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Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
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A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.
Examples of roofing in a Sentence
The principal industry of the village is the manufacture of roofing tiles.
Kiera settled at an uncomfortable angle, the sandpapery red roofing snagging her polyester disco clothing and preventing her from sliding over the nearby edge of the three-story row house.
Roofing tiles were manufactured in Berkhampstead as early as the 13th century, and in Elizabeth's reign the making of malt was the chief industry.
The timber is very much twisted in grain, and liable to warp and split, but is used for making plasterers' laths and for fencing; "shingles" for roofing are sometimes made of it.
Over a four day period we will remove and replace the profile roofing together with other ancillary work.
The ita palm, Mauritia, flexuosa (a fanleaf palm) provides an edible fruit, medullary meal, drink, fibre, roofing and timber, but is less used on the Amazon than it is on the lower Orinoco.
They are rarely metamorphosed to the point of recrystallization, though locally shales are altered to roofing slates, sandstones are indurated, limestones slightly marblized, and coals, originally bituminous, are changed to anthracite in northern Pennsylvania, and to graphite in Rhode Island.
Many other rocks are improperly called slate, if they are thin bedded and can be used for roofing and similar purposes.
The splitter places a block on end between his knees, and with chisel and mallet splits it into as many plates as possible of the usual thickness for roofing purposes - namely, a quarter of an inch more or less according to the size and strength required.
Osteoderms on the head and body, roofing over the temporal region.
Ironstone and roofing slates are quarried, and there is some industry in agatepolishing and the manufacture of trinkets.
It is impermeable to water, and is therefore used in northern countries for roofing, for domestic utensils, for boxes and jars to contain both solid and liquid substances, and for a kind of bark shoes, of which it is estimated 25 millions of pairs are annually worn by the Russian peasantry.
It is also said to be used as writing paper by the mountaineers; and in Kashmir it is in general use for roofing houses.
Tiles are used for roofing, and on modern edifices stucco` ornamentation is lavishly employed.
At York he renewed Paulinus's old church, roofing it with lead and furnishing it with glass windows; at Ripon he built an entirely new basilica with columns and porches; at Hexham in honour of St Andrew he reared a still nobler church, over which Eddius grows eloquent.
The hard wood of the shisham is also valuable; and several other timber-trees afford materials for furniture or roofing shingle.
Some roofing slate is produced in Sussex county; in 1907 the output was valued at $8000.
Slate is quarried chiefly in Piscataquis county, most of it being used for roofing, but some for blackboards; in 1907 the amount quarried in Maine was valued at $236,106.
There is some roofing slate along the Rogue river, natural cement, nickel ore, bismuth and wolframite in Douglas county, gypsum in Baker county, fire-clay in Clatsop county, borate of soda on the marsh lands of Harney county, infusorial earth and tripoli in the valley of the Deschutes river, chromate of iron in Curry and Douglas counties, molybdenite in Union county, bauxite in Clackamas county, borate of lime in Curry county, manganese ore in Columbia county, and asbestos in several of the southern and eastern counties.
But the introduction of sun-dried and burnt bricks, and of roofing tiles in the central provinces has led to the general use of these materials in the building of houses, large numbers of which are made in two storeys and in European fashion.
It possesses a mineral spring, which attracts numerous summer visitors, and has various industries, which include iron-founding and the making of horse-shoe nails, roofing material and bricks.
Maximum strength combined with minimum weight is gained by the monocoque design with stressed sides, wheel arches and roofing.
Foam and coat totally encapsulates Asbestos giving a fully adhered seamless roofing system.
Plastic floor tiles, cushion flooring, roofing felts, ropes, and blankets can also contain asbestos.
The most common problem occurs when householders want to demolish an old garage with asbestos roofing.
The exterior patios have been lovingly paved with decorative pebbles and the covering verandah supported by solid old brick pillars with wooden beamed roofing.
The mud plastering was then applied both inside and outside, and many fragments of this roofing were found in the rooms.
We use the renowned Ultra frame roofing system which will incorporate a ridge flow system and triple wall polycarbonate sheeting.
Numbers have not grown as fast in Clifton as elsewhere as they seem to prefer gently sloping corrugated industrial roofing to chimney pots.
This is a high grade resin suitable for many applications including roofing.
One of the most common alterations made to older houses with pitched roofing is to convert the loft space into a habitable living space.
Our run is against the house and has a sloping roof, made of wooden beams with polycarbonate roofing layed on top.
Which is the most suitable resin to use for flat roofing?
She has a roofing contractor coming to visit to lay new roofing contractor coming to visit to lay new roofing felt in her loft space.
The main focus of the stand will be Ward's innovative Topdek all-in-one composite single-ply roofing solution.
They can be encouraged by the provision of refugia comprising sheets of bitumen roofing felt on the banks, beneath which they will shelter.
You've probably seen single ply roofing attached to buildings as sheets.
Heavy insulation and standing seam aluminum roofing help retain heat to keep heating bills low.
The procedure is basically the same as that for asbestos cement roofing.
Our BIPV roofing system enables our customers to transform a traditional rooftop into a value-generating asset.
The blocks of granite for the roofing are 56 in number, of an average weight of 54 tons each.
Several slate quarries are still worked, tho today largely for cut stone for head offices and overseas palaces rather than domestic roofing slate.
This can be prevented by installing moisture barrier beneath the roofing tiles.
Roofing Materials again various types of roofing can be bought.
Galvanized iron by its zinc surface is protected from corrosion by the weather, though the protection is not very efficient in the presence of acid or sulphurous fumes, and accordingly it is extensively employed for roofing, especially in the form of corrugated sheets.
You should simply obtain some quotes from a roofing contractor for the removal and re-covering of the roof.
Construction Methods Outdoors, the track is laid on roofing felt on top of wooden boards, well treated with preservative.
Green roofing is an emerging technology which involves the construction of a garden or green area on a roof.
We also found a large quantity of roofing tiles.
She has a roofing contractor coming to visit to lay new roofing felt in her loft space.