Roofing Materials Questions
Tiki Bar roofing materials? do any of you know where to buy the roofing materials for a bar like this? http://www.bar-gear.com/tikibar.htm
where can i find and compare prices on roofing and insulation materials? I've found lots of building forums and general "building advice" columns that go over very high-level pros/cons to choosing roofing material and insulation options, but I want a site where I can see hard costs of ordering each of the materials so I don't have to call up a ton of contractors or dealers. Does such a comparison site exist? Everyone offers quotes, but that takes too much time to apply for quotes to every dealer. I'm specifically interested in knowing what green options I can afford (cotton batting vs. formaldehyde-free fiberglass, etc.). BTW, Home Depot and Lowes web sites don't have any roofing products (like asphalt shingles) listed and generally don't carry many green options (like cotton insulative batting).
Can you use siding on a roof with a normal pitch, instead of roofing materials? We are putting a new roof on our garage and doing the work ourselves. We want to put on a metal roof as we did on our house a few years ago. However, I would like to find something more decorative than just the plain metal roof, since the garage & roof are in close proximity to our deck and is very visible from the house. We looked into the new metal shakes, etc., but they are very costly. So before we just give up and go with the plain metal roofing sheets, I was wondering if we could find some decorative siding (vinyl, etc) and put it on the roof instead of the sheets of plain metal roofing. The roof will be going over an existing shingle roof that is starting to lose a lot of it's shingles. Would the siding be able to shed water, snow, etc. like a metal roof would? We live in Indiana. What do you think?
Which company makes the best 30yrs composition roof materials? I'm looking into re-roofing my home soon and with all the different manufacturers out there, I'm confused as to which company makes the best 30 years composition roof materials. There's ELK, OWEN CORNINGs, and CERTAINTEED. Which one should I pick? I'm looking for the thickest shingles with the best look that makes your house stands out....curb appeal.
Best roofing material for rain/snow protection? We live near Seattle. It rains a lot. It snows on occasion, not usually hard. Rarely, there are windstorms and we have lots of tall trees that like to drop their branches during such storms. Our roof has a pretty normal pitch. What roofing material would last the longest, require the least maintenance, be easy to repair, and really be the best damn investment into a home we plan to be in for a long time? Any articles you recommend we read? Thank you!
How do I locate a specific solar roofing material I saw before? Several months ago I saw, in Wall Street Journal/Asia, an article about an elderly American (?) who has a small company that produces solar electrical roofing material in rolls that can simply be cut to fit and applied to the roof of any building. It supposedly functions AS the roof in place of shingles or other roofing material and produces significant amounts of electricity. I can't remember the name of the company or the material and would appreciate learning the source/company/contact info for this product.
Compare Timberline and Elk roofing material? Which is best? timberline, and elk roofing material? what are the advantages/disadvantages of each? I live in Kansas city where we have ice, extreme heat, high wind and large hail. which roof stands up the best?
DIY recommendations for low slope roofing.? The low slope roof of our guest house had a leak. I've removed the old roofing materials and replaced the damaged plywood. Now it is time to reroof but I have a hard time finding low slope roofing materials that a home owner can use. Homedepot sells roll material by Henry -specifically for low slope roofs- that is appealing but they don't sell Henry's `aqua prime' that this material calls for. I have yet to locate a store who either carries Henry's aqua prime (HE102) or has an alternative solution. Any recommendations for materials/methods are greatly requested. I'm located in Santa Cruz, CA. The roof slope is ~1/2" in 12". Aqua prime is used to prime the plywood before putting down the adhesive low slope roll material. Aqua prime takes the place of felt paper as used on regular slope roofs.
a question about roofing warrenties? i bought my house 5 years ago knowing it had a new roof put on 2 years before I was fortunate enough that the guy who owned the house before be left 10 years worth of paper work that was done to the house and when the roof was done it had a 10 yr warrenty on workmanship? where they repaired a leak above my kitchen and 20 years on the roofing materials. well 3 years ago the roof started leaking in the same spot again so this was 4 years after the original job was done to stop the leak. So with warrenty in hand i called the roofing company and at that time the lady told me she didnt know if it was covered becasue we were new owners and she would call me back with a responce never heard back from her now its been 3 years and 20 phone calls later and ive gone nowhere wit this place what do i do about them??? since im a new owner can i sue to have it fixed since i bought the house assuming it had a good roof or do i pay someone to come and fix it and chalk it up as a loss???
I am trying to find plastic or fiberglass ribbed roofing such as you use in porch or patio roofs? any ideas? We have a wood porch roof that is not steep enough and leaks when we have pouring rain, thought we might be able to use the other roofing material and save on not having to shingle and tar paper. Know we still have to change the pitch of the roof. Just cannot find the ribbed roofing at any of the home depots or lowes web sites. not sure of the name of this roofing. I went back to home depot and to abcroofing, still could not find, sent them an e-mail to see what it would be listed under.
some roofing material? damage to my car approx 300, damage to caravan 400, roof repair 80, this happened 2.30 today, both van and car in drive will my household insurance pay the lot, as the exess for van and car amount to 300
Conservatory roof materials? I need to get some conservatory roof panels but need to do so on a tight budget. Someone suggested that I could use corrugated plastic. I know this would be the cheapest option but am unsure if it is wise to use this? Any advice would be great
ROOFING material? which shingles is bettere Iko Aristocrat 25 or Certainteed XT25? Roofers come to my house for estimate give me conflicting opinion. Thanks for your help
External conservarory roof shading materials ??? I need to locate a supplier in the Uk please, for some form of shading material for my large flat roofed (polycarbonte) conservatory, can anyone help please, ??? (& no stupid answers thanks) for those of you who have suggested try the local suppliers etc, i did that before i went on here, I thought i might get a better, more sensible response to my sensible question, than i have done so far, the only one has come from across the pond in the USA