> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Ken Follett
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:13 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fly me to the roof, and let me play among ...
>
>
> In a message dated 5/14/00 8:04:46 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> << Roofing is a science, however, dominated by manufacturers in
> this country.
>  So what else is new?  One other thing:  its not the field, its the
> perimeters and penetrations that count. >>
>
> Leland,
>
> Agreed on all counts except the science... I consider it an art.
> The last time I saw a flat seam flat metal roof was at West Point.
> You don't see them in NYC on townhouses with private owners.

You can come to my house and see one.  And it is art.  In my case, the
majority of the house has standing seam.  The low-slope additions (which is
when the house was re-roofed with metal) are flat seam.  We infilled an area
between the two wing additions to capture additional floor space in the
rehab, and as it tied into the prior roof's low slope flat seam metal, we
tied into the previous and kept on marching with new.

My good friend Dean Ruedrich (he's the crafter) and I did it one weekend; I
plied him with beverages [at the end of the day, of course (Red Seal Ale,
brewed by his brother at North Coast Brewery in Ft. Bragg CA.... highly
recommended!)] while we lounged on the roof in our lawn chairs admiring our
[ahem...his] handiwork.
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