Terne Tin Roofing

Tin is a breeze to solder making our terne stainless material supremely easy to work with.

Terne tin roofing.

The ease of forming and cutting terne is unsurpassed making metal roofing installation a cinch. As long as the paint is kept up once every ten fifteen years you are left with a roof that can last a century. They lasted until 1855. The terne is popular again with architects and designers for its weathering properties.

Our metal roof is made of terne metal. Once the material is formed and installed it gets painted. Fine metal roof tech s unique terne metal. Roofinox tin matte terne coated is a popular traditional metal for visually appealing and extremely long lasting roofs.

Terne ii roofing also coated with zinc and tin offering enhanced corrosion resistance can be used in flatlock standing seam and vertical metal wall covering designs in any application where original terne was used. Roofinox tin matte terne coated stainless steel is commonly manufactured with type 439 stainless steel coated in both sides with 100 tin unlike the no longer manufactured tcsii. It can also be manufactured with 316l stainless steel when more corrosion resistance is needed. Our terne had been tested and approved for restoration repair or new construction even in areas where it is planned to be used close to the old follansbee terne.

Terne is a mild steel with a coating of zinc and tin alloy to protect the steel from rust. In 1824 thomas jefferson replaced the original wood shingles on monticello s roof with ones made of terne a tin coated iron. Tin roofs are not actually made of pure tin. It is also frequently used to restore historic buildings and heritage sites.

The natural surface development makes it a great choice combining beauty and extraordinary durability. The company adds that with terne ii roofing the material should be painted as soon as conditions permit. The more accurate term for the metal making up what is commonly called a tin roof is terne or terneplate which is an assortment of soft metals that. Where the metal seams had bent the paint collected as hard blocks.

After a succession of inferior leak prone substitutes the roof regained its 1824 look in 1992 with the installation of terne shingles made of tin coated stainless steel. As you can see from photo a the paint had peeled off and the roof rusted. The terne here at fine metal roof tech is the preferred choice of both installers and designers.