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   buidit | Jan 31, 2005 05:56am | #1

   has anybody installed copper roofing? what kind of tools have you found to work the best?

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   Piffin | Jan 31, 2005 07:08am | #2

   There is aparticipant going by name of greencu here who specializes in some mighty fine copper, but he will need far more info to be3 able to help. Things like location, type of roofstyle and pitch, exiting conditions,w heather copper shingles pans or standing seam, time of year you plan to do the work, etcThen you need to realize that prices can eaaasily vary by 80 to 100 % for different parts of the country and that properly klicensed, insured skilled people who do good work and are around to take care of things when and if they go bad can cost three times what the hacks working from the backl of a Blazer do.That in mind, a copper roof could cost you between 400 and 2000 dollars per square 

    

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   VaTom | Jan 31, 2005 04:43pm | #3

   Hi studly, welcome to BT.  It'd help if you'd click on you name and fill in your personal profile location.

   As piffin suggests, greencu is the source.  He once took me to task for suggesting that a standing seam roof was DIY applicable. 

   That is, however, what I'm doing and have done.  The seams are the easy part, the rest of the job can get interesting.  I wouldn't consider anything but a simple roof.  If you're in central Va, (fill in your profile) you might like to stop by this week.  I have a retired roofer coming to get me started and loaning me his tools for the job.

   The seamers that greencu uses require pans made by a machine.  In our area the machine's available from several sources.  The seamers I'm going to use are an older variation where the pans are site formed using tongs, so I don't have to bring in anybody else.  The tools self-align, so it's difficult to screw up.

   Far as I'm concerned, nothing competes favorably with copper.  I paid $2.40/ lb. which is 1 sq ft.  Adjust for the sides of the pans when you figure your copper needs.  Rigid copper rolls come in 500 lbs. and 1000 lbs.  Most local roofers here use a softer copper that comes in, IIRC, 100 lb. rolls.  I buy 500 lb. rolls.

   Good choice.

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