Sheet metals and where each is used

Galvanized, Galvalume, aluminum, copper, stainless and zinc: what each one is and the numbers that name it.

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One shop, five families

The AFS catalog lists 9 materials, and each one follows one of five fabrication families: galvanized steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and zinc.

The family sets the thicknesses offered and the bends the shop can make.

Coping Cap (both sides open) from the FlashDraft library. The same section can be formed in any of these metals.Open in the Detail Atlas →

Sources

AFS fabrication limits - materials, thicknesses, bend rules and sizes the shop can make - Architectural Flashing Supply