by Tom Stortz | Mar 31, 2021 | Product Reviews
At John Stortz & Son, we provide a wide range of useful tools of immeasurable quality. While a lot of the focus of the tools we sell may appear as though it’s on sheet metal roofing, we actually sell a wide range of other tools, some of which are designated for...
by Tom Stortz | Mar 18, 2021 | Product Reviews
Some of the more unique and decorative industrial accessories that we sell here at John Stortz & Son are our metal roofing snow guards – but these interesting fixtures of industrial roofs are nothing but simply decorative. In this article, we’ll plumb their...
by Tom Stortz | Mar 14, 2021 | Product Reviews
Sheet metal benders are vital tools for sheet metal roofers and other tradesmen. Although there is fair variety in their size, orientation and operation, these tools allow sheet metal roofers to make precise, angled bends in sheet metal that is vital to folding edges...
by Tom Stortz | Mar 3, 2021 | Product Reviews
Every surface has some sort of finish. Some surfaces have finishes that are intentionally applied, like a clear coat, paint, or a rust preventative. In the case of the two latter options, sometimes these remain on longer than desired or need to be removed and replaced...
by Tom Stortz | Feb 9, 2021 | Product Reviews
Tin snips go by quite a few names, including aviation snips and shears. These are a class of sheet metal cutting tools that are highly useful for workers and craftsmen in a number of industries, including but not limited to roofing. So what exactly are they, and why...
by Tom Stortz | Jan 27, 2021 | Product Reviews
In this article, we’ll give you a quick look into some of the broader categories of the most important sheet metal tools out there. There are others, but without the ability to finely mark, shape and cut sheet metal with some of these, you won’t have much ability to...
by Jeff Stortz | Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Featured Project – Little Tree Huggers Preschool Little Tree Huggers (LTH) Preschool is a bilingual nonprofit, nondenominational environmental educational initiative in Leesburg, Virginia. LTH is a farm based educational program that focuses on inspiring...
by Tom Stortz | Jan 19, 2021 | Education
Roofers who work with sheet metal require not only specialized skills and experience to be effective, but also specialized tools, in order to excel in their craft. In sheet metal roofing, this applies to tools like hammers and sheet metal benders, as well as heavy...
by Sam Stortz | Jan 12, 2021 | Product Reviews
At some point or other, every sheet metal roofer is going to need the help of a quality metal roll bender to make perfect bends and alterations to the aforesaid medium. Just like slate hammers are to slate roofers and brick hammers are to masons, metal roll benders...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 29, 2020 | Product Reviews
Metal snow roof guards are often part of a larger snow retention system, oftentimes for slate roofs in addition to metal roofs. Being called metal roof snow guards, the term “metal” may refer not only to the roofing material but also to the material of the type of...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 21, 2020 | Education
Unless you have ever personally performed a soldering operation – which might be done for a variety of different purposes, might it be added – then you might have fallen prey to the erroneous belief that all soldering iron tips were created equal. This...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 14, 2020 | Product Reviews
At John Stortz & Son, we don’t just sell metal cutting tools – we offer the entire kit and kaboodle of carefully crafted, high quality tools for roofers, masons and many other craftsmen. Since 1853, tradesmen around the region and the country have turned to...
