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Metal Roofs
Retrofitting flat roofs with sloped metal roofs is a concept that is tailor-made for these declining economic times. Interestingly, of the 40 billion square feet of roofing annually installed in the United States, only a fraction of that amount entails retrofitting roofs with sloped metal systems.
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Work Hard, Play Hard
The bond that holds Contractor’s Roof Service Inc. together starts with brothers Jeff and Steve Rankin. But it extends to their families, their employees, and their customers.
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Eliminating Falls Through Roofs
Most state civil judiciary legally consider roofing within the “inherently dangerous” occupation category. When you consider the steep pitches, heights to grade, surface traction conditions, material handling tasks, bulk material weights, environmental factors of wind and weather and the perpetual force gravity on the worker’s center of mass, it is no wonder that falls from or through roofs cause numerous injuries and deaths every year.
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The Safe Roof Initiative
It is not uncommon for a commercial roofing contractor to have the “what to do after we leave” discussion with his building-owner client.
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Basic and Advanced Roof Framing DVD
Great Buy - Only $79.95
Basic Roof Framing covers: calculating rise, run and pitch, laying out and cutting common and hip rafters. 1 hour and 47 minutes
Advanced Roof Framing covers: the use of an architect scale, planning and design of an irregular hip roof, finding the irregular framing point, calculating cheek cuts, shortenings and setbacks with the use of your draft. Also complicated angles for jack rafters, facia, and irregular hip rafters can all be figured on the same draft. 1 hour and 29 minutes
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Editor’s Note: A Value Beyond Price
Roofing Contractor safety columnist Chip Macdonald of Best Safety, LLC, first raised the point at the beginning of this ever-lengthening recession. Dollars spent on anything not considered indispensable would be cut first, and for some that includes the safety program.
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The 2009 conference was a success! Click here to watch a short video on this fall's event and stay tuned for information on Roofing Contractor's 2010 Best of Success Conference.
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