Anyone here ever have a metal roof installed on their house? My wife and I installed the shingled roof we now have (that's right, just the two of us) and it's time for a new roof (unrelated to the recent storm) and we'll be having a standing seam (concealed fastener) system installed sometime in the next couple of months.

We're not doing the install this time as my wife refuses to get on the roof again, EVER.

https://www.pac-clad.com/metal-roofing/snap-clad/

Don't blame her.  I did a shingle roof once...  Never again.

Nope, I don't blame her one bit. It's a LOT of work for sure but it saves a ton of money doing it yourself. I've never done a metal roof so I'll leave that up to the experts.

Now if we can only agree on a color. She wants a dark color (med bronze) and I'd like a lighter color. There are 37 color choices. 

No help here but it is something I've been interested in. Do you mind sharing some of the reasons you decided to go with the metal roof?

I built a gazebo with a standing seam hip metal roof.  It does look really nice.  I have traditional metal roof on the barn and hay shed. 

I would say that if your house is two story it doesn't matter which one you choose because at a distance it is hard to see the screws.

It is probably good to let the pros install it.  You need special cutters and brakes to bend the metal.  If you use the wrong tools you can accelerate corrosion.

Are the going to strip the current roof down to the wood and put down a sound dampening material under the new roof?

What color are you going to choose?

Nope, I don't blame her one bit. It's a LOT of work for sure but it saves a ton of money doing it yourself. I've never done a metal roof so I'll leave that up to the experts.

Now if we can only agree on a color. She wants a dark color (med bronze) and I'd like a lighter color. There are 37 color choices. 

I was writing while you posted this.  A good company should be able to create in software an elevation of your house and swap out colors so you can get an idea how they will look with your architecture and wall colors.

No help here but it is something I've been interested in. Do you mind sharing some of the reasons you decided to go with the metal roof?

Durability and looks are the main reasons. We don't want to have to worry about the roof ever again. There's a house in our neighborhood that has the same roofing system that we're going to have installed and it looks fantastic. 

I built a gazebo with a standing seam hip metal roof.  It does look really nice.  I have traditional metal roof on the barn and hay shed. 

I would say that if your house is two story it doesn't matter which one you choose because at a distance it is hard to see the screws.

It is probably good to let the pros install it.  You need special cutters and brakes to bend the metal.  If you use the wrong tools you can accelerate corrosion.

Are the going to strip the current roof down to the wood and put down a sound dampening material under the new roof?

What color are you going to choose?

It would be hard to see the screws if we went with a traditional metal roof but as one of the reps from a company that gave us an estimate said, "I just can't see taking a perfectly good piece of metal roofing and making thousands of holes in it". I agree.

Yes, the old roof will be stripped off and a weather proof sound deadening material installed under the metal.   

I was writing while you posted this.  A good company should be able to create in software an elevation of your house and swap out colors so you can get an idea how they will look with your architecture and wall colors.

At the link above the company does have software that shows what your color choices will look like. They even let you upload a pic of your house and work the software magic on it to render your choices on the screen.

Don't have one, but sure like the look of them, and the weather advantages they give.
But that raises a question, would it be wise to install lightning rods, or is that not a
concern with metal roofs.. Oh, and ice cleats (I think that's the name?).

My parents had one installed a year or so ago.  So far so good.  It even withstood the tornado that eventually went near your house.   They live in Clinton, IA.  Storm wasn't THAT bad (tree & a few roofs damaged.. Not their roof, a bldg. a mile away.) until it jumped the river and seemed to gain a lot of strength.

Metal roofs are fairly popular out here, they don't catch on fire. Discount on homeowners insurance.

They 'sweat', need a real waterproof underlayment (15-30lb felt just don't cut it)

They sound neat when it rains. Real neat in a hail storm. Snow can be a minor(?) issue, especially when it cuts loose all at once

Roof penetrations (any penetration) can be leak points, and often are. Same for valleys. Composition shingles 'flex', the whole panel(s) move on metal.

Durability is generally longer than composition shingles, I wouldn't call them life time though.

They dent (big hail, big branches, 400 lb gorilla), they're real slippery when wet, the color fades over time. Roof repairs end up looking like a checkerboard.

Rick

Not inexpensive, but when installed by the right contractor they are very good.
http://decra.com/

If I ever need a roof replaced I will be going with this type of roof system. The roof is metal and looks like asphalt or slate shingles. They also have the flat warehouse looking metal roofs too. I like the slate look.

https://www.interlockroofing.com/metal-roofing/shingle/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLmn2oUhRq8

Don't have one, but sure like the look of them, and the weather advantages they give.
But that raises a question, would it be wise to install lightning rods, or is that not a
concern with metal roofs.. Oh, and ice cleats (I think that's the name?).

Yes, ice/snow cleats. According to the three companies that I had give me an estimate, they don't worry so much about this on residential installations. 

Metal roofs are fairly popular out here, they don't catch on fire. Discount on homeowners insurance.

They 'sweat', need a real waterproof underlayment (15-30lb felt just don't cut it)

They sound neat when it rains. Real neat in a hail storm. Snow can be a minor(?) issue, especially when it cuts loose all at once

Roof penetrations (any penetration) can be leak points, and often are. Same for valleys. Composition shingles 'flex', the whole panel(s) move on metal.

Durability is generally longer than composition shingles, I wouldn't call them life time though.

They dent (big hail, big branches, 400 lb gorilla), they're real slippery when wet, the color fades over time. Roof repairs end up looking like a checkerboard.

Rick

The entire roof will be covered with a rubber ice/water shield first. They say that this offers some sound deadening too but I'm not really worried about that.

Not inexpensive, but when installed by the right contractor they are very good.
http://decra.com/

The 3 companies that gave me estimates did offer to install the Decra metal but it was WAY more money than we wanted to spend.

Here's the color chart, looks like we'll be going with Med Bronze.

https://www.pac-clad.com/color-availability-chart/

Metal roofs are fairly popular out here, they don't catch on fire. Discount on homeowners insurance.

They 'sweat', need a real waterproof underlayment (15-30lb felt just don't cut it)

They sound neat when it rains. Real neat in a hail storm. Snow can be a minor(?) issue, especially when it cuts loose all at once

Roof penetrations (any penetration) can be leak points, and often are. Same for valleys. Composition shingles 'flex', the whole panel(s) move on metal.

Durability is generally longer than composition shingles, I wouldn't call them life time though.

They dent (big hail, big branches, 400 lb gorilla), they're real slippery when wet, the color fades over time. Roof repairs end up looking like a checkerboard.

Rick

Conrad will be up there applying the yearly polyglycoat.   

Conrad will be up there applying the yearly polyglycoat.   

And the gorilla repellant.   

One major benefit of a metal roof. It'll be way more difficult for 'them' to read my mind from orbit and I won't have to wear that silly tinfoil hat in the house any longer. 

Can you actually 'walk' on a metal roof without damage to the panels?