Metal panels (as found)
Its weight
- The table
- 91 lb a squareThe sources give 72 to 149 lb.
- Loose volume
- Not known: it counts in the tons aloneNo source found gives a loose volume for torn-off metal panels; Xactimate removes them by the square foot (RFG MTL) with no disposal yield.
- How it was chosen
- Gauge is seldom known before the tear-off; 26 gauge, the common residential panel, is the figure: a flat galvanized sheet weighs 0.906 lb a square foot. Ribs and laps add material that no source quantified, so the figure is low; the range runs from 29-gauge flat sheet to a 24-gauge standing seam panel.
Your figure
None: estimates use the table's.
Give your own figure
2 sources
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Galvanized Sheet Metal Weight Chart by Gauge (lb/ft² & kg/m²)
MEP Academy · trade publication · read 2026-10-23
"26 0.0217 0.5512 0.906 4.42" (gauge, inches, mm, lb/ft², kg/m²); "29 0.0172 0.4369 0.719"
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Weight of Roofing Materials: Comprehensive Reference Table (Jack Gray, RRO; first published 12/09/2025, updated 12/24/2025)
Roof Observations · trade publication · read 2026-10-23
Rows "26-ga corrugated steel panels": 113 lb/square (Industrial Metal Supply Co.); "Standing seam 24-ga steel": 149 lb/square (AEP-Span).