Where to get the metal for hive top covers???

Fishing-Nut · August 11, 2019, 09:37:59 PM

Lowes didnt have anything anywhere near wide enough. Not that I could find anyway.

Troutdog · August 11, 2019, 10:37:29 PM

24 inch coil stock

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FloridaGardener · August 12, 2019, 12:17:51 AM

Dadant sells the crimped-edge metal top for $10 in-store, but I don't see it on their website. Maybe it you can call? It's slightly telescoping but not a huge overhang. It goes over woodware you build yourself.

Sputnik · August 12, 2019, 05:49:16 AM

I bought a 20 inch x 50 foot roll of aluminium flashing. I got it at Lowes. It bends easily. I cut it to size and clamped it between 2 1x4 boards to form my bends.

iddee · August 12, 2019, 06:18:46 AM

Lowe's sells a 24 in. flashing. You only have to cut it to width. Ask them to order it if not in stock. A saw kerf, slightly angled, in a 2X4 makes a good bender.

Dallasbeek · August 12, 2019, 09:51:34 AM

For wider metal flashing, try a roofing company.

jalentour · August 12, 2019, 09:13:30 PM

Lowe's sells a 24 in. flashing. You only have to cut it to width. Ask them to order it if not in stock. A saw kerf, slightly angled, in a 2X4 makes a good bender.

I cut my kerf at 45 degrees, about a 3/4 inch blade length. Score the sheet with a razor knife and bend, Tin snips to cut corners. Staples to attach the top, use more than a few.
Watch out for sharp edges.

BeeMaster2 · August 13, 2019, 06:14:29 AM

Fishing nut,
Did you look in the roofing section. That is where I find it in our Lowe?s.
Jim Altmiller

Fishing-Nut · August 13, 2019, 12:33:33 PM

I did look in roofing. I forget the exact size they had but it was 12 inch I think. Nothing big enough. I'll look again though because I go to lowes several times a week for work.

iddee · August 13, 2019, 01:24:50 PM

Don't just look.....ASK

Fishing-Nut · August 13, 2019, 05:45:58 PM

I did ASK...right after i looked.....the guy said that what was over there was all they had. I go to lowes for building materials for work...maybe when I go in there with a little more time on my hands I'll do some more digging and ASK someone else.

cao · August 14, 2019, 11:57:07 PM

I don't know if Lowes carries it in the store. According to there web site, I would have to order it from my local store. They only carry it in 10" wide in the store. I don't shop Lowes much anymore. I usually go to Menard's. They have 24" wide x 50' in stock.