Well after a vacation, the flu, and a few other projects to wrap up I'm finally glad to say the roof is nearly done! I have to say dealing with steel roofing for the first time has it's difficulties. If I could give any advice it's that the grinder is your friend and learn how to use it. I found my cuts came out straighter and cleaner with the grinder. Some high quality set of metal snips makes a world of difference and sanity for corners and other detailed work. The automatic nibbler tool I bought scraped paint off around the cut and never cut smoothly (might just need some tweaking and a good read in the owners manual lol) so might be fine for others, but either way still bent humps in metal. Other than the tools, flashing the skylights was tricky but found that this way will get my leaky proof stamp of approval.
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Richard WrightI'll be posting pictures of the process of designing and building a tiny home. |