- Today on The Metal Roofing channel,
we're putting a roof on Matt Reisinger's house.
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- What's up, guys?
Welcome to The Metal Roofing channel.
I am Thad Barnette from Sheffield Metals.
We're in Austin, Texas.
I'm with my friend Matt Reisinger.
Matt, thanks so much for being on the channel today.
- Thanks for having me, Thad, appreciate it, man.
- Yeah, really excited because we're
talking about this project here today.
Tell me a little bit about it.
- So Thad, this is not just any old construction project.
We're actually at my house and we're
putting on a long-waited for, much anticipated metal roof.
- Awesome.
- I've been putting metal roofs on clients' houses
for 15 years, but this is actually my roof
prior to the metal (laughs)
- [Thad] Wow.
I see that, yeah. - This is like
- [Matt] The real confessions of Matt Reisinger, here.
You know, I talk about, I've talked about
metal on my YouTube channel for, gosh,
all 11 years I've been on YouTube just about
and yet I've been living with a shingle roof,
so this shingle roof was fairly new
when I bought the house 11 years ago.
It was only five years old.
This is a cheap, three tab, right?
And this is way at the end of its service life.
I mean you can literally see the fiberglass.
Most of the granules are gone.
It's weeping asphalt.
It was time, man.
So this is, I'm glad to get this going.
- Yeah, for sure, and we're so happy
to be part of this project.
I want to give a big shout out real quick
to Sherwin-Williams, Steelscape, and Sharkskin
for helping to make this video possible.
So Matt, tell me a little bit about the finish,
tell me about the panel type.
- Okay, so funny you mentioned Sharkskin and Steelscape.
Underlayment on this job is the Sharkskin Ultra SA
and I'll be honest, this is the first time I've used it.
I'm really impressed.
That is an impressive, premium underlayment.
I think they may have convinced me to make the switch
from what I previously used.
We've got the radiant barrier on top of that,
which is also awesome.
We'll get to that in a minute.
And then I've got a venting system,
and then ultimately the metal roof that's going down here
is a Sheffield 24 gauge vintage
which is by the Steelscape guys.
That is a finish that's absolutely on fire in Austin, Texas.
I love it and I'm excited to get that on my house.
- Yeah, talk to me a little bit more about Austin.
What's the metal roofing like around this area?
- Lot of metal roofs.
I mean I would say this is the heartbeat
of metal roofs is central Texas.
Tons of builders using metal roofs.
Well known around here that metal is gonna survive
most hail storms and not have a problem.
Just a much more durable storm-resistant, sun-resistant,
energy-efficient roof that's gonna last for decades.
So for all those reasons that's why
I'm putting it on my houses.
- Great, yeah, and we just did a video
about metal roofing here in Texas.
Be sure to check that out.
So Matt, tell me a little bit about the radiant barrier.
Tell me about your set up here.
I see some diagonal battens going down.
Tell me a little bit about that system.
- Okay so first, let's talk radiant barrier.
You know, there's three types of heat transfer
if you don't mind me
getting nerdy for a minute. - Sure, absolutely.
- [Matt] We've got convection, conduction, and radiation.
Not much I can do about convection and conduction,
but radiation, that's something we can do something about.
We've got a radiant barrier.
The Sharkskin guys make this as well,
and as long as we have an air gap
in front of that radiant barrier,
it's gonna help reject the sun's radiant energy
which makes a big difference on attic temperatures,
and most attics in Texas have duct work up there,
so we want to try and keep those attic temperatures
a little cooler, and by using a radiant barrier,
we're gonna block a lot of that heat
from getting in the house.
- Great, you know, and we hear all the time
people wondering, you know, do metal roofs transfer heat?
Does metal make your house very hot in summer time?
Especially in warm weather climates like this.
Tell me a little bit about that.
Tell me about cool roofing and how that's more of a myth.
- Well, that is a total myth.
I mean, most of the time your metal roofs
can actually help you considerably
when it comes to heat intake on that house,
but that is a little bit color dependent, right?
Now this vintage is a darker color,
and dark does absorb more heat,
so that's why we're using the radiant barrier underneath it.
However, on your website, Thad,
you can go and see the listed cool roofs
and those are finishes that you may not need
a radiant barrier underneath because
they're already gonna reject the sun's rays
from the top of the roof.
However, my wife and I loved this finish.
We think this is a super cool color.
Architects in Austin are using it all over
because it's so cool, so that's why
we went with a radiant barrier underneath.
So now we've got both the color we want,
and the radiant barrier for
energy efficiency. - That's awesome.
- [Thad] Really cool.
So yeah, you've got this wood on your roof.
Tell me a little bit about that.
What's that doing there?
- All right Thad, that's an old-school
method for venting the roof.
Just like if we were putting a tile roof on,
or another roof, we're leaving an air gap
underneath the roof and anytime we've got an air gap
on any cladding on our house, there's a bunch of benefits.
Metal roofs specifically, several benefits.
If any water were to get past that metal,
let's say in 10 or 20 years if one of my
roof jacks has a leak, now I've got a space
for that water to get out and to dry.
We're also gonna make sure we've got
really good air flow in that cavity.
So you're gonna notice here at our drip edge,
I've got a corrugated plastic piece
that's spacing that drip edge off
and allowing air flow underneath,
and then we're gonna have a ridge cap that's vented as well,
so we actually have air flowing underneath.
The other big benefit for a metal roof
is if there's any condensation that occurs,
and that'll happen a couple times a year
depending on what's happening with
temperature and humidity outside.
That condensation's gonna dry up
and it's gonna lead to a longer lasting metal roof.
- Gotcha.
So this is one method you can do
and I know Sharkskin has another method.
Tell me about that.
- Yeah, so Sharkskin also makes a dimple mat method,
and that's certainly a great method too.
Now if we were using a dimple mat,
we'd actually put the dimple mat first,
and then we'd but the radiant barrier
on top of the dimple mat and then screw a roof on.
And in fact, you probably would have
a little bit better of a radiant barrier effect
using the dimple mat compared to the one by two.
This is a little bit more of an old-school method.
We've done this for years.
It allows us to do things like use 5/8 plywood
at our valleys so we've got solid surfaces there.
And I think it's a good method.
Either one are good methods,
but this is kind of our preferred method.
And some of it too is because my roofer's
been doing this method for the last 15 or 20 years
so there's some familiarity with it.
- [Thad] So I see the wood is at an angle.
Tell me why you decided to go
diagonally with the fern strips.
- Yeah, great question.
I see that wrong a lot.
You don't want to run these vertically up the roof
or horizontally across the roof.
You're gonna put 'em on on a 45
so that now you've got air flow
all the way through, top to bottom,
and the other big benefit is the roofer then,
when he's putting the roof down,
you know this is a clip system, right.
It's a concealed fastener.
We're not face screwing it.
So now he basically can put a clip
just about anywhere on there.
So as you run horizontally, you can see
on this panel behind us, he's able to put
those clips wherever he needs to
on that panel as it goes up the roof.
So it's just an easier and better way to do it.
- Well Matt, thanks so much for showing us your project.
I'm really excited to get you this metal roof on your house.
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for our industry. - Awesome, Matt.
- [Thad] Thank you so much.
Comment down below if you have any questions.
We'll catch you next time.
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