hot tin roof

[roger zavoda]

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confused: where might i be able to get tin ? im looking for a piece about 42x42 to use over my camp fire when it rains. i saw a guy using when it was really comming down hard and it worked great.

roger

 

[J.D.]

No need to carry another gadget. Just build up the fire so's it burns big and hot. If done correctly,it will take a deluge of biblical proportions to drown a big enough fire.

 

[ian45662]

I agree I have seen fires go through lots of rain and still go strong.

 

[bwhoffman]

try a local HVAC contractor, gutter shop or heating/cooling service shop. the larger ones usually have "tin benders" on the payroll and just might sell you what you want!

 

[trent/OH]

A roofing company that does standing seam roofs would have such tin, but it wouldn't look nearly as rustic as an old piece of tin salvaged from a barn or shed being torn down or renovated.

 

[George Holton]

PC ?????

 

[bwhoffman]

PC ?????

How would one pack it?

 

[trent/OH]

PC ?????

According to[url] www.andek.com/metal_roofs.htm[/url]

The use of metal roofs dates to the Roman Empire. Use of lead, copper, and zinc as roofing materials was carried to North America in colonial times. Tinplate use began in the early 1800's. So swiping a piece of tin roof for cover would occur in the 1800's. Use of copper or zinc would be an earlier period. Lead could also be used, but would be a mite heavy to tote any long distance.
If anyone has a lead roof on a building which needs to come off, let me know and I'll be right in touch!

 

[Poor Private]

Heck if you need tin you can go to the ye olde box shop and pick it up.

And it even comes in colors .

 

[roger zavoda]

:hmm: you talkin about the lumberyard? I NEVER DID HERE BOUT TIN IN A LUMBERYARD????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Poor Private]

Yep they sell it there, thats how I reroofed my barn. comes in colors too, besides plain galvanized red, blue, green.

 

[roger zavoda]

:surrender: all righty then