Panel coverage: why 36 inches is not 36 inches of steel
Our panels give 36 inches of net coverage — that is the width they actually cover once installed and lapped, not the width of the flat sheet before forming. This matters when you calculate quantities: divide your roof width by 3 feet, not by the raw material width, and round up. Getting this backwards is the most common reason people order the wrong panel count, and it is why we would rather work from your roof dimensions than from your sheet count.
Cut to length eliminates the horizontal seam
Suppliers that stock fixed lengths force you to either lap two panels partway up the roof or buy long and trim. Every horizontal lap is a potential leak path and a place debris collects. Because we cut on order, a 27-foot 4-inch rafter run gets a 27-foot 4-inch panel — one continuous piece, ridge to eave, no seam, no waste. On a re-roof this frequently saves more than any price difference between suppliers.
Panel gauge and where it actually matters
29-gauge is the industry standard for residential roofing, agricultural buildings and pole barns, and it is what most jobs should use. 26-gauge is thicker and worth specifying on long unsupported spans, in hail-prone areas, or where a low roof pitch means panels get walked on regularly. Paying for 26-gauge on a well-purlined shed roof is money that would do more good spent on better screws.
Ordering: what we need from you
Give us the roof dimensions — rafter run from ridge to eave, and the building width — plus your pitch and purlin spacing if you know them. From that we calculate panel count, panel length, ridge cap, eave and rake trim, closures and screw quantity. It takes a few minutes on the phone and it is considerably more reliable than a customer counting sheets from a sketch.
