Soldering Flat-Lock Copper Roofing

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13 жыл бұрын

Chris Paulin and Liam Tower demonstrate copper soldering techniques at the 2011 Slate Roofing Contractors Association Conference in Lancaster, PA. Filmed by Joseph Jenkins, author of the Slate Roof Bible, 3rd edition (www.slateroofwarehouse.com/Sl....

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@themillennialroofer Жыл бұрын

I really like this “walking” technique with the chisel point tip. You know that seam is sweating all the way back. Looks very nice too.

@neerajkakar8104 Жыл бұрын

Good job! Very professional way to do . I have 1000 watt soldering iron but not using it the correct way. This is the correct way to do it.

@beardedroofer 4 жыл бұрын

Nice, like the clean 1" soldered joints. Thats a good trick with the goozle tool recessing the bottom edge of the lap.

@REALROOFING 9 жыл бұрын

Thats the best looking solder joints on youtube. Good form! Respect.

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment

@georgemacdonald5282 11 ай бұрын

Great video and beautifully done soldering.

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

thanks for the nice comment George

@user-ip5gh2lm3e 5 ай бұрын

Full proof is exactly what I like!!!

@wukoinc.2319 9 жыл бұрын

Good job Chris!

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for making great tools!

@chriskelvin248 Жыл бұрын

What a pretty joint!

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment

@kennethtalbott2233 4 жыл бұрын

Quality!!

@gurgisgutters725 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling us about the ambient temp requirement on the American Beauty. I just thought I sucked at soldering!

@peterspano4550 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@alanhughes1262 9 ай бұрын

i use hydrochloric acid /spirits of salts with a snip of gal tin as flux i have soldered copper steel stainless steel gal sheet, tractor gas tanks / old water tanks spouting guttering over the years .

@lalalaluvish 12 жыл бұрын

@jadeturt PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SOLDERING ROOFING FOR CENTURIES, from tinning old steel panels tin roof) to todays copper roof whis were very popular in italy and the mediteranian...but for a roof with good fall a seam like standing single or double lock is a little more reliable only cause the work requires less complex work ..the law of averages..

@johnshaw7328 Жыл бұрын

Third generation sheet metal worker here. I can solder and teach as good as anyone.

@jcjenkins01 Жыл бұрын

Where are you located?

@jimbrissette9475 4 жыл бұрын

Nailing copper flashing

@robertruizcampwolfden8579 4 жыл бұрын

You should lay the iron on the seem and wait till the solder draws into the seem!

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

You could lay it down, but the solder is drawn all the way through the seam using just the tip: the puddle conducts the heat

@markthompson4905 3 ай бұрын

What do you use to clean the waxy flux residue on copper afer soldering.

@jcjenkins01 3 ай бұрын

See this article: Soldering Copper Roof Flashings (www.traditionalroofing.com/downloads/TR6_solder.pdf)

@matthewkelly99 5 жыл бұрын

This video was very helpful to me. I am a detail carpenter who has been recruited from a roofing firm in an effort to heighten the the level of craftsmanship of the roofing crew. I'm on a huge learning curve to say the least. My question is how can I execute this level of mastery on a steep slope roof, with wind, low temps and overall poor conditions? Or should that not be expected? And therefore not be an expected of the client?

@jcjenkins01 5 жыл бұрын

Typically, you would NOT use a soldered seam metal roof on a steep slope. You would use a standing seam or some type of lock seam.

@matthewkelly99 5 жыл бұрын

@@jcjenkins01 thanks for the reply.

@user-ip5gh2lm3e 6 ай бұрын

I was schooled to pre tin copper at the joint section prior to making the fold for the seam. This ensures a more positive flow of solder into the seam/joint. This is also more inportant when you solder verticle seams. Is this a pratice that you use for solder copper seams?

@jcjenkins01 5 ай бұрын

We have often pre-tinned joints. You can also use a tinning flux, instead of pre-tinning. You can also solder copper without tinning, but pre-tinning or tinning flux will make it more fool-proof.

@user-ip5gh2lm3e 5 ай бұрын

Do you know if rolled tin is still available for boxgutter and flatlock work anymore. Follensbee was the last known suppler that I used. It is no longer a manufacter of this material.

@jcjenkins01 5 ай бұрын

I don't know of any source for what used to be Follansbee terne metal. @@user-ip5gh2lm3e

@kineticinstallationspecial5775 9 жыл бұрын

great iron control though

@duanesnyder2945 3 жыл бұрын

Do you do around skylights ON roof if so need phone #

@jcjenkins01 3 жыл бұрын

You can do it on the roof, or you can make the flashings ahead of time and install them after soldering. Why would you need a phone number? slateroofers.org/members.htm

@slliimmm 12 жыл бұрын

nice seams! but dont you have to lace those verticals,and how is that amish guy going to use that electric iron?

@eastside0434 Жыл бұрын

Yes ,lace them,but for educational purposes that was left out.

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

Lacing or stitching the seam is purely cosmetic, and can be used to hide an improperly soldered seam

@Bowen151 9 жыл бұрын

Im trying to build a piece with 1.2mm sheets. Its just a hobby project and Im by far in no way a trained metal worker, this is just an interest im picking up... Can you tell me how I should form and solder or join the seams on copper that is 1.2mm thick or 18gauge i believe. Needs to be watertight.

@randyarnold388 6 жыл бұрын

You left out the first step of pre tinning

@jcjenkins01 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, pre-tinning is recommended. It isn't necessary, but it makes the soldering easier, faster, and more fool-proof.

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

Not necessary if you use proper flux, heat and make sure to sweat the seam full. Pre-tinning was invented by east coast architects to combat poor field soldering techniques. Same with "stitching" the seam. None of it is necessary if the work is done properly

@jacquesdesutter-cx6dp Жыл бұрын

Ze z een

@kineticinstallationspecial5775 9 жыл бұрын

use the torch by itself.... high heat, small area

@jhanbaldiandbendy8032 5 жыл бұрын

He's good.but check out frankch25 he's got the cleanest solder technique...

@themillennialroofer Жыл бұрын

This is better than Frank because the solder here is being drawn back into the seam. Not as much with Franks.

@johnsmith1474 Жыл бұрын

You don't melt the solder with the iron, you melt it with the copper. This is classic "almost" correct.

@jcjenkins01 Жыл бұрын

Please post a video.

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

The heat comes from the iron and is conducted by the solder puddle through the seam

@christopherpaulin5548 11 ай бұрын

The solder is at or above the liquidus temperature within ~1.5 inches of proximity to the iron: if I touched the solder bar to the bare copper there, the solder becomes a liquid, which is what we want