Posts by Dan Perkins

The Problem: All industries are experiencing supply chain and labor issues and that is particularly true in roofing. In both residential and commercial roofing, contractors have been struggling to procure products and paying inflated prices for everything from lumber to insulation and roofing products. In 2021 we saw 45% increases in the metal we buy…

Local Conditions: We live in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan, nestled between a few of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world. We are graced with inordinate quantities of “lake effect” snowfall and typically receive 200-300” of snow every winter. Our latitude is above the 46th parallel and that guarantees temperatures that…

Typically this time of year finds us rethinking our systems so that our company can run better, more efficiently and with better results. We review our installation techniques and propose improvements, We also clean up and maintain all of our metal working tools and equipment, making sure that everything is operating smoothly and making good product for…

This year Dan Perkins Construction completed twenty years in the metal roofing business. There are a number of milestones we have met in these couple decades of practice the biggest one being shear survival, which is no given in the roller coaster economy of construction in the Upper Peninsula or anywhere else for that matter. Any builder who has navigated…

People often ask me why we specify the heavier 24 gauge steel in our roll-formed metal roofing panels when we are already a fairly expensive option. 24 gauge metal roofing panels are not commonly available through other metal roofing contractors or suppliers but we feel that this upgrade is necessary to meet the challenges of our climate…