Roofing & Sheet metal go together like coffee & donuts, cars & gas, teachers & schools. Most don't quite get the connection, so I will explain. First there is the obvious- metal roofing. Something that we do quite a bit of. Its almost impossible to do a quality job without having a proper sheetmetal shop. Its a little like trying to operate a five star restaurant out of an apartment kitchen.
Then there is the flat roofing systems; back when tar & gravel was the dominant system and single ply rubber roofs had not yet been established, all the flashings were metal based. Edging, roof to wall, pitch pockets, plumbing stacks, and so on. Even now with the rubber roofs, proper metal edging can make all the difference in the world. With a sheetmetal shop, we can custom make the proper size and color edge metal so it blends rather than stands out. Sure... you can get by with pre-fab flashings sold at lumber yards - or even worse- that ugly 1" bar some guys screw around the edge, but the difference is noticeable, and if your into athstetics - you will appreciate our craftsmanship.
Lastly (at least for now) having a sheetmetal shop comes in handy for doing residential shingle jobs. We custom make our own drip edge which is stronger and more durable than the mass-produced standard drip edge. We are able to make a custom vent pipes for old cast iron pipes for which a standard flashing will not fit over, we can fabricate copper chimney crickets, apron flashings and reglets. We even make our own copper strips to help prevent algae growth.
So when people asks us what makes us different than the next guy, I tell them about our sheet metal shop and how important it is for a quality roof job.
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