Idea Makes Steel Roofing Easier

Idea Makes Steel Roofing Easier BUILDINGS Miscellaneous Sometimes simple little tricks can make a big job go much faster and easier Roger Gutschmidt of Gackle N Dakota is full of these ideas and recently used one to finish a project of covering a farm building with steel sheeting First I attached 1 by 4-in purlins to the roof with 4-in countersunk torx screws Then I used a neat little trick for installing the new steel sheets he says Each one was 15 ft long and I needed 12 sheets per side Gutschmidt went up on the roof and measured the center point of each of the purlins and wrote down the measurements on a piece of paper Then on the ground he stacked the sheets with the ends all flush on his flatbed trailer a couple of saw horses would also work and used the measurements to mark where he wanted to put in the screws I took a 1/8-in cobalt drill bit and drilled through all 24 sheets at the same time This way all the screw holes were alike on all of the sheets I needed he explains It made the rows of screws straight and the job looked professional I loved that I didn t have the problem of trying to start those sheet metal screws when I was up high and in a dangerous position You know how they like to fall out of the magnetic bit if you aren t perfectly straight This trick worked great for me Gutschmidt used his tractor loader bucket and a Genie scissor lift on this project which worked great for hoisting up the metal sheets plus he had safe places to stand for attaching the sheet metal Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Gutschmidt Manufacturing LLC Roger Gutschmidt 6651 Hwy 56 Gackle N Dak 58442 ph 701 698-2310; shopdoc@drtel net

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