The metals roofs I see around here are not the old corrugated type (except on a few old barns). Those I thought were mostly galvanized steel.
On Thu, Aug 5, 2021, at 5:09 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > A metal roof was put on our 'new' barn wings post-WWII. It was very heavy > gauge > corrugated aluminum, probably made in the rolling mills that used to do > bomber skins. > Where it was not damaged mechanically by other storm debris, and where the > nails > didn't pull out in the wind, etc., the roof is still good. But that other > damage all adds up, > and very little of that original roof is actually all that good anymore. > > This is in the PNW, not that far from Kaiser's aluminum mills powered by the > Columbia > river. Might only have been a regional thing, and probably temporally > limited. > > Also, _very_ noisy in hail and such. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
