Home Remodeling Tips

Possibly you have property with corrugated metal roofing. Possibly you’ve never heard of corrugated roofing and want to know if the roof must be exchanged with another material. If you live in a rainy area around the world, your corrugated roofing was made just for rolling water off of your property. Here’s a fundamental history of corrugated roofing.

Corrugated roofing is usually made of corrugated iron. What is corrugated? That implies “wavy”. When the roof material is wavy instead of flat (like asphalt shingles), then water can best flow right off. Standing water is a big no-no on the top of any roofs. Not only does it make water damage, that will in the end cause high priced leaks, but standing water is a Hilton for mosquitoes and other annoying insects.

Corrugated metal roofing works best when the roof itself is a triangle shape, rather than being completely flat.

Corrugated roofing is now and again mentioned as CGI, which means “corrugated galvanized iron”. CGI was invented in the 1840’s as a new, lightweight yet tough construction material. Most of CGI concentrated on roofing. For the initially, an inexpensive, commercially available and sturdy roofing material was for sale to everyone.

It’s not the iron that makes corrugated roofing, but the waves. Some people didn’t like iron’s ability to rust or dent when large tree limbs fell on it. And, makers of metal roofing materials are always following on from the better roof – ideally, cheap, robust and easy to install and maintain. Corrugated roofing comes in many materials currently. You can choose from stainless steel, fiberglass, aluminum, zinc, coated or painted steel. They are as durable and long lasting as Tin roofing.

One of the loveliest historic homes that has corrugated metal roofing is in Scotland. It is addressed Glenlair, and was the home of Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell, who developed a lot of things, but the just one this writer can right away grasp is that he helped develop color photographs. He also had great taste in homes. Although Glenair is still suffering from the consequences of a massive fire in 1929, it and its corrugated roofing are still standing and still beautiful. The grand old house is slowly being restored by private donations.

Another historic building with a corrugated roof that’s on this side of the Pond is The Captain Coghlan House in the Yukon. It was made very early in the last century with corrugated roofing of metal. In 2005, the Yukon Historical & Museums Association gave the house an inspection. Over 100 years old, the roof was looked at in ‘fair” condition!