Has anyone out there tried any of these new roofing materials made from recycled rubber? We are looking in particular at Authentic Roof 2000FR made by Crowe building products. It is a slate style synthetic shingle that looks great but I hesitate to try something I’m not familiar with.
http://www.authentic-roof.com/aboutus.htm
Thanks to everyone for the friendly welcome and help.
Edited 10/26/2005 5:18 pm ET by customistakes
Edited 10/26/2005 5:48 pm ET by customistakes
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This is my first post and I'm not sure I'm doing it right. Is anyone receiving this?
Thanks
Message received...just that nobody knowlegable about this topic has seen it yet. It's a little early in the evening for all our hardcore BTers...
Edited 10/26/2005 5:32 pm ET by kate
Thanks for the help. Should I repost my question later?
No, No, No, please, please, please do not repost the question. it wioll only create two threads on the same topic and confuse everyone, especially old codgers like me
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Yep, we are. it takes up to a day to get responce sometimes, but we are a pretty active forum.
I am aloof to try new stuff too. On this score, I'm glad that I was conservative. Five years ago, I almost tried a product like this. Since then, three new houses have haad it installed and all of them have had problems, not related to installations. The rubber seems to dry up and delaminate while the UV rays cause cupping towards the sun. There may be imitation slate materials out there, but I haven't yet seen them.
Use search function here to find "Slate" and "rubber" and you can find photos I've posted of these.
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Custom:
I visited a local construction site where they were installing the imitation slate shingles and salvaged a few from the debris pile. I pulled out the stainless steel coil nails (a warranty requirement) and slid them under my existing shingles to see what they look like on the roof. Nice.
I find it hard to believe that sunlight or anything else is going to cause these things to fail. In my area they're running about $300.00 per square (material), but don't forget those stainless coil nails which probably add several thousand dollars to the cost of a job.
try http://www.tamko.com
Just curious... are those SS roofing nails or are they 8s or something?
They look just like any other coil roofing nail I've ever seen except ther're stainless steel.
If I was gonna install any of this stuff, I'd go for the Lamarite because I trust Tamko to do the right thing. Crowe is the first company that caught my eye about 10-12 years ago. Apparently they had lots of problems and dropped off the radar screen. Now they're back with a completely different product (TPO) than before. Previously, the product was made from pre-consumer recycled plastic. I didn't see any mention of the recycled aspect on the website.
I mostly deal in tried and true products and methods. I'll get serious about rubber slate when it's been around and tested out for 25+ years. Birth, school, work, death.....................
Custom, I sell a product similar to that, Tamko Lamarite slate, and shake. I havent had a customer install any yet, but we have fiddled with it, And it seems to be a great product. One point of caution, whatever brand you go with check to make sure that they taper towards the back of the slate, just like a real wood shake. Tamko didnt do this originally, and they found that the leading edges tended to end up sitting proud of the shingle below , and looked really odd. Other than that, just read the installation info, someimes you have to use special fasteners, and sealants, other times not. Good Luck. Justin