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I’m contemplating a steel roof for the log home I’m building, so I don’t have to shovel the snow off. It’ll have a 6/12 pitch with a shed roof porch that’s 4/12. I like the stuff I’ve seen on commercial applications- it’s flat with ridges about every 18″ or so with no fasteners showing. I haven’t been able to locate a source in western Michigan and would appreciate any feedback on the subject including application techniques. I’m a die hard do-it-yourselfer. Thanks
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Tom: In some scenerios, you could have snow piling up where it slides off the 6:12 but stops (deep and denser) on the 4:12. Note that traditional northern architecture is either constant slope, or if the slope changes (Dutch barns, etc) the slope increases. Plantation style sheds and southern porches have decreasing pitch because they never get any snow. We've got sticky membranes (like Water & Ice) and we know about cold roofs now, but sometimes sticking with a few hundred years of wisdom has advantages.
If you want the metal roof in snow country, consider who / what the snow will fall on. Use rocks and plantings to divert people from spending any time in the fall zone. Also don't plan on gutters, they just get sheared off. Put a little metal angle on the facia to divert drips from over the doorways. Or better yet, enter the house under a gable end.
Snow stays on my 12:12 (arch comp singles) all winter long. That much less to shovel. -David
*You could check with local roofing companies and see if they can run you off the product , then you install. As mentioned you may want to make that 4/12 at least a 6/12 to 8/12 to make sure that snow does'nt stay up there. Its pretty dangerous though without at least snow gaurds to break it up at least a little.
*If you're in Western Michigan, go to ABC Supply; I believe it's on Division street in Grand Rapids. They sell Morin and several other in the snap-lock standing seam variety you're talking about. They'll spec it and sell it right to you.
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I'm contemplating a steel roof for the log home I'm building, so I don't have to shovel the snow off. It'll have a 6/12 pitch with a shed roof porch that's 4/12. I like the stuff I've seen on commercial applications- it's flat with ridges about every 18" or so with no fasteners showing. I haven't been able to locate a source in western Michigan and would appreciate any feedback on the subject including application techniques. I'm a die hard do-it-yourselfer. Thanks