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Goes without saying nowadays

3 tabs are garbage. Most only have a rating of about 39mph.

Most dimensional arch/dragon tooth oakridge2 from O/C, Elks from gaf, heritage from Tamko are much heavier and will rate up into the 60mph range.

I have Certainteed Shangles lifetime on mine, rated for 110, a coastal rating. But they are not cheap.
I do have metal on all of my decks and sunroom.

Old shingles are a great way to line a runoff ditch.

Metal roofs can also sweat on the bottom . If you have metal put on , strip the roof ,put a vapore barrier down and run i" X 2" runners to fasten the steel to . Some metal roofs might last 50 years ,but not the cheap ones.

Not a problem, you'll never have to look at it. 😉

Might hav ta paint that schit 1 day

I hope you at least got Galvalume

Not a problem, you'll never have to look at it. 😉
I live in "Tornado Alley". We are under a tornado watch right now.
We get hail quite often. 50+ mph winds aren't uncommon.
Seventy mph winds and a blizzard left us with 6 foot drifts and ripped off shingles. Roofer couldn't get to us. I'm out there in gale force winds, scrounging ripped off shingles to patch as best possible!
Tin was a blessing for us!

Yes, they have 35 year shingles. They still won't last as long as a metal roof.
In today's economy and inflation, what is that 35 year shingle gonna cost in 35 years?

Mine are lifetime/50 year (Carriage House)

435 lbs per square

Martin, Strummer

Here is some ribbed galvalume we upgraded one of our bldgs with.

It had to match the old 5V galv

Full tear off. Around here i go twice the recommended height of ice and water especially with lower pitched roofs. I've used malarkey on my last 4 roofs. Used to use Certainteed they worked too.

Bb

if you have a smaller house and use the screw down metal you can get close to shingles but no way will you get standing seem close it seems to be three times the price of shingles around here

I generally prefer the Synthetic underlayment finding it stays down better in the wind during install.
Naturally it installs horizontal like roofing and thought that was simple to understand. I showed a guy who asked about it, showed him the roll and button fasteners. Few months later he stops to tell me he figured a faster way, vertically from gutter to gutter over the ridge. Still laughing.

That's hilarious.

I'll be dead- why would I GAF?

The country won't last 35 years, I don't care about the shingles.

The reason you see so many asphalt shingle roofs is the cost . Cheaper than everything else.

If I last another 35 years, I'll be 108 years old.
Possible, but not probable!
I'm not concerned about the lifespan of the metal or my imminent demise. I'm concerned about the durability and efficiency of a metal roof while I AM here!
Our metal roof will outlast both my wife and me.....but in the meantime, we have left a legacy to our children who won't have to deal with a leaky roof for another 40 to 50 years.
If a tornado should destroy the house in the meantime, a metal roof is a moot point!
"IF" that should happen while we (the wife and me) are still around, I'm sure we will replace it with another metal roof!

My wife and me literally built our home with our own blood, sweat, tears and hands.
Termites may chew it down, but our home won't suffer catastrophic failure due to unseen roof leaks!

"... The country won't last 35 years, I don't care about the shingles. ..."

So the structure you spent thousands and thousands of dollars on has no value to your heirs? ....or you just don't GAF about your children and grandchildren?

P.S. I'll be 74 this year. I sprout pecans and plant pecan trees every year. Somebody, at some point, should have a pecan crop deluxe. If not me, maybe my kids!
At least I've left something of value behind!