Dana, I own the Bosch D-tect 100. I bought it from Lawson HIS LTD in England. I bought it for a job with a flat built up roof, no access to the attic to spot the rafters. It didn't work quite as well as I hoped because it detected the various nails used to hold down the varoius built up layers. However, I was able to locate the rafters using many passes and building up a sort of a SETI project picture of the locations. I have used it on other jobs as well. I really loved it on an exposed sheeting job for a new roof. The nailing was way off and it was very accurate and fast finding the actual centerline. As far as metal roof, I would say no. I was recently stimeded on a simple comp shingle job because the sheeting had the foil radiant barrier on the back side, total blank. It doesn't do everything, but when it's good, it's good. When it's bad it's sad because you know how much time it can save when it works. Mark Frye Berkeley Solar Electric Systems 303 Redbud Way Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 401-8024 <http://www.berkeleysolar.com/> www.berkeleysolar.com
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dana Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:41 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: [RE-wrenches] BOSCH Hello All, I have heard of a BOSCH rafter/stud finder [Euro product] in the $1,000+ range that can "see" through a metal roof and find the rafters and it also allegedly works on multiple layers of built up roofing, spray foam roofs etc. Has anyone seen one, used one, or owns one? Does it really do all the above? Does anyone have a source for this wonderful tool? Thanks - Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc www.solarwork.com E - [email protected] V - 970.626.5253 F - 970.626.4140 C - 970.209.4076 "I'd put my money on solar energy. I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that." -Thomas Edison, in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, March 1931
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