Metal roofing is a tough business to hang your hat on. Equipment is expensive, good crews need to be apprenticed, and roofers get one shot at installation. But all of the work out there is tough to resist and those who don’t have a sheet metal shop are missing out on a universe of it: new construction, retrofit, metal buildings, siding, flashing, interior fixtures and architectural details. The market is no longer as cyclical as before as more customers learn about the appeal of metal, and not just on the roof.
Parts of the country seem to be made of metal and one contractor is making the most of it. The products fashioned by Threadgill Sheet Metal Works Inc. in Cypress, Texas, are nearly all metal. The company makes its own panels on a portable roll former, constructs metal buildings, retrofits low-slope roofs, and provides its own warranted roofing system for high-end residential customers.