Cheryl Isaak wrote in
:

On 1/3/08 9:18 PM, in article
, "enigma"
wrote:
i'm going to reroof in the next year or two & it's going
to be a metal roof. a hipped roof Federal doesn't have
much pitch.

You going to put better than R50 up there too? That was a
big deciding factor when we looked at roofing - metal is
wonderful, but can be a heat suck.

the metal roof will be insulated & it'll be built with an air
space between it & the existing roof to create a bit more
pitch and allow for vents & soffits, which we don't currently
have.
the sum total insulation in this house is about 8" of
vermiculite in the attic crawl. heat suck is nothing new.
lee