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Default Replace asbestos cement garage roof.

In message , Geo
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:09:01 +0100, PeterC
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:39:28 -0700 (PDT), Andy Dingley wrote:


I'm not impressed with Onduline (OK for sheds), but my big steel
garage (vinyl coated steel) is 25 years old and still spotlessly
perfect.


That's worth knowing. I'm 64, so if it'll last 25 years...


You probably /will/ have to get someone in to repair it.


:-)

Care with installation is important, particularly on shallow pitched
roofing. Rain can *bounce* under the sheet laps. Steadmans will
recommend using a butyl strip seal and stitcher screws along the laps.

regards

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Tim Lamb