to loose its colour in ten years - and it cannot be painted either. The older method of bending galvanized sheet edges together and then painting seems to be almost foreverlasting. Just repaint every 10-15 year.