Whilst looking around St Helena last week I saw the house pictured above. It is a decent house in a very nice town and seems to have plenty of scope for the type of work I like to do (major rebuild/renovation). There is nothing special about the house except (for me anyway)the galvanised or zinc roof.Outside of commercial applications I have not really seen this type of roof used on a domestic building or at least one of period appearance. Does anybody have any experience of these materials? I'd be interested to know how they work as I want to try new products,styles and materials when I buy my new house. I'm not looking to buy a house with such close neighbours like the one shown but I don't mind if the roof is made of what is to a brick and stone man such as myself an exotic material!
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
More home hunting
Whilst looking around St Helena last week I saw the house pictured above. It is a decent house in a very nice town and seems to have plenty of scope for the type of work I like to do (major rebuild/renovation). There is nothing special about the house except (for me anyway)the galvanised or zinc roof.Outside of commercial applications I have not really seen this type of roof used on a domestic building or at least one of period appearance. Does anybody have any experience of these materials? I'd be interested to know how they work as I want to try new products,styles and materials when I buy my new house. I'm not looking to buy a house with such close neighbours like the one shown but I don't mind if the roof is made of what is to a brick and stone man such as myself an exotic material!
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'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' describes one problem..... if you have cats....
Corrugated galvanised iron sheets were/are used extensively in the colonies, NZ, Oz,SA, Falklands etc. Still used, or an aluminium modern replacement, in Scandinavia.
There was a cinema in Cardigan back in the seventies that had a 'tin' roof, the film was halted during heavy rain ( not infrequent in Wales) as it was impossible to hear the soundtrack.
So if you don't have cats or watch wide-screen films, you should be OK.
Galvo is fine as long as you do want to repair it.If it gets pierced then corrosion will soon follow.Otherwise it is very stable and should last a lifetime.If,for what ever reason a repair is required the sheets will have to be sent to a plating shop for hot dip galvanising.There is a paint on method called Galvafroid,but this does not have a good reputation and is banned from many sites.It is also refective so should help to keep your summer air con bill down.
Should read 'do not want to repair it' and 'reflective'.I think I've got Vinogirl Sindrome.
I don't know anything about the materials, but it's a lovely house!
Lard Roby...oh sorry, I meant Lord, leave Vinogirls command of the English language alone!
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