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I need your opinion on a metal roof (Custom Bilt Metals) that was installed about 10 years ago and actually started rusting after 5yrs of installation. The house is a low pitch and the metal along the edges of the house is rusting as well as where the panels are joined or seamed; not so much on the body if the panels but from the edges up. The manufacturer ran tests on it and said the contractor "hot sawed" the ends and won't pay for total replacement just will supply the materials. My dilemma is whether to go w/total replacement(which will go for $6000+ just for labor), treating the rust and painting or just go back to pitch and gavel or a rolled roof? Your opinion would be greatly appreciated! Confused in Hawaii!!!
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If the end sof the panels were sawed, that is a problem and would lead to rapid corrosion such as what you have had.
As a manufacturer of metal roofing, I certainly favor it over othr options.
You may wnat to ask them if this is a product they can supply in aluminum rather than steel. Aluminum will not rust.
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Thanks for your reply. The manufacturer is supplying the aluminum materials rather then the original steel so I guess they're trying to be fair about the whole matter, it's just the cost of replacement is so high and I feel like I'm having to pay twice for a new roof. So in your opinion a aluminum roof would be ok to recommend for a low pitched roof?!
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The type of metal on a low pitch isn't the big factor. The big factor is that you're in a highly corrosive environment. That is a problem for steel, especially if the steel is not cut properly and, yes, also if the roof allows a lot of things to sit around and hold moisture. Aluminum does not have this issue.
The real key to success with a low pitch though is making sure that the profile of metal panel being installed is a profile that was designed and tested on that low of a pitch.
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