Free 186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook:  
Get 2,000+ tool plans, full site access, and more.

User Tag List

Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Roof machine - GIF

  1. #1
    Jon
    Jon is offline Jon has agreed the Seller's Terms of Service
    Administrator
    Supporting Member
    Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    25,451
    Thanks
    7,928
    Thanked 38,621 Times in 11,284 Posts

    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook

  2. The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Jon For This Useful Post:

    gunsgt1863 (Apr 24, 2018), KustomsbyKent (Apr 24, 2018), PJs (Apr 28, 2018), Scotsman Hosie (Feb 20, 2020), Seedtick (Apr 24, 2018)

  3. #2
    Supporting Member Frank S's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Peacock TX
    Posts
    11,179
    Thanks
    1,974
    Thanked 8,766 Times in 4,195 Posts

    Frank S's Tools
    That's a neat and fast way to staple down the lathing strips for a tile roof Uses the previous strip as the spacing guide
    The steel roof on my house is on lathing strips but who ever laid it used staples or nails to hold the lathing down then screws to hold the sheet metal. thee 80+ MPH winds we had last spring pulled about half the strips up the whole roof was jumping up and down but stayed on the house. So after the storms I went up there and unscrew several sheets then used 4 inch #10 deck screws to secure the lathing then used 4 inch roofing screws to re secure the sheet metal that way the metal was screwed all the way through to the decking and in some places all the way into the trusses Hopefully if we get winds like that again my roof will survive.

    2000 Tool Plans
    Never try to tell me it can't be done
    When I have to paint I use KBS products

  4. The Following User Says Thank You to Frank S For This Useful Post:

    Scotsman Hosie (Feb 20, 2020)

  5. #3
    Supporting Member suther51's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2016
    Posts
    380
    Thanks
    210
    Thanked 150 Times in 115 Posts
    Frank S, your not the only one. A house trailer near by had 1/2 of its roof come off in one chunk, laid out nice as could be along the trailer. Upside down though. That must have been one heck of a call back for the contractor. Must have had to flip it over to disassemble it as the materials were good enough to reuse. Hope I never get a call back like that!
    Eric

  6. #4
    Supporting Member Rattlerjake's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    73
    Thanks
    5
    Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts
    Frank and suther, that's the way they do it these days. It's not about quality, it's about cheap and fast, and as long as it survives past the 1 year or less warranty they're satisfied.



    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •