Goose
Well-known Member
We have a farm house we rent out, and it is in need of a new roof.
I got a bid to replace the roof with regular composition shingles, but I got to wondering about steel. As an Insurance Inspector, I've done new construction houses with steel roofs, but I can't recall ever doing a used house with steel on the roof, although I've seen them. I haven't yet called someone for a bid to use steel.
I've heard you can put the steel on over the existing composition shingles and get more insulation. Is this a fact? If it is, it would both give more insulation and eliminate the cost of tearing the old roof off.
How about cost? Per ads, price per square seems to be about a tossup between steel and composition, depending on quality and source, so it would come down to labor. It would seem to me that steel would be less labor intensive than composition, but that's speculation.
Has anyone out there been involved with a steel residential roof versus composition shingles? Any words of wisdom?
Thanks in advance.
I got a bid to replace the roof with regular composition shingles, but I got to wondering about steel. As an Insurance Inspector, I've done new construction houses with steel roofs, but I can't recall ever doing a used house with steel on the roof, although I've seen them. I haven't yet called someone for a bid to use steel.
I've heard you can put the steel on over the existing composition shingles and get more insulation. Is this a fact? If it is, it would both give more insulation and eliminate the cost of tearing the old roof off.
How about cost? Per ads, price per square seems to be about a tossup between steel and composition, depending on quality and source, so it would come down to labor. It would seem to me that steel would be less labor intensive than composition, but that's speculation.
Has anyone out there been involved with a steel residential roof versus composition shingles? Any words of wisdom?
Thanks in advance.