Roof: Colourbond vs Tiles

There is never a good excuse for tiles!!!!

Sorry - no offence to all the tiled roof people - I just love the sound of rain on a iron roof - and like the look of it better too.

I’m with Spot….love the sound on the rain!

I have tiles, but about to put a CB roofing over my BBQ area, so now I’ll have the best of both worlds!

It does make it easier to access the internals of a roof with tiles.

Also, the average colourbond roof weighs about two tonnes, where as tiles weigh about 8 tonnes. I like the thought that my frames will be under less stress. Besides, I love the look, thermal performance, and low maintenance of colourbond.

Bluescope warrant Colorbond Steel against perforation from corrosion/weathering for 25 years and the paint is covered for 12 years against flaking or peeling;
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/index.cfm?objectID=3476C572-0109-11D4-89EE00C04FCF6B8F.

Thermally, because Colorbond has less thermal mass than tiles it will heat up and cool down faster. So in summer, the roof space will get hotter earlier, but will also cool down pretty quickly when the sun sets. So in summer it's likely better than tiles where heat is concerned since the tiles will still heat up eventually and then continue to radiate that heat for quite some time after the sun sets. In winter, or cold climates it would seem tiles would perhaps be preferable.

Of course, with decent insulation I'm not sure it would make that much difference in the living areas. I'm getting Colorbond for the look and security. I'm also having Anti-con installed;
http://www.bradfordinsulation.com.au/Bradford/view.asp?contenttype=Bradford-GENERALCONTENT&catalog_name=Bradford&category_id=product_anticon&category_name=Products%2DAnticon&topItem_name=Products&sub_item=Anticon%3CSUP%3ETM%3C%2FSUP%3E

The reaons for Anticon are thermal and sound insulation (thought it's primarily an anti-condensation device). I've had some people tell me that the noise from hard rain is too loud on steel, but then others have said it's not a problem. Some have even complained their neighbors metal roof is too loud... I've only lived in tiled homes thus far. Anticon's a few thousand dollars to have done.

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We are currently renting a house with a tiled roof. Over the last few months, my husband has locked himself out of our house twice - one during the day, and once at night. He climbed onto the roof and kicked a few house tiles out and climbed through the roof. He made a hell of a racket kicking out the tiles and cars drove past while he was doing it. Not one person came out to investigate the noise (we don't know our neighbours). I am so glad we are getting a colorbond roof, as it only took him a few minutes to get into the house each time.

Funnily, some of the guys I work with seem to make a habit of this and have gotten in through the roof as well. I locked myself out once and tried getting on to the roof but it was raining and too slippery. So... I ended up smashing a window, this was late afternoon with neighbours home but no one came to investigate. It made quite a bit of noise as well.

We also had someone throw a bottle through a front window a few years ago when we were all asleep. No one in the house woke up, nor the neighbours presumably. This is one of the reasons I'm going with laminated (Pilkington Lamguard) glass in the house I'm building now. It's not cheap, but besides being very hard to get through, it also cuts down on noise, reduces heat transfer a little and stops 99% of UV light (so significantly reduces fading).

The only problem is, if I lock myself out I'm probably going to need a locksmith to get back in...