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I found out what those shingles I once saw on TV are called. They are "stone coated metal (or steel) shingles". I haven't checked what their prices are yet though. The price is likely to aghast me. (hah! verbing an adjective!)
Examples of stone coated metal roofing products:
Stonehenge
Decra
Gerard
Allmet
(Allmet and Gerard seem to be the same company.)
Metro Roofs
SteelRock
MetalRoofingSource
ATAS Granutile
Photo Comparison of different types of stone coated metal shingles. The other pages on this site have good info. Questions to ask.
More Questions/guidelines
.
The following pages describe problems and things to watch out for, with stone-coated metal roofs.
Note that some of this info may be biased.
Has anyone installed decra steel roofing?
Allmet Duraloc defective stone coated metal roofing
defective stone coated metal roof
Consumer Reviews of Dura-Loc shingles
Problems with Stone Coated Metal Roofing
Decra to shingle reroof
Decra metal shingle vs. tear-off reshingle w/asphalt
Decra Shingles
.
I've been monitoring the temperature in my attic with a wireless thermometer/weather station. I'll likely post the results once I have more of them.
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I cut my hair. Then I took a shower. Then I vacuumed up the fallen hair. Then I vacuumed the rest of the house. It is always difficult for me to stop vacuuming, once I've started. Then I felt like quickly cleaning all the window sills. Then a wayward swipe of my sponge across a window screen showed me that the screen was horribly dirty. So I wiped down all the window screens too. I also oiled the bottom tracks of the sliding windows.
Then I emptied the vacuum cleaner, and washed its parts.
Then I went out to give my dogs a little treat, and discovered that the little one had tunnelled out under my fence, in spite of the line of bricks placed along it. I went and recovered her. The big dog had dirt on her nose, so I'm fairly sure she's not innocent in the matter. Especially since she's the once with the strength to move bricks.
Entry updated to add more links on 2011/08/11.
Examples of stone coated metal roofing products:
Stonehenge
Decra
Gerard
Allmet
(Allmet and Gerard seem to be the same company.)
Metro Roofs
SteelRock
MetalRoofingSource
ATAS Granutile
Photo Comparison of different types of stone coated metal shingles. The other pages on this site have good info. Questions to ask.
More Questions/guidelines
.
The following pages describe problems and things to watch out for, with stone-coated metal roofs.
Note that some of this info may be biased.
Has anyone installed decra steel roofing?
Allmet Duraloc defective stone coated metal roofing
defective stone coated metal roof
Consumer Reviews of Dura-Loc shingles
Problems with Stone Coated Metal Roofing
Decra to shingle reroof
Decra metal shingle vs. tear-off reshingle w/asphalt
Decra Shingles
.
I've been monitoring the temperature in my attic with a wireless thermometer/weather station. I'll likely post the results once I have more of them.
.
I cut my hair. Then I took a shower. Then I vacuumed up the fallen hair. Then I vacuumed the rest of the house. It is always difficult for me to stop vacuuming, once I've started. Then I felt like quickly cleaning all the window sills. Then a wayward swipe of my sponge across a window screen showed me that the screen was horribly dirty. So I wiped down all the window screens too. I also oiled the bottom tracks of the sliding windows.
Then I emptied the vacuum cleaner, and washed its parts.
Then I went out to give my dogs a little treat, and discovered that the little one had tunnelled out under my fence, in spite of the line of bricks placed along it. I went and recovered her. The big dog had dirt on her nose, so I'm fairly sure she's not innocent in the matter. Especially since she's the once with the strength to move bricks.
Entry updated to add more links on 2011/08/11.