Roofing Aid

For over 9 years, Metro Ministries has been bringing compassion and hope to the front lines of desolation and destruction. It takes an immense amount of unconditional love, perseverance, and sacrifice to establish a base where volunteers can gather resources, prepare, train, and debrief for the purpose of conducting warfare in this hostile environment. No weapon is furnished for this warfare. Metro Ministries utilizes smiles, meals, tears, home visits, seminars, community outreach, and hugs in fighting these battles. One of the main programs here is the children and youth program, 100-120 kids come through the door one night a week, to be mentored, discipled and loved. Most of these kids live in conditions you could never imagine. What the volunteers of the MetroKidz program offer these kids is a sense of hope, a sense of love and a chance to know there is something better waiting for them. The key to our success at making a difference in such an area of destruction is the sincerity of love for a down cast people, thrown away, and avoided by the masses of our society. There is nothing different about these people compared to those in Haiti, Sudan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, or anywhere else in the world where disaster, disease, famine, and poverty have made ruins. If there were a difference it isn’t in the people, it is the society. Third world countries have no hope. Metro Ministries is a facility where those who are making an attempt to pick themselves up… who choose to …

This power bead roller is constructed of a heavy steel framework that is electro welded for further rigidity. All rotating points have bronze bushings for long life. A powerful industrial grade motor and gearbox drive the rolls forward or reverse. Control of this power bead roll is by a variable speed foot pedal that allows the operator to have both hands free to work the material. The BR-18E power bead roller has a capacity of 18 gauge mild steel and 16 gauge aluminum. The bead depth is adjustable via the top roll. This metal bead roller has an ample 36 throat depth that is perfect for any car builder or restorer that needs to make hoods, deck lids or roof panels. There are dozens of roll sets available (Nylatron) to aid with most body work on planes, cars, or choppers. Like other Baileigh bead rollers, this one comes standard with a heavily constructed floor stand that includes a die rack. This bead roll has been constructed for years of profitable production. Call your Baileigh representative for additional details.

Preparing the Roof Deck • Nothing is more critical in roofing than preparing the surface under the shingles • When old materials are removed you will have a clean deck allowing you to see problems easily • Use specially designed roofing tear off shovels to remove existing roofing materials • Failure to use dry materials can cause failure that will distort the underlying roof