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New Steel Roof
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Where'd Ja get that steel from?
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The steel we are installing is slate gray colored ordered from Fabral http://www.fabral.com/ via out local HomeDepot store, Sorry Menards you were NOT cheaper.
This was ordered to length, almost :-). To make sure I had the steel on time I had to measure the roof even before we stripped it. I honestly stood on a ladder at the eaves and pushed a tape measure up the roof to get a measurement, of course better too long than too short.
Well the panels I ordered were 18 foot 6 inches long and we needed 18 foot 2 so the boys got to cut 4 inches off of each panel. We rented a power sheers from the rental yard, so no snips needed, yet.
The interesting thing about picking up this order, besides hauling a 1000 pounds of 18 foot long material home, is that Fabral added cover sheets to the pile to protect it during shipment. There was one additional 18 ft piece on the bottom and 2 10 footers on the top. So we have some left over steel for another project, adding an outside stairway to the haymow.
And the same somebody asks, why not just let the roof overhang be 4 inches longer. Remember that discussion on wind uplift forces... Well that 4 extra inches of overhang maybe just what the wind needs to tear the roof off. Fabrals manuals specifically state that the overhang must be limited to 1 inch and the screws at the eaves are actually doubled. One on EACH side of the rib instead of 1 on 1 side of the rib as in the field.
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