Reusing Old Tin Roofing

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Reusing old tin roofing.

The slate or wood shake roof. Is recycling old roof tin onto a new roof doable. The metal is less than 9 years old but there is some structural issues that require the roof to be removed. Once your old metal roof has been removed it s time to contact a metal recycler.

Specific tools may also be required such as metal snips and metal stamping tools. Today metal roofs often consist of an alloy steel with a zinc coating applied to it for protection known as galvanized metal. I d rather not just take them to the scrap metal yard. All the roofers i ve spoken too want to cut off the old one which means they can t be replaced.

This will help to alleviate the problem of having too much weight on the roof. Alternatively you can bring your own metal into scrapyards. Jump to latest follow. I ve used old tin roofing and no it is not to be fashionable.

This method doesn t damage the panels and they can be. Will i need to plug the old holes. The most expensive item was the metal roof. However it has many screw holes from the previous installations.

A current alternative trend in roofs is the use of aluminum. Many of us have made reference to an old farm house with a tin roof. I ve used it because it was laying around the property here for god knows how long and i didn t feel like driving to lowe s and spending 60 100 bucks on new roofing. Some places may be willing to pick up your metal.

Is there a quick method to do this. Ironically tin roofs are not made out of tin. Reuse that metal roofing from an old barn to fuel creativity. Additionally wood shakes are often uneven and thus may also provide an unacceptable surface on which to lay your new metal roof.

Crafts projects made from metal roofing if painted will require paint that adheres to metal. Tin has been used as a roofing material for centuries due to the fact that it is lightweight durable easy to work with and inexpensive. I ended up using my old tin with a little caulking on the holes as a pretty decent goat shelter roof. Can i make it work.

Few sounds are as homey as that of rain falling on a tin roof. I am tearig down a pole barn with a metal roof and want to reuse the metal roofing. Stones mortar and wood were just picked up locally where the house was being built. I ve got about 6500 sq ft of standing seam metal roof that needs to be removed.

This is my experiment with trying to save metal roofing panels from a barn that collapsed last winter. Be prepared to give them an estimate of how much metal you have so they will know how large of a truck to use.