What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Jeff Taylor]

Hi Tony,

What's the brand name of the roofing material, looks an interesting product - presumably it's coated steel?


Jeff.

[dickie65]

Hi,
I have the same material on my garage roof, galv steel Z purlins ( Lighter and stiffer than timber beams on a 5m span )
Sheeted over with OSB then the steel roof on top, I can quite happily walk around on top of it.
It came from the local industrial building company.
I do get condensation in cold weather from the GRP skylights though.

[Tony Betts]

hi jeff,

sorry i dont know the brand name, its from a local supply yard.

its .75 coated steel, and although i haggled the price and got a considerable discount. it is still not cheap.

a friend who fitted it, has been employed for several years in fitting industrial roofing. and thankfully saved me the mistake of buying the cheap options on ebay.

apparently .75 is specifically made for roofing.

the cheaper options .25 or .35 or even .50 are made as wall cladding.

hopefully ill never have to replace this one again.

thanks tony

[A G Wood]

Hi Tony, nothing whatsoever to do with Austin Sevens, but that's interesting your roofing material, you get so used to seeing UK dwellings on TV etc. with non-metal roofing. 
In this country that would be called trapezoidal section, or smooth ribline section [depending on manufacturer], I reckon it looks better than the traditional corrugated section you so often see here.
We've just done our house roof in the Colorsteel MAXX version which is baked painted finish over zincalume.
Couldn't do 0.75 so had to settle for 0.55 as this was the thickest available.
Its fastened with self-drilling screws rather than the traditional nails.
The price here is pretty scary too, I knew what was coming but I still had to have a cup of tea and a bit of a lie down when I saw the invoice. But we live about 800m from the  sea, so we wanted the biggest/best bang for the buck.
Got 35 years out of the original roof which was just plain zinc coated steel (repainted it three times) and it might've lasted another 5, so I think this one will do.

[Tony Betts]

the self tapping screws i beleive are called pro-tech screws. they have a hexaganol nut head with a flat underneath.

we used the same thing.

they come with a seal washer, so no leaks get past.

hopefully you will be ok with .55 and you had put more battons underneath for more fixing screws. 

tony

[Smiley]

Hi Jeff, Some years back a Company by the name of QUEDRON  in Cheltenham manufactured Roofing and Cladding from this material.  Not sure if they are still around.  Might be worth investigating.  Cheers.
Smiley.

[Nigel Ricardo]

Its called Profile steel sheet

[Smiley]

Hi Again Jeff, Just Checked and if you Google QUEDRON ROOFING PROFILES,  it will flag up their Website. 
Cheers
Smiley.

[A G Wood]

Yes, same fastening system Tony. Saves all that tiresome hammering and has colour matched hex heads. Our place is in a nominally high wind zone so there's fastenings for Africa. Our chimney sweeper is quite a light weight guy so 0.55 will do, although last time he swept the flue from the bottom end with a thing like a giant weedeater on a flexible shaft and didn't go on the roof at all. Management won't allow 90kg me to go on the roof.
Forgot to congratulate you on your micro museum, there are a few of those little gems hidden away here and there and I find them always worth a look at another chap's passion.

[Reckless Rat]

Peeing it down here so workshop beckoned. Gave the front end of the RP a fettling with new front shackles, a refurb of the track rod ends to remove some vertical play and then adjusted the steering box. Still a tiny amount of free play between the worm and gear but I guess that's par for the course. Any tighter and it all stiffens up.