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   plumbbill | Sep 09, 2007 12:39am | #1

   Well metal corrugated is metal corrugated for the most part.

   It comes down to what they are coating it with, & how long that will last.

   I would compare cost & warranty with other companies.

   “If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.”  Newt Gingrich

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   dug | Sep 09, 2007 01:39am | #6

   Bill,

      Ondura aint metal,  its rather... tar like card boardy, if that makes since.:)

     dug

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   plumbbill | Sep 09, 2007 02:28am | #7

   LOL, I noted my mistake in post 5.

   I'm not one that usually pulls my mistakes from the board.

   “If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.”  Newt Gingrich

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   restorationday | Sep 09, 2007 01:00am | #2

   See this thread
   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=74039.1

   I am a big fan of metal roofing.

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   coasteraz1 | Sep 09, 2007 01:15am | #3

   Ondura corrugated roofing is made of a composistion material,not metal,and has the color in the material. supposed to be good for a hundred years! but how will we ever know. seen it for the first time last week at HD in prescott az. material on their web site looks interesting. would be applying it to a new home.  thx   ed

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   plumbbill | Sep 09, 2007 01:29am | #4

   Not metal heh?

   Guess I should have looked at their website.

   I've seen a few business' done in it , but didn't look that close at it. I just supplied a flashing for the roofers to install.

   “If Fred Thompson runs... then I think that makes it easier for me to not run.”  Newt Gingrich

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   dug | Sep 09, 2007 01:35am | #5

       We have used it for a roof on hunting blinds.I would never use it on anything like a house.

    We had a hail storm last year and the same hail that bounced off of 29ga. metal blew right thru the ondura in several places.

    Just my experience...... 

    dug

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   prosopis | Sep 09, 2007 03:05am | #8

   Ed,

   Seven years ago I looked into using Ondura on my house, because I really liked the way it looked.  I got all the brochures and bought 6 of the big panels from Lowes to play with.  After 7 years, hear is what I remember about my research:

   It is made from a blend of recycled paper and asphalt and then they apply acrylic paint on top.

   You can't walk on it.

   I can't remember the exact details, but it gets brittle in very cold weather. 

   It burns.  I cut a piece of it off and put a lighter under it.  It caught on fire and continued to burn after the lighter was removed.  After my experiment, I called the company and the lady I talked to was totally unaware that the stuff burns.

   At that time, it cost more than asphalt shingles and even one brand of steel panels.

   I installed the lower priced steel roof on my house.  'Nuff said?

   Randy 

   P.S.  I had an excellent experience with the steel roof folks, and I recommend them.  I'll give you the info on them if you like.  No, I do not represent them.

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   JLazaro317 | Sep 09, 2007 03:38am | #9

   We had the precursor to it on a warehouse (pole barn). I think it was called Onduline. C R A P. Lasted about 15-20 years before it started falling in in big pieces. Barn looked like swiss cheese. I'd stick with metal or asphalt shingles.

   John

   J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.

   Indianapolis, In.

    

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   hammer1 | Sep 09, 2007 03:39am | #10

   If you can get it for free and use it on an animal shed or other utility/garden type building, that won't show, I'd use it. Any other conditions, no.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   TJK | Sep 09, 2007 04:01am | #11

   I considered Ondura for a shed project (12' x 16' slant roof) because It looks great in the brochures. Then I started to check out some of the actual experiences people had with installation and lots of problems popped up in the discussions. Questions of durability at low temperatures, nail holes enlarging and allowing leaks, etc.

   I ended up using 16" wide, 26 ga lock seam metal panels. It's fairly easy to install the roof panels, but the trim is a bit tricky.

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   WayneL5 | Sep 09, 2007 05:26am | #12

   It looks like pressed tar paper with paint on one side.  A local building company had a display of it and after just a few years the display looked awful.  It was already deteriorating.  It looked like junk to me.