Thickness of tin roofing

I am getting ready to roof 3 buildings ive built, and im hoping somone here can tell me whats the thickest guage tin I can expect to find here in NE Okla. (Also thew cheapest place to buy it wouldnt be bad either, but if its far enough away, gas prices would eat up any savings made by a lower price.

[mtman]

im not shure but when you do it if you cant find the exact lenght you need make the bottom even then make your cuts on top the ridge cap will cover the cut end

[Rod Torgeson]

34case.....I am not sure if you mean tin roofing or metal roofing. If metal roofing, it is steel and if memory serves me correctly its either 26 or 28 gauge. I put metal roofing on my house, my garage/shop and barn over 5 years ago when they were built. It is the painted metal roofing. Just be careful in handling it, it will cut your hands. If you order it from a lumber yard you can order it the length you want. Hope this helps. Rod<...in Appleton, WA

[fernando]

Remember, it is very dangerous to try to install metal roof panels on a windy day.

[Dan in WY]

29 gauge is standard. Most places are selling it for around 2.20 per linear foot,per 3 foot wide panel.
26 and 24 gauge are available, but not really necessary. Cost is well over 3 bucks a foot on them. follow the manufacturers installation instructions, and 29 gauge will work just fine.

I work as a salesman at a lumber yard,designing barns, sheds, fences and decks, and have sold tons of the stuff. I may not know much, but I do know this stuff.

[Travis in Louisiana]

The smaller the gauge number, the thicker the metal. 24 gauge is thicker than 26 gauge, 26 gauge thicker than 29 gauge. I usually get at least 26 gauge. You can usually walk between the joist and slats, the metal is screwed to, with this gauge or thicker. With 29 gauge you cannot without it bending.

[JAK]

There is quite a difference in thickness between 24 guage and 29 guage. I would guess that 26 guage might save you some money, and 29 guage might be saving somebody else some money. I always like to consider the cost of a material or even a finished product like a wood stove or an automobile in $/pound before I buy it.

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/sc...heetmetal.html

[Natural Beauty Farm]

I bought some at lumber yard that was the 29g stuff at 2.75lf but was short 3 lengths and it had taken 6 weeks to get in. Then one day I was at the co-op here and saw this little board with some nailed to it and asked for a price and they said 1.79lf for 26g and they had it to me 3 days later. Might be worth a few calls.