Installing Flat-Lock Soldered Copper Roofing 

Excellent work. Been coppersmithing for 20 years and this is exactly what I like to see. No complaints gentlemen

I must say I love watching you guys videos. I catch myself binge watching every time I just need to look something up. I've met you before Joe, bought some used slates at the warehouse years back. Thank you for sharing all these tips. I have utilized them many times.

Iron should be at the other side, so you sweat the joint, now you just laying solder on the pans, also watch the temp for proper soldering.

You always hold the iron on the thick edge. You don't need to pre tin it because you can see how filthy the pre tin gets. Just draw it in with relatively high heat to sweat it. Then you have to go over it with a bridge, just like a welding braid unless you are down South where the ice won't tear it apart. Use the high temp ice guard to keep it water tight while your working on copper. Use the rosin paper on top of it anyway to prevent hot copper from sticking to high temp. Also use the ring shank copper nails.

You guys do great roofs, very nice work.

You would speed up your hem folding 6 times faster with a pan break. no scribing pre set depths

How many flat panels are the most you can install in one day , not soldered

on the right surface is made double the union between the metal sheets :))

I like using the flat irons so you can just walk it and hear it sweat

Great job guys, but should be wearing Gloves? my uncle taught me copper or stainless steel always wear Gloves. NO HAND PRINTS??

does the heat from the process ever cause the red paper to burn? i met a pittsburgh roofer who only uses high temp ice guard instead of the paper, but it seems to me that the copper might stick to the ice guard. i am not yet experienced with this but i hope to learn the proper and safe procedures. thanks, chuck.

What ounce copper do you use for the cleats? Looks like 16?

sorry that mitre looks horrible! good soldering though.

75 to 100 years, eh? More like till the local tweakers catch wind of it. XD

Ok I’m been doing this for long time, miter looks really bad wouldn’t show on you tube, soldering was good on first video clip and by the way flat seem panels roofs have been around in America for many years

Im suprised how they kept it squared after they didnt cut a slit where the clips goes. Id hammer it down too if they can get away with it. Isnt copper return to its original shape. Id rather see the whole thing hammered down tight than a bunch of shoe mark here and there

Ought to treat the copper better.

That's not how you soldering ,you should hold iron on the upper copper to sweat in soldering that's completely wrong sorry

Your soldering skills suck, you should know better. You always draw the solder into the seam. At 3:07 miter needs help. Copper pop rivets at least and the short leg also. Have you done any Onion roofs? I'd like to see them.

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You must be american, because that is some hack sheet metal work, i feel sorry for the copper