[modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 15:16:08 -0700 (PDT)
Here in the States, most every new commercial gabled
roof you see in made of Aluminum, and it comes with
factory baked-on colors.
Al Messer
--- alanjstepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Although corrugated iron is not easy to find, or
> rather, it has to be
> specially ordered not bought "off the shelf", we do
> have one corrugated
> material that is readily available.
> That is a mix of inert fillers bound by some
> tar-based mix.
>
> Following this topic, I called a pal who is planning
> to replace his garage
> roof, and who, when last I spoke to him, was
> debating the merits of various
> coverings.
>
> He eventually settled between two choices, this
> corrugated, what-ever-it-is,
> and felt.
> The cost of 3/4" board, covered with two layers of
> felt, the top one with a
> sanded surface, and all properly bonded, was about
> 15% less than the
> corrugated stuff, and that would only have been the
> single thickness of the
> actual material, ad this less heat insulation.
>
> Not hard to see why he settled on felt.
>
> (I do like the expression, "wriggly tin" though !)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Len Smith" <parnobal2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:14 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Shed Roofing in U K ????
>
>
> I think I've hit on the reason why wriggly tin
> doesn't rust in the
> antipodes...it's cos, being UNDERNEATH the earth,
> the rain drips away from
> the ridges into space.
> :o))
> Len Smith
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