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The coverage trades are regulated by the Chambers of Trades and Crafts. The exercise of activities relating to the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings requires a professional qualification by:

A certificate of professional aptitude: CAP Couvreur, CAP Waterproofing of Building and Public Works, Complementary mention (MC) in zinc plating
a professional baccalaureate or a professional patent: BP COVEREUR, BP Waterproofing Building and Public Works, Professional Bac Interventions on Built Heritage Option Coverage ...
A diploma or an approved title of equal or higher level: Brevet of master's degree, BTS Building Systèmes Wood and Habitat or BTS building envelope, facades and waterproofing ...
In the absence of a diploma or approved title, it is necessary to justify a professional experience of three effective years as a self -employed or employee.

Here are some of the main steps to launch your cover business:

Validate your project: carry out a market study and a financial forecast
Fund your project: you must first identify your need for equipment, then search for funding. There are different aids in creating or taking over companies, to be found on http://www.aids-entreprises.fr/
Choose a legal form: this step is crucial because it has important consequences at the tax or social level. If there is a lot of documentation on the subject, it is preferable to be accompanied by a chamber of trades and crafts or by an accountant to make the right choice.
Carry out an installation preparation course with the Chamber of Trades and Crafts in order to better prepare your installation and learn to manage your business.
Register with the Chamber of Trades
Take ten -year insurance

It is a thorny subject, because there are as many habits as roofers, and needs can also vary depending on the regions. Here is the Dimos selection of the tools necessary to start its activity:

• For the work of the slate: a hammer and an anvil of slate, slate clips, a clous puller for the renovation or the reworking, a nails pocket.
• For zinc works: shears, at least a shear pass and a two-tier-rummage shear on the left and right of the border pliers: plates or covered depending on the habits, 100mm, 60mm and 22mm, a pliers of handkerchiefs to complete the series.
• For shaping: hammer to garnish, nylon mallet
• For welding: welding iron, Dipag welding kit, flower lime to clean the failure, targette.
• For the preparation of the frame: traplette, decline, zinc claw and
  meters pencils, rule, square, false square, cords and powders, stapler hammer, saw.

It is possible to start with very reduced equipment to limit investments, but it is difficult to do without a folder to start.

If there are substitution solutions, such as shaping with the distributor or sharing a machine, it may be interesting to consider the purchase of a small folder of 1m to gain autonomy and be able to work directly according to the needs on the site.

There are models from Dimos accessible to less than € 1,000 in public prices. If this goes beyond your budget to start, you can also take a look at our opportunities!

If it is an investment not to be overlooked when you start a coverage activity, it is that of security: a site stop could indeed come to jeopardize a young company.

It is absolutely compulsory to protect yourself to work high to protect yourself from any accident, regardless of work height. The protection must be by collective, or individual default if a collective solution cannot be implemented.

But which safety solution to choose? Depending on the size of your business, the type of construction site you have planned to carry out, your investment capacity, there are many collective or individual safety solutions on the market.

For small budgets, Dimos offers steel roof roof scaffolding packs at less than € 4,000 in public prices for 6 linear meters.