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| TOPIC | POSTED BY | REPLIES | LAST POST |
|---|---|---|---|
| underlayment over existing shingles | Guest User | 4 | 7/29/11 3:35 PM |
| Standing Seam Underlay | Susan Waskey | 2 | 7/11/11 11:31 AM |
| Strong Odor / Underlayment | Brad Stewart | 2 | 5/26/11 1:45 PM |
| Metal roof over SIPS panels | chris simmans | 3 | 3/1/11 8:07 AM |
| Using impermeable membrane to protect SIP's | Scott McNabb | 2 | 12/8/10 9:22 PM |
| 16" 26 gauge Standing Seam Underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 12/1/10 11:30 PM |
| Metal Roof/underlayment/moisture | Guest User | 2 | 11/27/10 12:36 AM |
| Sheet metal over cap staples/nails | Guest User | 2 | 11/22/10 12:18 AM |
| 30# Felt Underlayment | Guest User | 3 | 10/6/10 6:02 PM |
| Old roof | Nathan Blair | 2 | 9/18/10 12:10 PM |
| Metal Roof and Underlayment | Guest User | 27 | 6/29/10 2:03 PM |
| Metal Roofing Underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 6/21/10 9:24 AM |
| underlayment application | Guest User | 2 | 6/11/10 11:46 PM |
| Metal roof underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 5/18/10 10:30 AM |
| House Wrap OK for underlayment? | Guest User | 4 | 5/15/10 10:24 AM |
| Tempory (2-5yrs) metal roof. no decking | shawn lafferty | 9 | 5/14/10 4:22 PM |
| Red Rosin only as underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 5/11/10 10:17 AM |
| roof sweating | joe cccaa | 6 | 5/9/10 1:49 PM |
| Help! Self adhesive or synthetic underlayment under metal roof | Steve Toohey | 4 | 5/2/10 7:35 PM |
| Sealing T&G | Guest User | 5 | 4/19/10 3:28 AM |
| Underlayment/drip edge detail on standing seem metal roof | G H | 3 | 3/28/10 6:35 PM |
| underlayment necessary with purlins | Guest User | 3 | 3/8/10 11:41 PM |
| metal over shingle roof | Guest User | 2 | 2/17/10 11:55 PM |
| What is the correct underlayment for metal roof | Guest User | 4 | 2/17/10 6:42 PM |
| Metal over asphalt shingles | Guest User | 3 | 2/16/10 1:56 PM |
| Metal over asphalt shingles | Guest User | 3 | 2/9/10 4:22 PM |
| Georgia Codes | Sheila Gore | 4 | 1/28/10 9:06 AM |
| How to prevent condensation on existing metal roof | Guest User | 6 | 1/25/10 2:36 PM |
| underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 1/4/10 2:44 PM |
| Help Needed Now --- 7/16" OSB and Metal Roof | Guest User | 2 | 1/3/10 6:27 AM |
| metal over shingle need underlayment or not? | Guest User | 3 | 12/29/09 3:18 PM |
| 7/16" OSB Decking | Lyndon S | 2 | 12/29/09 12:38 PM |
| Florida Codes concerning roofing materials | Guest User | 2 | 12/19/09 8:32 AM |
| Need to lay Underlayment Parallel to Gable | Guest User | 2 | 10/16/09 5:20 AM |
| Fan Fold Foam as Underlayment | Fred Johlin | 15 | 9/24/09 1:53 PM |
| vertical or horizontal | Guest User | 2 | 9/24/09 7:36 AM |
| metal roof decking | Paul Webb | 2 | 9/18/09 2:55 PM |
| Dormer to roof flashing and w flashing on valleys | Guest User | 2 | 6/26/09 2:57 PM |
| install s/seam over tar & gravel | Guest User | 4 | 6/1/09 3:43 PM |
| underlayment for installation of metal shingles | tim white | 2 | 5/21/09 5:13 AM |
| Metal roof redo | Guest User | 2 | 1/23/09 8:00 PM |
| Metal roof redo | Guest User | 2 | 1/23/09 7:59 PM |
| P2000 insulation as underlayment/insulation/vapur barrier | Guest User | 14 | 11/19/08 10:26 AM |
| Metal Roof Installation | Kevin White | 3 | 10/5/08 3:50 PM |
| Synthetic Underlayment | Guest User | 6 | 9/5/08 5:34 PM |
| Horz wood furring strips (sleepers) | Guest User | 10 | 7/30/08 11:56 PM |
| A disaster waiting to happen | Guest User | 5 | 7/12/08 9:29 PM |
| Underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 5/10/08 6:56 AM |
| Metal Roofing | Guest User | 2 | 4/29/08 10:37 PM |
| Underlayment: I&W or Felt | Guest User | 3 | 4/25/08 3:11 PM |
| Mid-Job switch from tile to standing seam | Guest User | 3 | 4/13/08 8:56 PM |
| 30# felt underlayment | Guest User | 4 | 1/24/08 8:25 PM |
| Re-installing metal standing seam roof over OSB for repairs | Dan Fey | 3 | 1/2/08 11:55 AM |
| metal roof direct to roof rafters for garage | Guest User | 2 | 12/14/07 1:20 PM |
| underlayment suggestions | Guest User | 2 | 11/14/07 5:33 AM |
| particle board or plywood for underlayment? | Guest User | 5 | 10/19/07 2:20 PM |
| Copper Underlayment | c burnley | 5 | 10/14/07 8:49 PM |
| Underlayment shoot-out ! which synthetic self-adhered wins? | Tony Davenport | 4 | 9/27/07 6:02 AM |
| Underlayment for idiots? | William Courtney | 4 | 9/27/07 6:01 AM |
| Insulation needed under metal roofing? | Guest User | 4 | 9/21/07 9:02 PM |
| Ice and Water Sheild | Eric Douglas | 2 | 9/21/07 9:00 PM |
| Metal roofing | Guest User | 2 | 9/12/07 11:16 AM |
| staples for underlayment under metal roofing permited? | Guest User | 2 | 8/28/07 8:57 PM |
| Leaving existing roof. | Guest User | 2 | 8/28/07 8:56 PM |
| is this underlayment ok? | suzanne reagan | 2 | 7/17/07 10:23 AM |
| Retrofit cathedral ceiling with insulation & UDL | Guest User | 2 | 5/12/07 8:37 AM |
| break in the weather | Guest User | 2 | 4/27/07 9:19 AM |
| Underlayment for Metal Roof | Guest User | 2 | 4/26/07 8:36 PM |
| 29 gauge over 2 layers asphalt? | Guest User | 2 | 4/16/07 8:22 PM |
| 30# Felt Installation Question | Guest User | 6 | 4/15/07 4:22 PM |
| Underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 4/13/07 10:08 PM |
| insuluation-heat not cooling | Guest User | 2 | 4/7/07 9:51 AM |
| Material for batten strips | Guest User | 2 | 12/28/06 7:59 AM |
| decking required under metal roof? | Guest User | 14 | 11/14/06 9:02 AM |
| sheathing | Guest User | 2 | 11/12/06 7:30 AM |
| Thermal Stability of Underlayment | Guest User | 4 | 10/21/06 11:20 AM |
| Underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 10/12/06 5:38 AM |
| Condensation on underside of metal roof | Guest User | 6 | 10/11/06 3:56 PM |
| Installing a metal roof over a rubber roof | Guest User | 2 | 9/5/06 8:13 AM |
| valley | Guest User | 4 | 9/3/06 6:31 AM |
| Install metal roofing over asphalt shingles | Guest User | 7 | 9/3/06 6:30 AM |
| Metal Roof Panel Decking | Guest User | 2 | 8/15/06 9:48 PM |
| Drip edge | Guest User | 2 | 3/17/06 5:15 AM |
| keep under deck dry | Guest User | 2 | 2/22/06 4:44 PM |
| ROOFING DILEMA | Guest User | 2 | 1/28/06 12:54 PM |
| Removing shingles & replacing w/ steel | Guest User | 2 | 1/23/06 9:06 AM |
| Unlerlay Material | Guest User | 2 | 1/15/06 7:44 PM |
| Slip Paper | Guest User | 2 | 1/8/06 12:35 PM |
| Underlayment on existing and new structure. | Guest User | 2 | 11/28/05 8:23 AM |
| Underlayment Recomendations | becky siddons | 2 | 11/9/05 10:21 PM |
| Underlayment materials | Guest User | 2 | 8/27/05 8:00 PM |
| Metal Roofs and underlayment | Guest User | 4 | 8/27/05 8:48 AM |
| Metal Roof Underlayment Over Existing Asfalt Shingles. | Guest User | 2 | 7/8/05 8:50 PM |
| Underlayment for Metal Shake Roofing System | Guest User | 4 | 6/30/05 10:09 PM |
| Underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 3/16/05 3:55 PM |
| APPLYING METAL ROOFING OVER ASPHLT SHINGLES | RANDY THORN | 2 | 3/8/05 7:29 AM |
| strapping | Guest User | 2 | 3/6/05 10:52 PM |
| preparation of roof before strapping | Guest User | 4 | 1/26/05 11:55 AM |
| underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 12/2/04 2:05 AM |
| metal roof underlayment | Guest User | 1 | 12/1/04 3:17 PM |
| metal roof underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 11/30/04 5:14 PM |
| Layers of Tar Paper required under a metal roof | Guest User | 2 | 11/9/04 7:47 PM |
| underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 11/1/04 7:36 AM |
| UNDERLAYMENT | Guest User | 2 | 10/25/04 10:51 AM |
| Underlayment - 30 lb Felt or peel and seal | Guest User | 2 | 10/23/04 8:39 AM |
| metal roofing what kind of sheathing is used | Guest User | 1 | 10/13/04 1:01 PM |
| Lathing needed on sheathed roof/ | Guest User | 1 | 9/22/04 11:51 AM |
| 0 lb felt as underlayment? | Guest User | 2 | 7/28/04 11:18 PM |
| Underlayment for stone-coated tile | Ron Corselli | 2 | 5/30/04 5:17 PM |
| underlayment??? | Guest User | 11 | 4/7/04 6:12 PM |
| Ventilation & insulation | Kent Pontius | 2 | 10/30/03 9:52 PM |
| Holes in new underlayment | Guest User | 2 | 5/7/03 7:07 AM |
| Metal Roof Underlayment | Guest User | 17 | 4/27/03 10:11 PM |
| Underlayment- flat or purlins? | Guest User | 5 | 2/19/03 9:36 AM |
| underlay | Guest User | 2 | 2/10/03 10:37 PM |
| Metal boathouse roof | Guest User | 3 | 11/21/02 12:52 PM |
| strapping over plywood roof | Guest User | 2 | 5/26/02 8:51 PM |
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