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labrownie
  Post subject: 5 v Crimp?
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What is the meaning of 5v crimp? Is it an actually product, or a weight, means of installing, or???

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hello,
5 v crimp is a style, of a metal roof panel.
you have different styles of metal roofs which have different looks.
one of them is 5 v crimp and thats the style you see on old southern
farm houses, the country style tin roof.
it is called 5 v crimp, because when you look at the end of the panel it has 5 - 1" Vs bent into it or crimped into it as it goes throught the machine.

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labrownie
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Why is 5V crimp considered good for windy areas as opposed to other metal roofing styles? What would be it's advantage?
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iopsailor
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I believe its attractiveness is its price. It costs about half of what standing seam or factory-finished metal panels do. Spec-home builders can use it and sell it as a "metal roof" and many buyers can't distinguish between standing seam, prefinished panels and 5 v crimp. Around here, it's dismissively called "barn tin".

Disclaimer - I am not a roofer, just a homeowner
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5 v crimp holds up best in high wids simply cause it has 2 " screws with big washers, holdin it down about every sqaure ft.
other systems just dont have the screws every where.


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labrownie
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Many thanks, that pretty much answers all of my questions on that one!
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