Lightstone
It took us a little over 2
hours to shuttle the new roofing tin from our parking area back to the
trailer.
The color we chose is called
Lightstone, and the manufacturer claims it should last at least 40
years at a cost of $1.87 per foot.
Be sure to check back with us
in 40 years for a detailed report on the exact condition of the metal
and how well it holds up over the next 4 decades.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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John --- We use roofing screws on metal roofs. They come with a little gasket on each one so that the hole created by the screw doesn't cause leakage down through the roof. For this job, Bradley actually picked up the screws from the same place that cuts the metal, so I'm pretty confident they're right.
I'm not sure about discoloration, though. That reminds me more of the distinction between screws used for treated and untreated wood.