[Greenbuilding] [BULK] roof replacement asphalt versus steel

[Chris Green]

Tom Young wrote:
>  HOA's
>   
>> don't' like it because it used to be seen as cheap, (it WAS!) and the
>> only option was barn metal.  Now with the better quality standing seam
>> metal, it is seen as a higher quality roof, and might add some value to
>> a house, but probably not enough to justify it if you are selling in two
>> years.  That's my 2c, you can come to another conclusion without much
>> effort.
>>     
>
>
> I mentioned my old farmhouse once before.  It was 140 yrs old and had a tin 
> shingle roof that DID NOT leak.  The experience was wonderful.
Not roofing, but perhaps y'all might want to have a squiz at one project 
in Utah, the Benally House, which uses the old style barn metal as 
siding for a compressed earthblock house. Probably to keep the walls 
from being sandblasted, by the looks of it.

Short note about it at:
http://www.eartharchitecture.org/

The projects' blog.
http://designbuildbluff.blogspot.com/

Cheers,

Chris Green