Does anyone have some input on how much life I can expect out of vertical metal siding with exposed fasteners vs. the lifespan of the metal board and batten siding? I’m pricing it all out now and man the board and batten is pricey. 3-4x the price of other vertical metal siding so I’m trying to weigh out the lifespan difference. I’m new to the metal world.
Metal Siding - Exposed Fasteners vs. Board and Batten Concealed Fasteners
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dcg9381
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I'm in a high heat environment, the long term deal is really about the roof deck and when those seals on the fasteners fail. But we've had shops up for 20-30 years total time and have not had roof leaks (northern climates).
My house has some sections of vertical R panel and standard fasteners, no issues.. I'll have to maintain the hardie in terms of caulk and paint long before I expect I'll have to do anything with the steel fasteners.
I don't think I've seen steel board and batten.
My house has some sections of vertical R panel and standard fasteners, no issues.. I'll have to maintain the hardie in terms of caulk and paint long before I expect I'll have to do anything with the steel fasteners.
I don't think I've seen steel board and batten.
readhead
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I don't know what you mean about "life". They are both durable products. As you found out the B&B is quite a bit more expensive. You might also look at standing seam which will probably come in around the middle price wise.
Thanks for the reply. For the roof I’ll be going with the standing seam. I thought about trying the standing seam for siding but they advised me that I can’t install standing seam for siding so they said they had their “standard” vertical metal siding which has exposed screws.
The metal board and batten may be a newer thing I’m not sure. Price difference from standard metal vertical is $4300 and metal bird and batten is $13,800.
When I say life I’m referring to the fasteners or more so the seals on the fasteners in particular. Yes I would like to use the standing seam on both the roof and for the siding but the guy told me that it’s not to be installed as siding and then recommended other metal siding options. Have you installed the standing seam for siding before?
readhead
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Around here it gets used a lot for siding, both vertical and horizontal. I have sold a lot of it and installed quite a bit. It will require some custom flashing because of the height of the seam.
Youngandfree
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Firebrick43
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Lifetime of the metal if is the same if they have the same paint on the two products. They are both made from coil stock, the difference is how the are formed and the location of the fasteners.
Is this for a pole barn or a house?
If its for a pole barn with standard outside face girts you only have the choice of the R panel as its semi structural to a pole building.
If its a house or you have sheathed the girts of a pole barn with plywood/osb then its immaterial which one you use.
Is this for a pole barn or a house?
If its for a pole barn with standard outside face girts you only have the choice of the R panel as its semi structural to a pole building.
If its a house or you have sheathed the girts of a pole barn with plywood/osb then its immaterial which one you use.
Hooked
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We built our barn in 1980 using the R panel metal roof and siding with exposed fasteners and there's no sign of them failing any time soon. Same with the metal roof on house and garage around 1982.
WisJim
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We just sold a place with a metal clad pole building. We owned it for 34 years and it wasn't new when we bought the place. In the last few years we started to replace some of the original lead washer nails with new screws with modern flexible washers. The metal roofing and siding is old galvanized material, not painted, and I suspect it was the cheapest stuff the original owner could get, based on the rest of the building.