I’m considering having a Metro Roof installed over the old, leaky cedar shake roof on my house in central Idaho. Website http://www.metroroofs.com/.
Does anyone have any experience or opinions about this product?
Thanks
R. Lonning
I’m considering having a Metro Roof installed over the old, leaky cedar shake roof on my house in central Idaho. Website http://www.metroroofs.com/.
Does anyone have any experience or opinions about this product?
Thanks
R. Lonning
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It's always best to strip the old first -- it results in a far superior end product.
You are wasting time and money to go over a shake roof. Shakes are to ouneven so results will be unpredictable and hard to look at. there will also be a distinct lack of even support under the new making it all weaker against loads, whether snow, wind, or traffic.
if you had a cedar shingle roof, it might be possible to do OK with furring purlins first to attach the metal on, but now way with shakes.
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A client just got it - first I've seen - seems like a quality product, but no experience with it. Seems there was a problem integrating the new half-round gutters.
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Forrest - not a roofer
Edited 4/23/2008 9:34 pm ET by McDesign
Thanks for the info.