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Jon, If you deck and felt as usual and then install lath to attach the roof panels to you should be rewarded with a nice ‘tin roof’ sound. The greater the air space between metal and decking the more sound is transmitted. Roof panels last longer too.
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Jon, If you deck and felt as usual and then install lath to attach the roof panels to you should be rewarded with a nice 'tin roof' sound. The greater the air space between metal and decking the more sound is transmitted. Roof panels last longer too.
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One of the things my wife and I enjoy about rainy nights spent in our travel trailer and a cabin we occasionally rent at the coast is the sound of rain on a tin roof. Very relaxing. I plan on building a combination pumphouse/line shack/retreat with a sleeping loft on the back 40 of our farm this summer. We would like to be able to enjoy the sound of rain on a tin roof on a cold night without stoking the wood stove until the metal roof glows dull orange in the night as we do at the coast. We spend alot of time in this forum discussing ways to isolate our inside environment from the world outside, but I dont recall ever seeing anything about keeping the cold out while letting the sound in. Anybody got any ideas? Thanks in advance, JonC
*Put a weather-proof microphone outside and play it on your stereo. Make a recording and you're all set, even if there is no rain. -David