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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Homesteading.

For this BB, you will be replacing a roof on a small structure with metal roofing (<400 square feet)!

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To document your completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:
 - the materials you are starting with
 - the original roof
 - part way through replacing the roof
 - the finished metal roof on a small building (<400 square feet)

Clarifications
 - this can be a new roof on a new building
 - this can't be a metal roofing carport kit
 - the "structure" needs to be more like a building, lean-to or shed, not a cobbled together firewood rack
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Quick question.  What if the building had a different kind of roof and you are putting on a new metal roof?
 
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Good question.  I think the point of this one is to show that you can install metal roofing more than you can replace it.  I'll change it above...
 
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Does "building" include structures such as large sheds with no walls?
 
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Yes, I think that fits.  The goal of this is to show that you can do some metal roofing.  I'll adjust the BB a bit to reflect that.  Thx!
 
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This is a repair job on a pump house shed at my sister's house.   On last visit I replaced all the rotten frame components of the structure, and this visit I did the metal work.   Tropical storms had beaten the shed up badly.   The roof panels over-hung too much and the winds folded one panel up and it has flapped so much that one corner disintegrated.   So, I removed that panel, trimmed the other one that was too long but still good, and also covered one wall that was blown out.

My cordless batteries went dead using the saw to cut, so I finished with a $5 pair of shears I got from a flea market ...it worked better than the saw.

Otis should know my true colors and this little project will show them.   For a functional out of site out building, I'm ok with doing a quick and dirty job.   I use used materials whenever possible ... even the screws were used.

If the project needs to look nice; I can do that too.   The last pic is of my mom's roof which I installed in 2020 during Covid.
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the before pic with damaged corner
the before pic with damaged corner
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b4 pic of missing wall (my sister nailed up the tar paper)
b4 pic of missing wall (my sister nailed up the tar paper)
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when cutting with circular saw, I like to flip R-Panel upside down.
when cutting with circular saw, I like to flip R-Panel upside down.
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the blade I use
the blade I use
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these shears actually cut faster than the saw
these shears actually cut faster than the saw
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finished side
finished side
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finished front, maybe someday it will get a door
finished front, maybe someday it will get a door
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A couple of my nephews did help with this roof job. I did garage and around those upper windows alone
A couple of my nephews did help with this roof job. I did garage and around those upper windows alone
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