Male: When it came time to design the roof of our project house, we wanted a system that wasn’t only attractive but durable, low maintenance and fire resistant. Which is a stone coated steel product called Shingle Plus. When you look to shingles of our project house roof, you think those are ordinary shingles, but they’re really not, all you have to do is turn one upside down and see it’s a steel shingle.
Now these are made by Decra and they actually put a granule coating on the top, so it’s a stone coated steel shingle. Before they put on the coating, they also have an aluminum-zinc alloy coating. Now this is what makes the shingle last more than a lifetime, because if you ever actually get a worn spot, we rub some off right here, let’s say over time whether people walking on at all kinds of things, maybe you get a worn spot, and if you do, it’s still not going to corrode or rust. Again this is going to last more than your lifetime or the lifetime of your house because of that coating.
Another big benefit is they stay on in high winds. You may have had some shingles come off on your roof before and that’s pretty much common. Just take an ordinary asphalt shingle, it’s just nailed in one place along the top of the shingle, hold it down, underneath it is the shingle below it where it’s nailed in place, there’s a little strip of tar and you just overlap those and when the roof gets hot, it actually starts sticking together. The problem is when it’s cold, and windy, a wind can come up underneath there, pop that tar and then it just starts lifting that shingle out. It’s just like a claw hammer motion, it’s just ripping that nail right out and that’s why the shingles come off your house. That doesn’t happen with this shingles. They’re originally were used in the islands, they were called typhoon tiles, because they made it with a baton system, as you can see we’ve got some batons along our roof here, and then the steel shingle actually overlaps the one below it, and the nail or screw, actually goes in from the bottom into the baton. That means you need to have a wind strong enough to actually rip the screw or nail in half, instead of pulling it out, you actually have to rip it in half to be able to get that shingle off. It could withstand winds up to 120 mph.
A strong, safe and energy efficient roof starts with the strong frame. So, our crew began by installing roof trusses and rafters that are treated to resist fire. Then placed radiant barrier roof deck to keep out the summer heat and install the layer of roofing felt to protect against moisture. Once the metal shingles are installed, they will help the house from moisture due to their durable and non-porous nature. Greg O’Brien of Decra will helped us with our project.
Greg: The non-porous nature of the product basically means that it won’t absorb any water, so under any freeze fall conditions, it won’t gather any water and affect the products performance.
Male: For the corners and valleys of our roof, pieces are cut to size on the ground, and the carried on to the roof to be installed. Despite being lighter that typical asphalt shingles, this metal roof is extremely strong, because it’s made of 26 gauge corrugated steel.
Another big benefit with our stone coated, steel tile shingles, is impact resistance. If you’re ever in a hale storm, you want something really strong on your roof. Underwriter Laboratories actually gives this a class 4 strength rating so they can take a big impact and you’re not going to have any problem inside the house.
Another benefit is resistance to heat or fire. We’re going to take a torch here, actually light it up, put it right against our shingle. As you can see we’re getting some sparks but nothing really happens. A little bit of flame and it instantly blows out. We combine it with our fire treated rafters and trusses our roof will definitely help protect our home in case of fire. So, whether it’s high winds, hail or fire, the roof of our project house will be up to the challenge.
If you like more information about our roof, or other products used in our project house, please visit us at MichaelHoligan.com.
Transcription by:
Scribe4you Transcription Services