Can we talk about the week I had on a roof install in July

Three summers ago I was doing a standing seam roof job in Austin and the heat index hit 108 every day for five days straight. My crew and I went through 12 gallons of water per day and still felt dried out by noon. The worst part was the drip stop flashing I ordered came in wrong sizes twice, so we lost a full day waiting on replacements. I ended up having to redo nine feet of eave edge because my guys got sloppy in the afternoon heat. That week made me seriously rethink ever taking a metal roof job between June and August in Texas again. Has anyone else had a job that made them want to quit the trade for good?

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dakota_patel984d ago

Oh man, that sounds brutal lol. But I gotta gently correct you on one thing - standing seam and drip stop flashing aren't really a thing together. Drip stop is for shingle roofs, not metal. For standing seam you'd use a starter strip or a drip edge profile that matches the panel rib. If your supplier sent you drip stop, no wonder the sizes were wrong. I've made that mistake before ordering from a new supply house and it set me back a whole day plus a drive across town to swap it out. That heat just makes everything worse when you're already fighting bad materials.

shane_fisher374d ago

Yeah, that heat is a killer. I've been there where you're just trying to get the job done and the sun is beating down and nothing fits right because of the wrong part. It's like your brain just shuts off and you're stuck with a headache and a half. @dakota_patel98 I feel your pain on the drive across town too, nothing worse than burning a whole afternoon hunting down parts that should have been right the first time. You think you're getting ahead by ordering from a new place and then you end up paying for it in sweat and lost time. Your mileage may vary but I've learned the hard way to double check everything they hand me before I leave the yard. Hope your next job goes smoother.