New roof question

[paulsharvey]

My cousin is married to a copper Smith in Austria.

Copper roofs, flashing and gutters are his bread and butter and recession proof... those with money always want the best...

I don't disagree, and in theory, soldered copper will out last you; but the copper flashing I've seen available locally is so thin, it has to be 36 ga or something, maybe thinner, and more like a foil than a flashing. It tears incredibly easily, from foot steps, nailing, ect. Now, I have seen Old homes with something like a 29ga (maybe as thick as 24/26 ga) copper flashing. Even with 70 years on it, it was fine; but it takes special fasteners, and special care to avoid galvic corrosion.

 

[paulsharvey]

We did a club house at an apartment complex once with faux Spanish tile roof. It was a screw down metal shingle, with small brick granules attached. It did look good, and it still does 18 years later; But we spent some real time tracking leaks down, as they could appear 30 or 50 ft from the source. As I remember, all leaks were related to cock-eyed screws. It was an expensive product though, and all the apartments go a brick colored, architectural asphalt shingle roof. Personally, I prefer a clean 3 tab solid color over architectural.