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Our structural roofing products include:
  • Zip-Rib roofing systems, setting the standard in field-tested applications worldwide since 1964
Our Customform architectural products feature:
  • BD-1520 roof system, a Merchant & Evans exclusive, designed especially for domes, curved roofs and projects requiring sophisticated roof designs and complex forms
  • Cornices, detailed and customfabricated by our craftsmen
  • Batten and pan standing-seam roof systems, available in a wide range of materials, finishes and profiles to fit a nearly exhaustive variety of applications
  • Framing, mansards, soffits and fascia, providing seamless continuity between the roof system and other building elements
Product Selection Guide
Zip Rib BD-1520 B1515R 114R 305 306 Mansards Fascias Soffits
Structural * *
Architectural * * * * * * * * *
Accommodates
barrel vault
designs
* * * *
Shallow slope
(less than 3"-12")
* *
Accommodates
tapered
designs
* * * * * * * * *
Accommodates
domed
designs
*
Seam Height 2 1/2" 2" 1 1/2" 1 1/4" 1 3/8" 1"-1 1/2" varies varies varies
Snap-lock
seam/batten
* * * * * n/a n/a n/a
Mechanical
seam
*
UL-90
classification
* * * *
ASTM-E1592
tested
* *
New York City
MEA approval
for steel
** * * * * * * * *
FM 4471
Class 1
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* Aluminum and steel

Zip-Rib applied to intersecting
barrel vaults. Gentle radius
results in low slope; thus
weather-tight performance of
roof panel is critical.