I used copper in small quantities on my garage for the drip cap over doors and windows and for the eave returns. The eave returns I fabricated myself and soldered the corners. Overall a few hundred dollar investment in sheet copper and I still have some leftover.
I did a copper standing seam snow and ice shedding apron on the front eave of my rental property in Maine years ago. That added 2K to the price of the roof job. Despite this my entitled elitist neighbors still called me a slumlord because I was renting to students..... Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2021, at 9:47 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Copper is also used for roofing, primarily on historic houses. It's > considered a 100 year roof where I think slate is a 150 year roof. Absurdly > expensive though. > -Curt > > On Thursday, April 15, 2021, 9:41:08 AM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I forgot about slate. I should have remembered that one, as nearly all the > original homes built in the village of Kohler, WI, had slate roofs. Very > durable, but very expensive to repair if damaged, and not a lot of qualified > contractors to service them, either. > > The steel roofs I’ve seen around here were done by contractors with the > continuous coil machines, like gutters. Looks pretty straightforward. > > -D > >> On Apr 15, 2021, at 8:15 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2021-04-15 07:51, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> My aunt and uncle had metal put on my grandmother's house up north, >>> the Amish did the job and that 2 story big house was less expensive >>> than my 1 story little house. They showed up with all the roofing on a >>> roll, it went on fast cutting to length so the fit is perfect. >> >> I never understood the pricing of steel roofs. >> Yes, the steel costs more than shingles, but the labor to install is nil. >> Most of the labor is in tearing off the old roofing. >> >> I just checked retail pricing at Menards. >> Just under $2.50/sq ft, less 11% rebate this week making it about $2.25. >> So over $3k to DIY on my house. >> >> Buying it as flat coil steel and forming it onsite must be a lot cheaper, >> but they have an equipment investment to pay for. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
