Wanted: Aluminum Fascia Roller

Tom Struble

i got an extra set of wheels with my snap stand now i got 4 wheel drive

thesidingpro

If you used a brake everyday you wouldn't need any of that stuff. I can see where someone that only does a few jobs a year needs these extra's to make up for lack of skills.

The cut-off would be the only tool I'd use but like patrick said it's 1 1/2" away from where it needs to be.

Patrick,

You flat cap, I bend my channel into my board with a crown. It's like comparing apples and oranges.

You are the only reason I said "one" of the fastest and not "the" fastest. You'd most likely be my only compition just going by the quality of posts in the siding forum.

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WarnerConstInc.

I think the extras are nice. I grew up with a windy city, I hate cutting coil with a knife, hate it. I made quite a few things with my brake for roofs and siding, door, window, freeze board flashings. I worked for a few years in a welding shop doing all sorts of metal fabrication, bending, shearing rolling blah blah blah. I think the extras that you can get with these brakes makes them much more user friendly and more enjoyable. Pardon me for liking things that makes my life/job simpiler and more enjoyable.

Patrick

How dare you call me a flat capper, That AVATAR is from my early days, and for the record that flat trim had a concealed J. Heres how we do it nowadays

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Originally Posted by Celtic
Like I said...I'm sure you are very good at what you do ~ whatever that is and where ever it happens.

Patrick

Ill post pics soon of the house we are on now, the customer let me go crazy and use 3 different colors of trim and 6" wide brickmould. and several arches.

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Originally Posted by Celtic
Like I said...I'm sure you are very good at what you do ~ whatever that is and where ever it happens.

thesidingpro

Craftsman ship looks great.

Let me tell you what I don't like though.


I hate that mid America dentil moulding. It doesn't look authentic at all. The seems are nasty looking and i've just never seen anything similar to that around here from the old days. I think it looks funny where it bumps into your brick flashing.

I also hate white on white on white. Why even put dentil mould on if you pick such a boring theme. I think trim should always be white and the siding should contrast it. White siding only looks good as accents on a brick fasod.

I also would have to put some sort of profile in that brick flashing.

Just my .02. Just what I see. I'll find some pictures and you can critiqe me.

bbl

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Jlubb

Hey guys, i have put in over 10000 windows and done thousands of siding jobs that required custom aluminum. I have my brake mounted in my trailer on hinges so when i need it it just swings up and i put braces under it at both ends. The cut off tool is the best thing you could buy for the brake. Is it that hard to add 1.5 inches to your trim?

One way you can strengthen your fascia is buy hemming the top side of the fascia. That works pretty well too. If you do mostly 6 inch fascia why not just buy it?

thesidingpro

The premade looks like dog****. Only people without brakes buy that stuff around here. It's cheaper to bend it yourself anyway.

Just because you have installed and capped 10000 windows doesn't mean you can trim a house out properly and efficiently. I've seen many window vets that I would let come close to one of my jobs with a brake.

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Jlubb

First of all, i dont need your work, I am booked out till June. I do very high quality work that i will put up against anybody in the world, anytime. Second, i have three Tapco brakes and thirteen guys that all know how to use them. If the factory made stuff is junk then why i am hanging it on $500,000 new houses? It is all about the installer and the quality he brings to the job, IMO.

Patrick

this is one off my display wall. THE WORST THING about prebent facia, is when people use it on the rakes, and then use it to make returns.

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Originally Posted by Celtic
Like I said...I'm sure you are very good at what you do ~ whatever that is and where ever it happens.

Tom Struble

very nice as usual PatrickI like how you hold the shutter off the casing,nice

thesidingpro

That's a hack wannnabee reply if i've ever seen one.

Tom,

Patrick and I where just having a discussion. This window installer who's installed 10,000 windows and 5000 siding jobs told us to go buy prebent fascia...lol

Thats all.

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Jlubb

I am not telling anybody to buy pre-bent Fascia. When we do a remodel, we will bend all fascia and coverage as needed. I was reffering to new construction homes, where the fascia has been supplied by the General Contractor.

You might get to know me and my company before you start judging our worksmanship and my qualifications because of something you read or thought you read on a forum.

I am not intending to piss you off, sorry if i did.

I am a Professional contractor who works very hard to create and maintain a professional business relationship with all my employees and clients. I despise the illegal, unlicensed, dont know what the **** their doing people that are in construction.

That is the one good thing about a recession, all the strong companies with a track record of customer service and satisfaction will be there on the other end, and hopefully all the scumbags will not.

IHI

i remember the worst task i ever had, i was working for a guy many moons ago and this customer of his wanted the room addition covered in coil stock (HO's picked out the colors) so literally this entire thing is facade in aluminum coil stock...pita bending all these pieces with reverse hems so the panels iterlocked so no water could get in, and god help you if you locked one together that was messed up since it was locked and required tearing off 3-4 connected pieces and redoing a slug of it

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Tom Struble

Patrick really like to see how you handled those arches
do you have a projecting sill detail that you use?or do you picture frame all your windows?

thesidingpro

Here's how I did some arches tom a few years back. Best way I've came up with.

I'm focused on the commercial side of things lately. My ladders and brakes don't get to much use anymore.

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Tom Struble

awesome work there mr siding pro

Jlubb

nice work siding pro.
Do you hang your friese board before the masons or do you prefer after? If before, have you had any problems with the masons "messing" up your work?

thesidingpro

The only time I will go before the mason is if I'm slow and my guys need a check.

I avoid it all costs.

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