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When I first moved here there was a nice high and wide car port that was connected to my garage.  The roof was rather flat and covered with rolled roofing.  It leaked in several spots and the sheathing was rotting out.  It was time to fix it before it collapsed, so I increased the slope so it would have a faster run-off and I topped it with corrugated metal roofing.  Within the next year we had a wind storm and it pealed the metal roof off in one sheet and deposited it on the lawn behind the garage.  I learned that the screws that came with the roofing were too small, so I reattached the roof with much longer screws.  Though even with longer screws the wind would lift panels and the metal would rip around where the screws were attached  There were other problems with the metal roof where the seams would leak and then there was the dripping condensation.  Nothing beneath would ever remain dry.

Later when we got horses I decided to go back to a plywood roof with rolled roofing.  I converted this car port into two horse stalls and a room to store hay, feed and saddles.  The first wind storm that came up after I made the change ripped all the rolled roofing off, so I put down a new roof and I nailed the living crap out of the windward edge.  It felt good to know that it would never blow away again.

Then there was the great storm of 2007 where we had 100+ MPH winds for three days.  This storm didn't mess with the rolled roofing; instead it removed the entire roof, plywood, joists and everything.  I rebuilt it, but the next year the new rolled roofing was once again pealed off.

No matter how I attach this roof it finds a way of blowing off.  This roof had been good for the last two years however the storm last week deposited the rolled roofing in a pile on the lawn.  I am now replacing the rolled roofing one more time, but this time rather than rolling it out horizontally I'm rolling it vertically and I'm adding a lot of sealer to the seams.  I'm curious to see if this is the final fix.

By the way, a neighbor has the back end of his garage roof that faces the same direction, and there is a one-square section (10' X 10') that he can't keep a roof on either.