Posted by DB4600 on May 17, 2016 at 07:14:19 from (70.197.228.96):
In Reply to: Re: Metal Roof posted by dhermesc on May 17, 2016 at 05:50:28:
Not necessarily the case. Shingles have been forced to go the way of eco friendly green. Similar to paint and brake shoes they have been forced to take all the good stuff that made the old shingle perform out of the new shingles. The old roofs were likely steeper and breathed. Today in the energy efficiency effort old breathing houses have been wrapped and sealed and the weak link is the shingle. The house I live in is 108 years old and heats like a corn crib. The previous owner had updated the windows and wrapped the exterior with a 1" foam faced board before siding over. Now the air that was exchanged is forced to go through the attic to vent.
On an old story and half that hasn't been gutted and the attic reinsulated all of the moisture created in the space goes out the attic. The old 2x4 rafter space isn't enough to evacuate the moisture and the moisture condensates and freezes in the roofing layers hence promoting the deterioration of the shingle.
We had a hail storm pass through 5 years ago and junkshow caught heck. The older buildings with steep roofs faired better than the low pitch newer building on both steel and shingle. The two old gas stations with steep shingled roofs suffered only spot damage. The depot with the lower flatter roof faired worse. The old barns and school house with steep roof/ cedar shingle fair surprisingly well. Even the old 22 ga. corrugated steel performed better than the 26 ga. 8" ag steel. These cases were both on 3 or 4/ 12 pitch roofs and the corrugated suffered no claimable damage.
About 20 years ago CertainTeed came out with a new line of 25 and 35 year Shangle. What we thought of at the time a good heavy solution to the 3 tabs of the day. Within 5 years we were re-shingling those roofs because it was a poor product. Today we are directed to put high performance barriers on the roofs to minimize water leakage and promote better performance from the roofing product. Unfortunately that doesn't always translate to high performance on old assemblies. A co worker of mine has a 80 year house and fights the battle of shingling a part of his house about every 2 years. He's fed up and is going to put steel on the roof when he feels his shingles have outstayed their welcome. I myself am faced with the same plan.
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