Panels curved onsite for fire station installation

2014年11月24日，路易斯安那州博士城 - 每个人都注意到曲线，每个人都会注意到德克萨斯州泰勒的新泰勒消防局上的七个桶装屋顶。

McElroy Metal manufactured and delivered more than 14,000 square feet of itsMaxima ADV 2-inch tall standing seam panelsin PVDF Medium Bronze – chosen because of its similarities to the traditional brass that adorned historic fire engines. The striated 16-inch wide panels were manufactured from 24-gauge Galvalume.

The City of Tyler considered installing asphalt shingles and single-ply roofing, but decided on metal because of the aesthetic and durability benefits of metal roofing. The $1.7 million facility, designed byLochner BWR Division, Architects of Tyler, Texas，位于非常明显的地方，因此外观是一个重要的考虑因素。这座8,865平方英尺的建筑是计划的一部分，旨在为城市西部的大部分地区提供更好的间距和覆盖范围并减少响应时间。

Hefner Roofing of Pittsburg, Texastook less than four weeks to install the roofing panels with a crew of eight. “Working with curved panels is a little more labor intensive all the way around,” says Matt Jones, Project Manager at Hefner Roofing. “You have to handle every panel individually a couple times before you get it installed. It’s not difficult, it just takes a little longer.”

The Maxima ADV 2-inch panels were delivered strapped in crates. They were unpacked and separated so each panel could becurved at the jobsite by a McElroy Metal roll forming technician. All seven sections of barrel roofing were conveniently the same radius.

Jones said a special hoist, built in the shape of the curved panels, was constructed to get the panels up to the roof. Hoisting curved panels a few at a time takes more time that hoisting a crate of panels. Hoisting panels that are not crated are more likely to be affected by winds, so extra care was taken during that process. Once panels were safely on the roof, they were attached to the structure in a similar manner to a non-curved roof, using the same clips andseamer.

Hefner Roofing完成了多个桶装屋顶装置，琼斯说经验有助于使下一个更轻松一些。