[RE-wrenches] Metal shingles

[Jesse Dahl]

Thanks for the advice. Good points on the warranty of the roofing material, never crossed my mind...

I have all the confidence I can cut the roof to flash (3 generation carpenter before I became an electrician). What is the process for removing a shingle? I'm guessing the shingles interlock where the overlap.

Jesse 

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On Mar 21, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Jason Szumlanski <jason at fafcosolar.com> wrote:

> Tin snips does the trick. I have a guy with 20+ years of roof experience that's a craftsman with snips. It's easy to butcher it if you let a junior guy do it.
> 
> Jason Szumlanski 
> Fafco Solar 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Ray Walters <ray at solarray.com> wrote:
>> How is this roof type for flashing?  Do you just cut it with a tin snips?  My project only entails replacing an unflashed conduit penetration with a Soladeck, so I'm hoping it won't be too bad.
>> 
>> R.Ray Walters
>> CTO, Solarray, Inc
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>> On 3/21/2013 8:58 AM, Jason Szumlanski wrote:
>>> We've used the standoff and boot method successfully. It dictates where you put your rows to some extent, but it's not too bad. There is definitely a hefty up-charge on this roof type. It adds quite a bit of labor and material.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jason Szumlanski 
>>> Fafco Solar
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Will White <William.White at realgoods.com> wrote:
>>>> We've done a couple of installs on metal shingle roofs and we used the Unirac stand offs with the Oatey boots.  We had the standoffs and flashing installed by the roofer so it wouldn't void the roof warranty.  It cost about $1500 extra but we thought it was worth if in case of a leak.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Will
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Dahl
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:33 PM
>>>> To: Wrenches
>>>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Metal shingles
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> I looked at a site today and the roofing was a brand of metal shingle. This was just a quick drive by and check out the site so I don't have access to the brand or method of attachment.
>>>> 
>>>> It still got me thinking, what are people doing for attachments to roofing like this?  6/12 pitch, and from the photos the client sent me, the structure is 2"X6" truss running N-S, with 1"x4" strapping every 4' running E-W along with 5/8" OSB on top of the strapping.  The trusses look to be on 4' centers (just judging by the photo).
>>>> 
>>>> The only thing I can think of is EJOT type fasteners through the shingle into the truss. The shingles would crush a little bit, but the OSB would support it pretty well.  Otherwise removing the shingles where the feet would go and then.....
>>>> 
>>>> As always thanks for all the help.
>>>> 
>>>> Jesse
>>>> 
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