Hi! I'm new here.
I am in the process of taking bids to replace my older shingle (asphalt) roof w/ a metal one. During the course of all this, I have learned that there are 2 different ways to install standing seam metal roofs: Using the hidden clippy things so that there are no water inlets at all (VERY EXPENSIVE) and using the rubber gasketed roofing screws, sealed w/ silicone (less expensive but still more expensive than a plain old asphalt roof).
Here is my house:
What I am asking, I guess, is whether the expensive ($22K!!!!!) estimate really IS the only "safe" way to do a metal roof. I find this hard to believe, since farmers have been doing it the other way for a long time. But I need to know, b/c I CANNOT afford $22K and I'm gonna be sad if I have to do asphalt. This is a country house and my dream is to have green metal roofing on the house, the toolshed, and the carport to match my run-in shed (for the horses -- that's already done) and SOMEDAY the barn as well (barn got a new roof b/f I bought the place to that won't be for a while).
Opinions on this? Thanks very much!
Elizabeth