Short clips from real Brothers Metal Roofing jobs, sorted by roof system and then by town. Tap a video to play it. Questions about your roof? Call (937) 423-9352.
Standing seam and on-site panel forming
Catching a Full-Length Metal Roof Panel Off the Roll-Former | Anna, OH
A full-length panel comes straight off the roll-former in Anna, OH. Forming panels in the driveway means one piece from eave to ridge with no laps across the roof, cut to the exact length of this roof, and no long panels bent in shipping.
Up Close With a Metal Panel Roll-Former | Lena, OH
A close look inside a metal panel roll-former on a job near Lena, OH. A flat sheet of steel coil goes in, each set of rollers bends it a little more, and a finished panel comes out in one pass with no seams in the middle.
This Roof Was a Coil of Steel This Morning | Red Lion, OH
On this Red Lion, OH job, the roof started the day as a flat coil of steel. Our trailer roll-former shapes each standing seam panel right on site, cut to run in one piece from eave to ridge.
Most People Never See This Part of a Metal Roof | Red Lion, OH
Here is the part of a metal roof most people never see: a roof valley in Red Lion, OH before the panels go on. Solid sheathing and synthetic underlayment cover the deck, valley metal is set where two slopes meet, and the panels lap over its edges.
Panels Roll Off the Trailer and Onto the Sawhorses | Red Lion, OH
In Red Lion, OH, these panels were formed on the trailer and carried straight to the sawhorses. Flat coil goes into the roll-former and comes out as a full-length panel, so every panel is cut to fit the roof it goes on.
Metal roof and wall installs
This Dark Metal House Is Getting a Matching Metal Roof | Farmers Retreat, IN
A dark metal-sided home in Farmers Retreat, IN gets a dark metal roof to match. Panels are staged on the ground, carried up, then set and fastened, so the roof matches the walls top to bottom.
Metal on the Walls Too: Fastening Gable Panels | Reily Township, OH
Metal does not have to stop at the roof line. In Reily Township, OH, wall and gable panels are lined up plumb and fastened tight and flat, one after another, so the gable matches the roof.
Metal Panels Going Down Over Underlayment | Reily Township, OH
Metal panels going down over synthetic underlayment in Reily Township, OH. Each panel is set, lined up and fastened as the crew works across the slope. This is the stage where a new roof starts to look finished.
Roof details: snow guards, flashing and curved roofs
Why Snow Guards Matter on Metal Roofs | Fairview, IN
Snow guards keep snow and ice from sliding off a metal roof all at once onto gutters, cars and people below. Here is how they look on a metal roof in Fairview, IN.
Metal Roof Over Aluminum Siding: The Catch | Piqua, OH
Why aluminum siding makes a metal roof job in Piqua, OH trickier than vinyl. Vinyl comes off so the flashing can go behind it. Aluminum siding cannot, so we flash it in place.
Framing a Curved Roof Over a Front Door | Ridgeville, OH
A small curved roof framed over a front door in Ridgeville, OH, ready for metal. It has about a 54-inch radius, braces on each end, a doubled 2x4 beam and soffit nailers tied into the box beam.
Pole barns
Prepping a Pole Barn for a Metal Ceiling | Marysville, OH
What goes into a 40x88 pole barn in Marysville, OH before the metal ceiling goes up. There are 2x6 purlins 3 feet on center, a flat 2x6 for the hanger brackets, and baffles so the insulation stays put.
Tear-off and deck prep
1-Inch Pine Board Decking Under the Shingles | Delaware County, OH
Under the shingles on this Delaware County, OH roof is 1-inch pine board decking. We peel the shingles back and check the boards, because we do not install over rotten or damaged decking. Only then do the underlayment and metal go on.
Tear-Off Straight Into the Dump Trailer | Delaware County, OH
A clean tear-off on a Delaware County, OH job. Shingles come off onto tarps, debris goes straight into the dump trailer instead of the driveway, and the decking is checked before anything new goes down.
This Chimney Was in Really Bad Shape, So We Took It Out | Delaware County, OH
This old chimney in Delaware County, OH was in bad shape, so it came out before the new metal roof. Ice-and-water shield goes around the opening, underlayment covers the deck, and the metal goes on with one less place to leak.
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