How many years will serve ondulin, slate and shingles

When choosing building materials is necessary to proceed from different criteria (not just the price). One the most important - is the durability of the material. A long life and trouble-free roof - this is the most important question, because the roof is one of the three main "pillars" of the house, along with the foundation and walls.

I take a look as they can seamlessly serve some of the most common roofing materials Ondulin, Slate and flexible shingles

What type of shingles gain in 20 years?

Soft roof on a bitumen-based - beautiful roofing material. However, bitumen - is organic, although it is protected by a layer of stone flouring. What will happen to him after 20 years of service?

Bitumen is rapidly destroyed. How old is the roof on this photo? I think it's a photo from the US, where the material is present on the market for a long time. And the roof is clearly more than 20 years.

Third slide: judging by the white color of the tree (so often painted in the US) - and it's a photo from there. But there do not live at home for a long time (frame). Demolishing the old and building new ones.

It is clear that any material is not forever. But like, what would it have served as long as possible with the preservation of the species.

Minimum service life of flexible roof - 10 years. Middle: 20-25 years. While large-scale observations long as this - in Russia there is not collected statistics. But I think at least 30 years, this material will serve without any major problems. The main thing - proper installation and maintenance under the supervision of defects. Video information technology shingles installation network abound: and from manufacturers and private teams.

OSB is also not eternal material, reliable and always keep the nails, fastening sheets of shingles to the roof will not. A gust of wind and the carpet could snatch. Perhaps the example of the photograph - a poor-quality installation of roofing material or in violation of, without the backing of the carpet.

soft roof elements may eventually turn up in the sun. A gust of wind may tear. This common basic defect of aging of this material. What would this do not happen, it is recommended to maintain the roof - promazyvat sheets which begin to deform.

The main damage to the flexible roof of time and environmental factors. Risk to get such exposure in a flexible roof anymore. Watch the roof itself if mounted this kind.

I am not in any way want to discourage the choice of this material. Because metal, Ondulin - for him, too, there is not enough statistical life. And nothing lasts forever.

Turning to other popular roofing materials:

How many years will serve the slate and ondulin? We compare the pros and cons

In the cottage, when I was 5 years old roof covered with a new slate. It took 35 years and a view of the roof and the material itself is already depressing. Slate already has a kind of fragile coatings, darker color.

Slate - is asbestos cement. Manufacturers provide the material life of 30 years. I think 40 years for this material - this is the maximum. Further, it risks appear fracture (crack) and percolation. Frost cycles of doing their job.

There is a method to extend the service life of slate. It is necessary to wash the baffle, replace the sheets with cracks and chipped. Prime and paint special paint on slate.

Zakolerovat paint can be in any color. Reduced water absorption and frost will not fracture.

If you are from Krasnoyarsk, contact "Lakrem» (lakrem.ru) - they trade paint and will offer different paint slate.

Slate often without removing the overlap ondulin (if the same wave). If not, make the installation through the crate. It is believed that a more progressive ondulin roofing material. Yes, it has its advantages in comparison with the slate. But not deprived disadvantages. Below emphasize the basic advantages and disadvantages of both materials.

What is ondulin? This material consists of cellulose with additives and dye impregnated with bitumen. Its main problem - it's fading and deformation under the scorching sun in the southern regions.

Cost Ondulina and slate. Slate profitable, but its appearance worse. Although there are colored slate or, as written above, it can be painted.

Guest readers of my post about the soft roof

Under ondulin need quality, almost solid roof battens. Otherwise, in a hot climate would be like that as in the photo

Compare Ondulina with slate. Roller though advertising, but I agree with the information in it. Ondulin easier: 6 kg / sheet to 24 kg in slate. He fades - it's a fact. Ondulin support combustion. Slate in fire "explodes" (due to thermal deformations). Slate does not warp in the sun unlike Ondulin. The roof of Ondulin can be installed yourself. It is easier to saw - a simple hacksaw. Slate is necessary to cut with a disk grinder stone (a lot of asbestos-cement dust)

The warranty period Ondulina 15 years. But it is at the correct installation as well as a slate: 20-40 years. Choosing is the one of the two roofing materials in the form of waves, due to better aesthetics and ease material and installation I would choose ondulin (if not to take into account other roofing material - metal roofing).

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