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Zinc Housing Construction

windsortm

A number of Mennonite builders are now offering zinc homes instead of wood. How do these stack up structurally?  What is their hurricane resistance compared to wood?

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jeffree84

What the heck is a Zinc House?

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New one on me!

Aerodex

@jeffree84


Its what Belizeans call galvanized, hot dipped, steel sheets. Commonly used for roofs. Looks like they are starting to also use it for siding.

TexItalian

@jeffree84 got one. Metal siding, wood color/pattern. Looks great, never need painting. Pressure wash it once a year, looks new again.

windsortm

@TexItalian


Structurally, as good as wood in hurricane?

How long have you had it?

windsortm

@Aerodex  No, it's different.

Aerodex


    @Aerodex  No, it's different.        -@windsortm


The gauge and colors can be different from the roof. Some designs have no corrugations for stiffness.



There were two small wooden buildings with fake wood, metal siding built along the Placencia sidewalk with it recently. Neither are Mennonite builders. One has no caps on the corner seems and both look really "tacky".


So what is the difference you referred to?


Oh and I wonder if the cost to insure one of these is any less than for the wooden sided version?Â