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vmike · 06-03-13, 03:44 PM

I'm also in Oklahoma, I put a metal roof on over ten years ago. I would not go back. My house had 3/4 shake shingles, been on there since the house was built in 62 without a problem, after a large hail storm they could take no more. The cost to replace the shakes was $20K the crooks, excuse me the insurance company would allow me $5100 because of the age of the roof. I managed to do the entire roof with trim for just under $5K. I stripped the shakes and put a single layer of thirty pound felt under the tin, it's pretty quiet. I did my moms little house in tin after the same hail storm, screwed 1x4s to the asphalt shingle roof and the tin to those. It's also pretty quiet. Both roofs have endured several hail storms in the intervening years without damage. Both are 29 gauge. As a side note, I recycled the shakes through my woodstove for heat.

mike

06-03-13, 03:44 PM	#7
vmike Lurking Renovator Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stillwater, OK Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I'm also in Oklahoma, I put a metal roof on over ten years ago. I would not go back. My house had 3/4 shake shingles, been on there since the house was built in 62 without a problem, after a large hail storm they could take no more. The cost to replace the shakes was $20K the crooks, excuse me the insurance company would allow me $5100 because of the age of the roof. I managed to do the entire roof with trim for just under $5K. I stripped the shakes and put a single layer of thirty pound felt under the tin, it's pretty quiet. I did my moms little house in tin after the same hail storm, screwed 1x4s to the asphalt shingle roof and the tin to those. It's also pretty quiet. Both roofs have endured several hail storms in the intervening years without damage. Both are 29 gauge. As a side note, I recycled the shakes through my woodstove for heat. mike __________________ I tried to contain myself, but I escaped.