zinc roof

johnpawl

Just looking at my plans here, my architect has specified zinc in three seperate roof areas, flat roofs, canopies etc. These will add up to be a relatively large area. I've no experience with Zinc, but from what I hear this'll cost me an arm and a leg. Question is, is it really that expensive?

FergusD

I had that discussion with my (zinc) roofer recently. He did the zinc parts of the house and was paid and left me with a price for a porch. I'm back to him now looking to get the porch done and he tells me that coils of zinc have gone up by 100% and that no one is using it at the minute. He kept to the price, but I get the feeling he's not doing well out of the deal. I'd say all you can do is price it and see what you think. My guy is based in Mullingar, but does work across the country if you wanted to get a price from him.

Fergus.

BryanF

I believe its roughly 3 times a standard membrane flat roof. but what sort of area are we talking about. have you considered a green roof...

galwaytt

Short answer: yes, it is expensive.

A recent project I know of was clad in zinc, and the price came in on average at €227 per m2. The material is expensive absolutely, but so is fitting, flashing details etc.

But, there are alternatives:
Neither of the two roof's attached are zinc.......but they are standing seam metal........fraction of the price. But standing seam metal will always be expensive - such is the nature of the beast.

Those metals roof's were by various contractor's (not me), so no connecton btw.

Borzoi

galwaytt wrote: »

Short answer: yes, it is expensive.

A recent project we did was clad in zinc afterwards, and the price came in on average at €227 per m2. The material is expensive absolutely, but so is fitting, flashing details etc.

But, there are alternatives:
Neither of the two roof's attached are zinc.......but they are standing seam metal........fraction of the price. But standing seam metal will always be expensive - such is the nature of the beast.

Those metals roof's were by various contractor's (not us), so no connecton btw.

We finished our house in Oct 11, with an all zinc roof - approx 250mt in 4 curved sections - so not straight forward

We got a lot of quotes - and many were 3-4 times what we eventually paid. Overall thought he materials cost were more, the price worked out the same as a traditional (chinese!) slate roof, as the install was a lot quiker and much less labour intensive.

Of course the zinc price have gone up since - if you look at the LME it now £2300 per ton, it was £1700 at the time.

I know the contractor we used sourced his material form the Netherlands, bypassing any local distribution markup.

BTW I think it's a great material - the colour changes with the skyline from a deep grey to an almost green, and it varies with the curve too!

Unlimitedman

Would you recommend the contractor? Did you have any problems post installation?