Is there a roofing association, individual or some other organization who can put me in touch with well-qualified roofers who specialize in standing seam copper roofing in my area?
I live in southern California.
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Look at the CDA .org site .
The copper development association website
The site is copper.org. CDA.org is a dentistry web site. :-)
They had one contractor in all of southern Califonia. Let's just say, the name of his business did not inspire confidence - "Roofing Forensics".
This may sound cracked but maybe this should just be a DIY job, too. Finding a qualified contractor is proving to be difficult. It might be easier to just buy the stuff and do it myself than it will be to hassle finding and using a qualified contractor. Even if I find one, my job is very small (250 sf).
What tools are needed for crimped and/or soldered standing seam roofs and what do you think the total cost of the tool set would be? (Yes, I already know how to solder).
Edited 11/20/2009 6:31 pm ET by Mike_Mills
If you're interested in DIYing it, I can fab and ship you a roof package and supply the tools and instruction. I was actually just working on an item for my website for loaner standing seam tool sets for DIYers.copper p0rn