Asphalt vs Metal Shingles?

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  @rocketscientist42 · 4 months ago

  At <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWA7PSmsAec&amp;t=540">9:00</a> you say the metal shingle has a low emissivity. That means it has a low emission of heat, not high. Looking at their website, the dark colored shingles have a low solar reflectivity, a high absorptivity, and a high emissivity. That means it will get very hot when exposed to the sun, but shed that heat quickly when shaded or it&apos;s dark. &nbsp;To get a high reflectance and low absorptivity, you&apos;ll have to choose a light color finish. Every finish has basically the same high emissivity value.

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• HA

  @HamVids · 4 months ago

  I&apos;m know I&apos;m not a commercial builder, but i&apos;ve decided im going to go with copper, melted/cast - hand stamped to the right thickness - bent and trimmed and beveled, liver of sulfer to turn it black. It&apos;s going to be a labor of love. Plus, it&apos;ll be a 200 year roof for the same price minus personal labor. But I&apos;ve gotta do my windows first, then roof, then siding, then gutters. i think I am going to go with anchored chain gutters as well - old school, plus, I like the look like the house is chained to the ground hahah, the back gutters will runoff into a water collection tank for garden/pool. Thanks Matt for the vid!

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• CT

  @cthibault8225 · 4 months ago

  I priced these recently and they where double the price of steel roofing.

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• TO

  @totallybonkers · 4 months ago

  Great episode. In Texas, a HOA can&apos;t restrict Standing Seam roofs. They get passed because of their wind and fire ratings. I just had a 24 gauge standing seam roof installed. The HOA only restricted my color options, which was fine. It looks amazing ❤😊

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• AN

  @anamiacdm · 3 months ago

  Every time he showed the full roof, you could see dents all over the place from people walking on it. &nbsp;I think the metal isn&apos;t thick enough.

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• AA

  @Aaron-fb1pq · 1 month ago

  Asphalt shingles have come a long way.<br><br>As the owner of a successful roofing company I’ve see it all, it’s better value to go with a rubberized asphalt than metal when it comes to longevity

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  @totallybonkers · 4 months ago

  And adding Solar to a Standing Seam roof is super easy. For Standing Steam roofs, they make special clips that clip on the ribs. It&apos;s easy and doesn&apos;t require puncturing any holes in the roof. <br>With asphalt, they drill holes - and you get leaks.

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• SK

  @skiptheroad · 4 months ago

  Similar metal shingles were available in the early 2000&apos;s and discontinued because of the housing crash in &apos;08/&apos;09. &nbsp;I had a customer that had the stamped metal shingles on her house that was built in 2005. &nbsp;A small area of her roof was damaged in a storm and it was impossible to source the stamped metal replacement shingles because the company that produced them went out of business years ago. &nbsp;I searched all over the U.S. and even overseas with no luck. &nbsp;She had to pay for an entire new roof. &nbsp;She chose asphalt shingles for the replacement.

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• EV

  @EVoltage00 · 4 months ago

  We installed those exact shingles on my brothers roof probably 10 years ago. They still look as good as the day they were installed.<br>I don&apos;t think the price was tremendously higher than high quality asphalt, but install was a bit slower. I think it took the 3 of us about 3 days to do the whole roof, which was pretty good. Plus the mfg advised we just throw underlayment down over the existing shingles, so we didn&apos;t need to spend a full day tearing the old roof off.

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  @brianm.9451 · 3 months ago

  I wish I had seen this last year when I got my roof replaced. I switched architectural shingles and when I went to sell my house a year later, I had to replace 8 bundles because of defects.

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  @antonw8134 · 4 months ago

  I would go with standing seam, since I do like the look of it.

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• TR

  @TrendyStone · 3 weeks ago

  My neighbor has one of these. &nbsp;Metal shingles. &nbsp;Looks fantastic! &nbsp;They’ve had some wasp challenges and unfortunately…he no longer has cell service in his home. &nbsp;He’s always out on the front porch making calls. &nbsp;I’m sure there’s a solution but it’s kind of funny.