Re: Metal Roofs?

Posted by Dave NE IA on February 16, 2006 at 07:03:53 from (12.214.14.245):

In Reply to: Re: Metal Roofs? posted by Jim Terhune on February 15, 2006 at 17:59:21:

As far as walking on the steel you must walk on a scales first before answering that question. Up to the early 70's we walked on the steel from our suppliers. After that and a lot more pounds absolutly no for me. When you walk on steel you walk on perloins or eventualy wish you had. Stuff is pretty expensive to throw away, and the next sheet will be a little different in color. Seems when the companies redesigned their products they ended up with a less desirable product. (ever hear that one before) Semi's can carry more pc's now and not be overloaded. In reality there are designs in some steel that makes it better than others. The straighter up and down the ribs are make it stronger, 1/2inch or 1 1/8 adds alot. The tensile strength also is a big factor, as far as guage---Im not so sure that 28 to 26 guage is enough to toot the steel companies horn. In our area 24" is max. on the span of the perloins although some companies allow 30" O'C'roof and 48"O'C' on sidewalls. Back when they redesigned their product, We had some major issues wth the company so were invited up to the big conference room with the big guy's. (big big leather chairs also) One of our issues was we could not walk on it the way we used to. A big guy who probably never had ever wore anything but a suit decided to demonstrate that it was strong enough to hold him. The dumb A$$ layed it flat on the cement floor and showed me it held him, and he pointed out he was even bigger than me. Of course I couldn't let that go so I got a couple of skid 4 x 4's and placed them 24 inches apart. He ended up not just bending the steel, but was on the floor with his crotch ripped completly out. I know I'm sick and twisted, but that sure made the five hr drive well worth my while. I did get a thumbs up from the guy's on the line after it happened. Dave NE IA

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• Re: Metal Roofs? Jim Terhune 11:17:08 02/16/06 (0)

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