[AT] Screwing roofing

[tomehrkam at houston.rr.com]

Walt if your roof is that old then I am sure it is the corregated type.

If I was using corregated tin then I would nail on the ridges also. That is
how it was designed to work. Back then nobody used screws and nails with
lead washers was the only choice.

The tin he is talking about is mostly flat with a few ridges. It is
designed to be screwed on in the flats. "The corregated tin has no flats".
If done properly it will last 40 years.

PS: you said that yours is starting to rust. You can fix that with a pump
up garden sprayer and some aluminim paint. Works great and is fast. Just
move the tractors away from the barn unless you want them  to be silver.

Original Message:
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From:  DAVIESW739 at aol.com
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 09:24:24 -0400 (EDT)
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] Screwing roofing


I keep hearing about roofs that are 3 or even 5 years old, well! thats good

but wait until you have one that is over 40 years old and if it doesn't
leak  
then you are in good shape.  The roof on my  house has a 25 year  warrantee 
and that's a short one, a good roof is 40 years.  Before bragging  about
how 
good your roof is holding you had better give it a few more decades. I 
sure 
wouldn't want to replace one every 5 years or even 10 I'm to lazy and to 
tight 
for that. Like I said my old barn was put up with roofing nails and it 
still 
doesn't leak after 45 years, even with quite a few nails loose and/or 
missing.  
I'm glad they didn't put nails in the flats because I  wouldn't be saying 
that.
 
Walt  Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460 



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