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iiylee

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#150627 28-Jul-2014 20:15
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Hello everyone,

I am currently building my dream home but I know nothing about building and building materials. My building company suggested me use the Corona Shake satin tiles, they said it has the same quality and durability as colour steel long run, but it can save me about $8000 compared with colour steels. Then I did some research on the website and found many people prefer colour steel. Can anyone tell me which one I should choose, colour steel long run or Corona Shake satin tiles? Any reasons? Thank you very much.


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RickW
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  #1098098 29-Jul-2014 18:48
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Hi iiylee,

I'm a roofer by trade and in my honest opinion you can't beat a long run colour steel roof. They really are vastly superior.

If you don't step on the very bottom in dead centre of the tiles they will dent/crease. back when we were doing tiles roughly 30% of all the jobs needed tiles to be replaced because plumbers or heatpump/ventilation guys putting penetrations in a roof and not knowing how to walk on tiles. A tile roof is very difficult to flash penetrations correctly and most of the time you are relying on silicone to keep the water out. Tile roof's still use nails to fix the tiles to the purlin which have a tendency to pop causing leaks.

Coro roofs are very forgiving when other trades are walking on them. They are easy to flash with 99% of the time the flashing is doing the waterproofing vs the silicone, and the sheets are screwed down with a washer sealing the screw to the sheet which is a lot more reliable than a nail.

In terms of cost tile and coro roofs are normally much of a muchness with coro generally being 5-10% cheaper. Tiles are more labour intensive with cheaper materials and coro is less labour intensive with more expensive materials.

Rick

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