How to Cut Steel Roofing

A variety of different roofing steels are available. Copper is the most popular. Copper turns a beautiful patina color over time and lasts a century. Other roofing steel tends to corrode. No matter what type of steel you choose to roof your house with, cutting it is simple. Just be careful; steel edges are sharp.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Tape measure
• Chalk
• Tin snips
• Metal shears
• Work-bench

1. Purchase steel roofing material from any roofing supply or home store. It either comes in a roll, sheets or small squares.

2. Measure the roofing steel to size. Mark it with chalk.

3. Hold the roofing steel firmly in the opposite hand---or lay it out on a work-bench if the sheet is large.

4. Use a pair of tin snips, or a pair of metal shears, and begin to cut your metal along the marked line.

5. Use your knee to hold the steel down, if it came in a roll. Or, if the steel is on the workbench, use the palm of your hand to hold it flat as it is unrolled.

Tips & Warnings

• Lay the steel roofing material out on a large area of the garage or the patio, if you do not have a large work-bench.
• Do not touch the edge of the cut steel unless you are wearing gloves. Metal edges can be extremely sharp.

[just-sellit]

on 8/14/2009 This has got to be the most useless eHow's I have yet to read.

Has the author of this actually tried doing this?

you know the make left, right and straight cut shears tfor a reason.

Has the author actually tried doing this for any length of time? Your after about 5 minutes of doing this you can mover your hand or fingers anymore.

Yeah, try doing this with corrugated roofing or 5V rib, better yet PBR steel roofing. Have fun.

WOW, what a stupid eHow.