Zinc roof and cladding too expensive

[Blue62]

We were planning on a natural zinc roof and cladding on our new build in Devon, but the cost is excessive, £250per sqm for the roof and £150 for the cladding, the total cost is somewhere around £65k and we figure we'd rather put a chunk of that spend elsewhere. We are thinking either slate or maybe cement cladding, we've ruled out aluminium as we are concerned it will look like a Premier Inn! The house is a contemporary design with one half flat roof and the other pitched. Any suggestions or comments would be welcome.

[roofer]

Is it the standing seam effect you are after ?

For cement cladding, look at Marley Cedral or Hardieplank.

[Blue62]

roofer said:

Is it the standing seam effect you are after ?

For cement cladding, look at Marley Cedral or Hardieplank.

Yes it is, I've been looking at Cembrit Zenit but will check out Marley, thanks

[tleefox]

If you still want the zinc look, have a look at The Euroclad Vieo system - it's effectively a coated aluminium sheet specifically designed to look like zinc.

www.euroclad.com/roofs/vieo-roof-profile/

I'm building a load of houses in Bath that had Rheinzinc specified on the planning drawings. Miraculously as a value engineering item we got the planners to accept the Vieo as an alternative, which with Bath planners is almost unheard of.

[roofer]

Blue62 said:

Yes it is, I've been looking at Cembrit Zenit but will check out Marley, thanks

The roof in the picture is single ply, any colour you want, at £100 M2 insulated.

[Shenanigans]

You could look at sarnafil or similar single ply roof membrane and get the strips of up stands that will make it look as though its zinc cladding

[worldwidewebs]

Look at Urban Colorcoat from Tata Steel. They even do free courses so you can diy it. A chap I know put it on his own roof - very easy, quite cheap and looks good

http://www.colorcoat-online.com/en/products/exteri...

[Blue62]

thanks for the responses, some interesting options.

[Blue62]

tleefox said:

If you still want the zinc look, have a look at The Euroclad Vieo system - it's effectively a coated aluminium sheet specifically designed to look like zinc.

www.euroclad.com/roofs/vieo-roof-profile/

I'm building a load of houses in Bath that had Rheinzinc specified on the planning drawings. Miraculously as a value engineering item we got the planners to accept the Vieo as an alternative, which with Bath planners is almost unheard of.

I have spoken to them today, the zinc look product is around £60 psqm fitted, which is a massive saving. I will be visiting them at some point soon, but wondered if you've seen it/used it and what you think of the appearance/performance in comparison with zinc?

[74merc]

You can get Trocal fitted with those seams to make it look like patinated zinc. We have it on ours, no idea on cost, but certainly significantly cheaper.

[V8RX7]

Kingzip is another option, pre-insulated, looks ok from the ground but if you're looking at it from above etc frankly it looks like a roof on your local supermarket

Edited by V8RX7 on Tuesday 5th July 14:11

[strath44]

Blue62 said:

I have spoken to them today, the zinc look product is around £60 psqm fitted, which is a massive saving. I will be visiting them at some point soon, but wondered if you've seen it/used it and what you think of the appearance/performance in comparison with zinc?

I was looking at Vieo for an extension along side new slate on the current roof, the pricing was very interesting they are mentioned in a few homes magazine namely home building & renovating.

http://www.euroclad.com/roofs/vieo-roof-profile/

the image of the older house at the very bottom right of this home page on the link got us interested. Keen to hear any feedback! My worry with these systems (being totally new to it) was the condensation risks etc but it would seem as long as you follow guidelines on insulation there isn't a problem.

[tleefox]

Blue62 said:

I have spoken to them today, the zinc look product is around £60 psqm fitted, which is a massive saving. I will be visiting them at some point soon, but wondered if you've seen it/used it and what you think of the appearance/performance in comparison with zinc?

It kind of depends on where you are using it - we are using it on a combination of detached houses and townhouses. The detached houses we are using it on have standing seam roofs where you can only see the Vieo from at least 5-6m away, in which case you would have to be an expert to notice any difference at all.

However, on the townhouses we are also using it as a cladding system for a side wall on external terraces, meaning you can walk right up to it and poke it - if you know what real zinc looks and feels like in this instance there is a difference.

Here are a couple of pics of the system installed on our houses:







On a side note, Euroclad are very good and if you (or anyone else who is interested in the system) are unsure of any detailing or build-ups give them a call and they will happily help.

Edited by tleefox on Tuesday 5th July 13:27

[Steve H]

Just bumping this to see if there any further suggestions?

I'm looking at a 20m2 shallow pitched roof that will have a slight curve on it so I need something that would be slightly flexible to following the curve..........

Edited by Steve H on Thursday 22 February 20:48

[Pheo]

Also interested - may get a dormer loft conversion clad in zinc but suspect it’ll be rather expensive!

[Blue62]

Since it's been bumped and I was the OP I thought I should update. We started the build in mid October and things are going ok, a few issues but overall progress isn't bad. We decided to stick with natural zinc in the end, despite the cost it just looks right and as we only plan on leaving this house in boxes the cost v value is not an issue. The zinc works start in a couple of weeks, it has to be the protected variety because we are on the Exe estuary but we think it will be worth it. Will try to post some pics when done if anyone is interested.

[MrHappy]

Yes please. We're having the zinc vs aluminium debate at the moment.

[Bebs]

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