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   brownbagg | Feb 19, 2006 09:54pm | #1

   no vapor barrier, ridge vents and since you in hurricane area, lots of concrete. metal roofs.

   . 2+3=7
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   Matt | Feb 20, 2006 02:15am | #6

   Not that I'm doubting you, but why does a metal roof hold up better in a hurricane? - and come to think of it I've seen a lot of metal roofs at the beach...

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   Sphere | Feb 20, 2006 02:27am | #7

   fewer edges to get wind lift for starters..compared to comp shingles.

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   Boats234 | Feb 20, 2006 02:49am | #8

   When the wind starts blowing  90mph- more than half of the shingled roofs are going to start losing a few shingles.

   As for total roof failure when the wind gets above 140mph I don't guess it matters whats on top so much as your framing, structure and foundation. But I guarantee you most of your shingles are coming off along with any vinyl siding once the wind gets it fingers under it.

   Flying shingles cause more broken windows during a storm then any other projectile.

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   brownbagg | Feb 20, 2006 03:28am | #9

   Think about this. If you get five minor hurricanes in five years. winds about 80-110. You will reshingle the roof five times. compared to maybe never on metal. Plus black asphalt shingle to light color metal. which will have more heat in the attic.. 2+3=7

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   kazm | Feb 22, 2006 06:47pm | #10

   What about no shingles or metal roof?  What about a dome?

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   Boats234 | Feb 22, 2006 10:48pm | #13

   Nah! Domes don't work very well in Louisiana ;)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

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   Danno | Feb 22, 2006 09:02pm | #12

   Just got back from Ocean Springs, MS. The metal roofs fared better in the hurricanes than the shingled roofs. I did see one metal roof that had started to peel back at one corner to expose a shingled roof under it.

   Vinyl siding was mostly gone on all houses. We saw veneer brick that had been peeled off the walls. Apparently they didn't use many brick ties. Don't know if it would have helped a lot anyway--we were told a 30 foot storm surge came ashore. The houses with the brick peeled away were inland enough so they only got seven feet of water washing through their neighborhood.

   For us Norhterners it was pretty eye-opening. Like a mild tornado had gone through, but a tornado something like 90 miles wide that was on the ground for the width of four or five states...oh, and coupled with a flash flood 20 some feet deep, though only going a few miles inland.

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   Gunner | Feb 22, 2006 10:48pm | #14

      I'm not knocking metal roofs. I'll have one on my next house for sure. But I was in Sidney Nebraska one winter when the wind got really bad. One piece of tin came loose on the local pizza hut roof, then another, then another, until the whole roof was flying through town at somehing like 70 miles per hour. Like giant razor blades. Scary sight to watch.

    

    

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   Danno | Feb 22, 2006 11:36pm | #15

   I can imagine pieces of metal roof skimming through would be scarey! Metal signs too! We had 100 mph straight winds once in Michigan and they took 12' lengths of aluminum fascia off a highrise where I worked and burried them about 6' deep in a nearby corn field!

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   Boats234 | Feb 22, 2006 11:42pm | #16

   Standing seam roofs that have not been installed correctly are notorious for peeling up.  Too many nails and not enough screws? You want to start that arguement ;)

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   Gunner | Feb 23, 2006 12:47am | #17

   LOL. I aint got no dog in that fight.

    

    

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   Boats234 | Feb 19, 2006 10:38pm | #2

   Reflective foil in attic and under siding. Like BB said - metal roofing if allowed in your area, and use lots of concrete or big sticks to hold it in place.

   
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   plumbbill | Feb 19, 2006 10:44pm | #3

   Nice pic.

   Isn't there a big block chevy under that water somewhere?

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   Boats234 | Feb 19, 2006 11:06pm | #4

   Port or Stbd.? Preserved in there protective mud casings.

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   Mooney | Feb 20, 2006 12:00am | #5

   Highly termite protective.

   Tim

    

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   BryanSayer | Feb 22, 2006 07:04pm | #11

   House boat. And sail it away when the storm comes.