Metal Roof Inspection

[Mike Lamb]

I'm looking at a house with what looks like a metal roof later today. Does anyone recognize this product? Or what issues to look for on a roof like this?

http://www.trulia.com/property/10917341 ... 48#photo-8

[Tom Raymond]

That looks like a really bad install of Decra. It looks too wide to be continuous sheets and I don't see any fasteners.

But it is cute, cute, cute. Bleck.

[Bill Kibbel]

Dude! That's the exact roof that came with Lustron all-steel homes.

Looking at the proportions, that house just might be a Lustron. I think there were only about 2500 made. The walls covered with 2x2 panels - the same enameled steel as the old washing machines.

If'n it is one, tell your buyers they have to hang pictures and curtains with magnets.

[Bill Kibbel]

I thought so.

[Richard Moore]

Wow...many of the remaining ones are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Wikipedia has a good section on them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustron_house

There a bunch of cool links towards the bottom, including http://www.lustronpreservation.org/ which has lots of info, including old ads, etc.

[Mike Lamb]

Thanks, Lustron it is.

I wonder if it still has the original Thor combo dish/clothes washer in the kitchen.

From Wicki.. "Currently Lombard, Illinois in Dupage county has the most Lustron houses at 129." and that is where I am headed. Should be fun.

[Richard Moore]

Thanks, Lustron it is.

I wonder if it still has the original Thor combo dish/clothes washer in the kitchen.

From Wicki.. "Currently Lombard, Illinois in Dupage county has the most Lustron houses at 129." and that is where I am headed. Should be fun.

Sorry, seems that the Thor, along with many other original details, has gone. See http://www.lustronpreservation.org/loun ... le?id=2091

[Brandon Whitmore]

Dude! That's the exact roof that came with Lustron all-steel homes.

Nope-- can't be. Cause "Everything's New!" and Luston's aren't.

[kurt]

I used to live in one, long time ago. They rust (in the walls) and they're cold in winter/no good way to insulate them.

[John Kogel]

I used to live in one, long time ago. They rust (in the walls) and they're cold in winter/no good way to insulate them.

What, you wouldn't sprayfoam it?

[kurt]

I used to live in one, long time ago. They rust (in the walls) and they're cold in winter/no good way to insulate them.

What, you wouldn't sprayfoam it?

No foam back then; foam would've been good. Those suckers condense moisture like an ice machine; moldy drywall, moldier insulation, and rusty "studs"....that's what I remember.

But, they're really cool looking. Wildly over-romanticized mean little small space steel boxes that sweat like a stevedore with a hangover, but cool looking.