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Here in the UK and Europe we use clay or concrete tiles or slate.. It’s the last thing we expect to do maintenance on apart from extreme storm damage. They should last at least a hundred years. Old houses that have Welsh slate roofs can last hundreds of years. We put shingles in our sheds and summer houses.
Would love an honest video like this about windows!
We have windows made through Farm and Home out of Kansas City/DesMoines. We put the windows in 12 yrs ago and they are LIKE NEW still (except for the dirt I haven’t cleaned out) . We just put in the same windows in the back of the house (1998 est) last Nov.
Our original roof lasted 20 years, but was replaced because of a final bad hail storm. Our shingles were 25 yr and actually lasted longer than most houses in neighborhood. Current roof is a 50 year shingle roof.
Thanks for this discussion of roofs. I live in Michigan and my 140 year old farm house has the same standing seam metal roof that my grandfather had installed about 1920. Throughout the years it was painted with a good rust resistant paint about every 15 years and it just keeps performing well—no holes and no leaks. So, some metal roofs do last 100 years ?
In my area all the old barns with metal roofing are still standing and the ones without metal roofing have all fell down over the years. Neither type were very maintained of the years.
@Raimond Ainsar why wont they last or are you just shooting from the hip
Seam metal roofs last 100 years easily if its maintained properly. Its the profile sheet metal roofs that wont get past 25-35 years
You likely don’t think of it in Canada, but here in the southern part of the US, the heat load is important. Metal roofs will lower the heat load on your AC. I know some think that reflective sheeting inside will overcome this, but it is not as good as rejecting the solar load on the outside.
in canada noticed the heat reflection right away in some parts of canada we get real hot as anywhere
Plus they’re stronger in hurricanes, often the only roof left on a hurricane beach are the metal roofs.
If I had the money, I’d always go with a good, solid metal roof myself, Jeff ? I once owned (and worked very hard on) a circa 1844 wooden house. It originally had a shake roof, but was replaced with metal around the early 1900’s. Everything else went wrong, and I went bankrupt during the process, but the roof never leaked ? Cheers, Joe ???
We did a metal roof about 9 years ago. A year after we had a hail storm with hail the size of tennis balls (no exaggeration) and the roof had to be replaced, looked like someone hit t with a ball peen hammer about every inch! Aug 2020 we had the Dericho, 120mph wind for over an hour. No roof damage, most shingle roofs in town lost 20-80% of the shingles! Metal all the way!!
I think asphalt shingles are pretty bad, and I wish they were much less popular. They can’t be recycled, they leach oil into groundwater, they get soft in the heat and brittle in the cold, they shed granules into the gutters forever, and they look…okay. Metal really is the way to go, and if you want that shingle look, you can get metal “shingles”. One huge advantage of metal is that it has far fewer seams, and if you go with standing seam, it’s essentially one piece. I put snap-lock metal on my new shop and am glad I did. It’s easy to install, (relatively) inexpensive, easy to repair, recyclable, and immune to most weather. And it makes a nice sound when rained on!
@Dan T. You hit the “nail” on the head! Exposed screws are a nightmare after 12 to 15 years! High maintenance because of the screws, paint issues etc. Plus in snow regions the snow sliding off the roof! Noise from metal, oil canning!
@James Hill you to!! Ouch, sounds like they got ya good up there. Replace $30,000 roofs all the time here and only 1k deductible owner pays
@Travis Edwards Went over my policy. Seems everything but the roof is RCV. What little I could find in a brief online search is that in Canada it is RCV minus depreciation on shingles. DOH Canada!!! ?
I’ll look into more another day. Have a good one.
@James Hill very welcome!
@Travis Edwards Thanks for the response. I’ll look into it. US does seem many times to have better “products” offered to people than in Canada. Not sure if this is the case here or not. ?
Ok, I need you to come to NY. I just bought my first house. It needs a roof, some waterproofing in the basement, wiring, kitchen needs updated, and garage needs a roof. Your work is amazing and I’m starting to not trust anyone to work on my house but you lol
Your house sounds like mine ???
Hey Jeff
When you were redoing the roof did you consider stripping the old roof and putting down some
2×4 and making a new roof on top so you could potentially have functioning sofites?
I’m from UK and roofs last longer than a lifetime, why is everything made to fail in the USA when you could easily make a roof last a lifetime, oh wait it’s all a complete con to keep economy going.
Because we live in a capitalist country, you see the roofer wearing a $70 Nike T-shirt that guy bought that shirt from a Store, the store hires a bunch of people that people go to McDonald’s or buy houses, that people then hire the guy from Renovision, then the guy from Renovision can install a new roof…that’s why our country is more powerful than yours and better looking, I have been in UK and it’s depressing to see your 100 years old roof…
I beg to differ heat kills roof and proper installation techniques makes a world of difference ,The more ventilation you can create the better your “roof system” will last,
It’s called planned obsolescence, garbage but is what it is, and this is Canada but, it’s all the same across north America.
I live in a 120 year old farm house in Florida. It has the original steel roof. It’s oxidizing a little but it’s still got another 40 years easy if I keep taking care of it. Seeing as how the roof only cost about 4,000$USD our roofing systems are fantastic if done properly and cared for.
I just want my roof to last another ten years, and by then, I figure they will have really great solar-panel roofs.
@Brandon P Spot on. I am seeing some integration into shingles, but I am skeptical of the idea.
people REALLY need to get the idea out of their heads that solar + roofing = good idea. solar tiles are here, great, i like those better, but you will pay an enormous premium to have those made, im sure. solar panels on the other hand are an absolute nightmare & i wish (as a roofer) these things were never created.
@Ron Miller I’m strongly considering that, actually. There are a lot of downsides to putting panels or solar tiles on your roof. A a platform in the backyard would get less light but it eliminates a lot of the drawbacks/expense.
Or you could just put solar panels in a fenced area of the back yard and let your roof be a roof.
@James I think you can do a new asphalt roof + panels for around 20k and a solar roof is 75k-100k so they’re not competitive.
4 places in life to NEVER go cheep. Shoes, bed, foundation, roof. You live on you feet, die on your back. The best remodel is garbage if the roof leaks and foundation crumbles.. u can fix a old kitchen by your self. Not the roof..
You literally can’t in Florida, has to be a licensed roofer.
Damn right!! Get a big metal roof.no bloody shingles
Well said!
Jeff, my man, I can not thank you profusely enough for all you do now that I’ve started house shopping in earnest. I’ve already skipped over several landmines either from a seller trying to attract a flipper or one that a flipper already did an immensely halfass job on trying to turn a huge profit. You will absolutely have me as a new member by the time I find a house worth my time and money. Respect!
Jeff, your comment about not having good airflow in your farmhouse made me think of another question. I also only have gable vents in my house, and I’ve recently had air conditioning put in. Now I’m concerned if I need an attic fan to prevent condensation, but I have no idea where to start. (Also I know this is a DIY channel, but I think I’d be having someone else do it.) Could you do an episode on attic fans, please?
Wow this is one of the next projects on the list. Thanks Jeff.
thanks for this, I have to replace my roof this year. here in 9b because of the heat, car batteries are another item that even though there’s a general warranty of life expectancy you usually will get a year to a year and a half less out of it.
That house has the exact same footprint as mine, including the flying saucer landing pad. I had a shingle roof installed a year ago – $10,700 in Maine.
similar money as he is talking Canadian dollars…..
Good video as I did my roof a few years ago. I went with the same product you did and the main reason I did not do a steel roof is because none of the steel roof companies were going to do a pull off of my shingles. All 4 companies I had quotes with tried telling everyone it was not necessary and it saves the environment LoL. I said no it saves them money and I want the inspection to make sure everything is in good shape. They all wanted extra money to pull the shingles off. I thought that was a poor way to do business and did not want to worry if I had issues a few years later due to missed rot under the shingles as my roof was 15 years old. I’ve seen all these steel roofs going up in my area and nobody is pulling the old roof off.
It must be tough to sell Jeff a product. He probably knows more sometimes and he can sniff out the BS. That’s why originally I learned construction because now I know if a guy is a dud or actually knows what he’s talking about
Would love to see a video on sustainable composite tiles like the Canadian-made Enviroshake!