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TOPIC: Is A Metal Roof Right For My House

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Can you put rib sheets over slate singles IMG_3612.jpg
Ben Goos

10/15/2018

Yes.

Quick question...what is wrong with the roof?
Eric Novotny
An informed customer is the Best Customer!

10/15/2018

It has a few missing on the other side and the outside eadge hard to see is this picture
Ben Goos

10/15/2018

Are you sure the roof can't be fixed here? The surfaces that I see here don't look beyond a surgical repair.

I love metal, but I hate to trash a good slate roof for a few missing slates.
Eric Novotny
An informed customer is the Best Customer!

10/15/2018

That appears to be asbestos? In many cases, state EPA offices will recommend encapsulation ... but the ICC building code forbids it ... so there is that to deal with. Yes, I have seen installations over this ... lots of things to consider including what's beneath it and also how badly the asbestos breaks up if you try to fasten through it. That said, the building code forbids this sort of application so I do not recommend it. Removing the asbestos will require following EPA requirements.
Todd Miller
Isaiah Industries, Inc.

10/15/2018

+1 Todd.

Good catch. While on the scale of friability, it's low...you still need to stay within the letter and law.
Eric Novotny
An informed customer is the Best Customer!

10/15/2018

Thanks my 20 year son bought the house. Trying not to get to much in it but don't want it so he cant sell it in 5- 10 years.
Ben Goos

10/16/2018

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