Berridge Deep-Deck 2002 roof profile

This record identifies Berridge Manufacturing Company's Deep-Deck Panel through its overview drawing DD-3, dated December 5, 2002. Berridge describes Deep-Deck as an exposed-fastener metal panel used on roofs and walls. The dated section shows a regular trapezoidal pattern across a 36-inch installed cover, with ribs spaced 7.2 inches apart. An older roof is more reliably identified by that dated drawing and an intact section from the building than by the words deep deck alone. Several makers sell ribbed panels with similar headline dimensions, while their terminal edges, flats and lap clearance can differ.

Berridge still lists Deep-Deck in its current roof-and-wall range and issued an exact-product data sheet in 2026. That newer sheet repeats the 36-inch cover, 7.2-inch pitch and 1.5-inch rise, but does not print the older drawing's 42-degree web angle or its local flat dimensions. This page treats DD-3 as a dated historic section rather than assuming a present-day sheet fits a roof installed to that drawing. The official PDFs and a separate one-page ordering summary are placed in the file section so a fabricator can see both the old detailed section and the current named product.

DD-3 prints 36 inches across the installed panel cover and 7.2 inches between adjacent raised-rib stations. Its vertical callout places the rib crest 1.5 inches above the trough. A 42-degree angle is drawn at a sloping web, measured against the horizontal lower run in the section. The same detail prints 1.94 inches across a raised crest flat and another 1.94 inches across a valley flat. Those local widths give a shop a better comparison than a cover-and-rise description alone: a different rib can occupy the same pitch while presenting a narrower bearing crest or a broader lower pan.

At the right end, DD-3 adds a 1.34-inch local terminal-flat callout. A separate one-inch diagonal callout is drawn at the left free edge. Its direction and endpoint relationship are not sufficiently explained to make it a standalone horizontal lap-width instruction. The drawing includes a typical assembled side-lap sketch, with a continuous one-inch tape sealer identified at the joint. That one-inch tape description refers to the sealant strip, not an additional measured sheet width. Read the edge shapes directly on DD-3 and measure them on a full-width roof sample before asking a roll-former to make a matching pair of free edges.

The 2026 Berridge data sheet sketches the current named Deep-Deck panel with 36 inches of coverage, 7.2-inch rib pitch and 1.5-inch height. It also labels a 42-inch actual width and a local two-inch raised flat. DD-3 from 2002 instead labels a 1.94-inch raised flat and valley flat and does not state a 42-inch loose-sheet width. The small difference between a 1.94-inch detailed callout and a two-inch current callout may reflect rounding or a change in the drawing or panel. Neither document says which explanation applies, so the two figures belong to their own dated sources.

For an order based on an existing 2002-generation roof, put DD-3's printed 1.94-inch local flats and 42-degree web on the comparison sheet. Put the current data sheet beside it as evidence that Berridge still sells a Deep-Deck product with the same major cover, pitch and height. Do not use the current 42-inch actual width as a measured 2002 blank or loose panel. The current abbreviated diagram does not show a numeric web angle, both free-edge return dimensions, bend radii or forming tolerances. Those missing values come from the actual retained sheet, a shop's measured section and a trial lap, rather than a calculation from nominal cover.

Berridge's 2026 Deep-Deck sheet lists 24- and 22-gauge steel and 0.032- and 0.040-inch aluminum in its current offering. It states that panels can be factory made in continuous lengths up to 40 feet. These catalog values help frame a new metal inquiry, but they do not identify the gauge, alloy, finish or length of a roof installed decades earlier. Collect the building's available purchase records, compare an undamaged metal offcut and note the present painted face, underside and weathered finish. A replacement quote should name the proposed base metal, nominal thickness or gauge, finish, quantity and each finished length.

Measure the affected roof in the direction of the ribs, from its actual lower termination to the upper termination or planned end lap. Also record the location of any cutout, ridge intersection, eave projection or transition that changes a sheet's finished length. A three-foot installed cover tells the crew how many sheets span across a roof plane; it does not tell the shop the unformed coil width or the length of a panel around a curb. Mark the exterior weather face and the overlap direction on the physical section, because a superficially similar panel rolled the other way may put the wrong edge into the retained roof joint.

Berridge's installation details are a roof-detail set with sections for eaves, ridges, hips, valleys, head walls, rake walls and penetrations. Their introductory instructions recommend Deep-Deck roof slopes of 3:12 or greater and direct lower-slope inquiries to Berridge. The current product sheet lists use over open framing or solid sheathing, while its orientation note reserves horizontal installation for wall applications. For a roof replacement, orient the long ribs with the roof drainage path and record the actual roof slope, support type and spacing before asking for finished panels. Those site measurements determine where sheet ends, supports and weathering interfaces must be coordinated.

The 2002 DD-3 overview shows exposed fastening at a typical side lap and illustrates tape within the joined metal ribs. A replacement sheet therefore has to be considered with the neighboring panels, fastener positions, support below the joint and closure profiles at the perimeter. Photograph the existing eave, ridge and any penetration before removing material. The built-up metal roof installation service can connect a matched panel with the roof's support, flashing and water path; the dimensional order is only one part of that assembly. Keep the roof's installation sequence on the survey, including which side of the affected sheet was laid over the other.

A short rib offcut confirms the center pitch but cannot show whether a new panel nests with existing sheets on both sides. Preserve a sound full-width piece that includes the left and right factory edges if the repair permits it. Label the weather face, eave end, ridge end, overlapping edge and underlapping edge. Make a square transverse view with a scale in the same plane, then photograph the raised crest, lower valley and both terminal returns. Measure the loose panel's actual outside width separately from the 36-inch cover obtained after it is joined with its neighbors.

Ask the metal supplier to make or obtain a short sample from the tooling it proposes. Place it between two retained Deep-Deck sheets and check the 7.2-inch rhythm, 1.5-inch rise, 1.94-inch dated flats, sloping-web position and the contact of both outer laps. Compare the fastening and closure positions on the actual support, not just a loose stack of three panels on the ground. A trial joint that seats at one edge but binds at the other is not a matching replacement. Keep the accepted sample and photographs with the final order so a later repair team can identify the same formed section.

Send the official DD-3 manual page, the current Berridge data sheet and the original one-page ordering PDF from this page's file section. Attach a roof sketch that names each sheet position and its finished length, plus clear images of the full-width existing section and its two free edges. State DD-3's 36-inch installed cover, 7.2-inch rib pitch, 1.5-inch rise, 42-degree web and 1.94-inch crest and valley flats. Include the 1.34-inch right terminal callout in its proper drawing location, and leave the left one-inch local callout attached to the original manufacturer drawing rather than converting it to an invented lap width.

Ask the shop what it can actually form: an exact Berridge Deep-Deck sheet through authorized supply, a documented matching die, or a measured custom metal section. Its reply should include a cross-section of the proposed output, the material and finish, the loose width, cover after a trial lap, both formed terminal edges, minimum run and available finished lengths. Request a sample before committing to all roof panels. Compare the sample against the older sheet rather than a generic seven-point-two-inch roof panel or a new online listing. The roof sketch and sample make the quote specific enough for quantity, delivery area and installation planning.

The reviewed Berridge Deep-Deck PDFs describe a metal panel. They do not name an exact molded Deep-Deck GRP sheet or show a fiberglass side lap designed to fit DD-3. A translucent or opaque fiberglass replacement is therefore a separate custom-profile inquiry. Send the one-page ordering sheet, the dated DD-3 section and a sound full-width metal sample to a fiberglass-profile maker such as Dipcraft Manufacturing. Mark both existing lap edges and state the opening or roof position, required finished length, sheet quantity, desired light transmission and delivery location. A sample lets the maker assess its tooling against the real joint rather than the broad Deep-Deck name.

Ask the GRP supplier for its proposed formed section, laminate thickness, resin and surface finish, available lengths, fixing guidance and a short trial piece. Put that piece between retained metal sheets and check both overlaps, rib stations and perimeter closures. The old Berridge metal drawing defines a target appearance and section; it does not provide a fiberglass material specification or span table. Keep the fiberglass offer separate from the steel or aluminum offer so the ordering team can compare the actual laminate, support and fastening details for each. A metal shop in Texas may be able to form a matching steel panel while the GRP maker supplies a different process and tooling response.

For a fiberglass match, request a profile review from Dipcraft Manufacturing custom fiberglass roof-panel inquiry.

The same Deep-Deck metal packet can go to five regional Texas contacts: Metal Warehouse in Sherman for North Texas, Xtreme Metals near Flint and Tyler for East Texas, Quality Metals in San Antonio for Central Texas, Lucid Metal Works in Houston for the Gulf Coast, and All Precision Metals in El Paso for West Texas. Their public panel or metal-fabrication offerings make them useful places to ask about a formed-sheet quote. Send each the manufacturer PDFs, the one-page DD-3 summary, a measured full-width sample view, material choice, desired lengths, quantities and delivery ZIP. Ask whether they can source the named Berridge sheet or form and test a matching sample.

Compare their replies on the actual cross-section offered, not only price per linear foot. Each shop should describe how it will check the 42-degree web and the two different outer lap edges against the retained roof. Ask who owns any proposed tooling, whether a new roll or brake process is needed, and what trial length can be made before full production. None of these five listings proves possession of the December 2002 Berridge die. Treat the contacts as feasibility routes for metal; send the separate GRP packet to the fiberglass manufacturer. Record the sample-fit result beside the quote before ordering long replacement sheets.

• North Texas — Sherman: Metal Warehouse — 2002 Berridge Deep-Deck measured metal-sheet feasibility quote and two-edge sample comparison
• East Texas — Flint/Tyler: Xtreme Metals — 2002 Berridge Deep-Deck measured metal-sheet feasibility quote and two-edge sample comparison
• Central Texas — San Antonio: Quality Metals — 2002 Berridge Deep-Deck measured metal-sheet feasibility quote and two-edge sample comparison
• Gulf Coast — Houston: Lucid Metal Works — 2002 Berridge Deep-Deck measured metal-sheet feasibility quote and two-edge sample comparison
• West Texas — El Paso: All Precision Metals — 2002 Berridge Deep-Deck measured metal-sheet feasibility quote and two-edge sample comparison

File the installation manual under its DD-3 December 2002 drawing date and keep the 2026 Deep-Deck data sheet under its own date. The manual's PDF compilation in 2019 does not change the DD-3 title-block identity. Preserve the original one-page order sheet, a labeled full-width sample, the metal or GRP maker's proposed section, approved trial-lap images and finished-sheet quantities with the job records. That bundle documents which Berridge geometry was investigated and which replacement actually fitted. A future owner can then tell whether a new repair should refer to the dated DD-3 section, a later supplier die or a custom fiberglass mold.

The photograph on this page shows Berridge Deep-Deck installed as siding at the iFly building in Colorado Springs. Berridge identifies the product in its project gallery, and the image makes the physical rib pattern visible. It does not depict the December 2002 roof or establish how its old side laps were formed. The roof application is documented separately by Berridge's installation details and current exact-product sheet. Keeping the photo, drawing dates and sample results in their proper roles makes the page useful as a historic profile reference and as a practical starting point for a replacement sheet inquiry.