Tin roofs

[ChickenAl]

I could never figure out why a tin roof is only used in points south, either? It is a durable roofing system and cheaper and easier to install.

Now, up north, they are using steel roofing on homes that looks like shingles and has 30+ year warranties. It looks spectacular, but does cost a lot. Maybe we are just behind the times.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

I assume you mean galvanized corrugated steel. Perhaps it's a little too redneck looking for us refined northerners...

Our old dairy barn is sided with corrugated aluminum.

There are lot of steel roofs in the rural areas out here in Wisconsin. They just aren't corrugated steel. Typically the barn roofs and the farm houses have standing seam steel panels. This has become more popular in the suburban areas in the past 10-15 years too. People get tired of shingle damage from midwest storms.

Of course more modern outbuilding construction uses the ribbed steel pole barn panels. There are any number of suppliers of those panels around here. I wouldn't even know where to buy bright corrugated steel.

 

[ChickenAl]

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A lot of corrugated is used in the third world, and that is possibly why us refined northerners shy away from it. In an out building, specifically, it looks kind of nostalgic, though.

 

[cwlongshot]

I'm building my first coup now and definitely using a tin roof over the run as well as the coup itself.

I was lucky enough to score some long scraps, from a building we built at my job. Mine isn't actually roofing, but it is galvanized and thicker than regular "tin" rooking by about twice. (The amounts I'm using, that extra weight will not be a concern.)It's actually made for floors/levels between floors where concrete will be poured on top. I have had it standing on blocks leaning against a out building for about three years. I pulled it out the other day to be sure I had enough. It was a brite, shiny as the day I got it. It's appealing looking and did I mention it was FREE!!

CW

 

[ChickenAl]

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I know the stiff. Should work out great.

 

[cwlongshot]

Its a bit heavy for its size, (Over the run). But will outlast the coup...

CW

 

[fireguy56]

Hi, Well I am still dumbfounded as to why folks are responding to this question about metal roof and steering novices to installation of metal roof in the wrong direction. Please do your homework. The only time you install a screw in the corrugations of metal roofing is at the lap of one sheet to another. Called a stitch using self tapping sheet metal screws with rubber or neopreme washer.. Otherwise, metal roofing manufacturers and installers call for the screws to be in the FLAT area of the panel an inch or so away from the corrugation. This is for holding power and strength of the roofing system. If you install the screws designed to hold the roof down in the top of the corrugations, you run the risk of overtightening the fastener and deflecting the metal, causing a potential leak. I have installed hundres of squares of metal roofing over 38 years of construction/ remodeling work and have never had a leak problem installing it the proper way with the appropriate fastener and technique. Next time you are close to a metal building that has been erected by a professional, take a closer look and see where the screws are positioned.
Erik

 

[wava1vaughn]

Hi from Ga. Metal roofing on house come with a 50 year warranty. As far as coops go its all in the preparation. If your in cold climate insulate like you would any thing else. I have 5 pens all covered with metal roofing. The last 2 years we had the coldest winters on record here and the hottest summers on record here. Luckily we never lost a bird. We usually maintain about a hundred birds. I think metal is a plus plus.

 

[cwlongshot]

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Fireguy,
I thought about this when I built this coup. I have been building things for many years too. I just haven't used this product before. (Its not regular roofing as I mentioned) Mine needed to be overlapped three sections. So I siliconed the overlapping pieces and screwed the panels together with neoprene washers under the heads. (In the top of the ridges) You can see these screws in the last set of pics.

So what I did was run two 2x4's in the ridges (Attached with roofing nails with rubber washers) and added three cross pieces, two on the bottom and one on top. I used the one on top because I wanted to hing it and needed the hinges 'higher' so they don't "crash" into the building. Hopefully my pics will make it make more sense...

For the coup roof I needed to put a couple nails in the valleys, (Mostly I used spacers so I could nail thru the ridges.) but used the same nails with the rubber washers beneath. Is this good bad or indifferent...

CW

 

[welasharon]

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5V tin....not that new fangled metal roofing! Better yet if you get some off somebody's old homestead that fell over! Then it's already pre-seasoned and wonderfully rusty. It'll outlast the coop.
sharon