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  2. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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    Standing seam metal roof. A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component of the building envelope. The metal pieces may be a covering on a structural, non-waterproof roof, or they could be self-supporting sheets.

  3. Corrugated galvanised iron - Wikipedia

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    Corrugated galvanised iron. Typical corrugated galvanised iron appearance, with visible large flake type patterns. The galvanised sheet is viewed from below and is supported by a piece of angle iron (painted white). Corrugated galvanised iron (CGI) or steel, colloquially corrugated iron (near universal), wriggly tin (taken from UK military ...

  4. List of heritage sites in Wynberg, Cape Town - Wikipedia

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    Free-standing single storey cottage with attic; opens onto sidewalk; double pitched roof with IBR sheeting and bargeboards; sash windows (24 panes) and louvred shutters; solid panelled door with small fanlight above. Type of site: House. Current use: House. 9/2/111/0002-011 49-51 Durban Road, Wynberg, Cape Town

  5. Saw-tooth roof - Wikipedia

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    A saw-tooth roof is a roof comprising a series of ridges with dual pitches either side. The steeper surfaces are glazed to admit daylight and face away from the equator to shield workers and machinery from direct sunlight. This kind of roof admits natural light into a deep plan building or factory. It was therefore most commonly built during ...

  6. Asbestos cement - Wikipedia

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    Asbestos cement, genericized as fibro, fibrolite (short for "fibrous (or fibre) cement sheet"; but different from the natural mineral fibrolite), or AC sheet, is a composite building material consisting of cement and asbestos fibres pressed into thin rigid sheets and other shapes. Invented at the end of the 19th century, [1] the material was ...

  7. Bituminous waterproofing - Wikipedia

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    Malthoid was once common enough to be used as a generic description of flat roofing material in New Zealand and South Africa (item 26). A description of a New Zealand house built about 1914 says it was, "built of timber framework. covered by sheets of asbestos. The roof was closely timbered, then covered by strips of Malthoid paper.

  8. List of heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal - Wikipedia

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    9/2/406/0021. Coniston, 1 Harvey Street, Dundee. Single-storey house; corrugated iron roof; walls of unplastered brick; two gables with ventilators. A Mr Talbot, the first pharmacist in Natal, had it built in 1906 during a building boom. It was built as Type of site: House Current use: homestead.

  9. Purlin - Wikipedia

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    A purlin (or historically purline, purloyne, purling, perling) is a longitudinal, horizontal, structural member in a roof. In traditional timber framing there are three basic types of purlin: purlin plate, principal purlin, and common purlin. Purlins also appear in steel frame construction. Steel purlins may be painted or greased for protection ...