Metal roofing how good is it,price per sq.ft. any tip on installation.Rental property has two layers of asphalt plus the origional ceader shake.Do i have to remove all.
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Price depends on who you know and what profile you want. Shop around. Metal will pretty much last as long as the fasteners. It's particularly important to know how to install the fasteners.
Shingles can stay on, but you will have to add sleepers/purlins on the existing roof to keep the metal off the asphalt. They also allow you to "level" the roof which will reduce the amount of waves in the finished roof.
Honestly, I think I would remove the existing roof and lay new felt down before the metal went down.
start strippin' it.
Whether metal is the right choice for the job depends a lot on the style of the house. Tell more.
It will be more expensive than shingles and for a rental, it is probably not the right choice. I suspect that the reason you are interested in metal is that in some cases, it can be applied on strapping over the old roof and save the tear off and dump costs. That is not the case here because you have already exceeded any decent number of layers.
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Thanks, your wright about tearing off,big job not something i can do.I don't understand who would put two or three layers of asphalt on top of original cedar roof.It has created a nightmare. I have no choice but removing.
One over is not uncommon or necesarily wrong, but two over really starts pushing the envelope.
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