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2. Metal roof - Wikipedia

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   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. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   Roof shingle. A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 m2 (1½ acres), it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. Roof shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each ...

4. List of commercially available roofing materials - Wikipedia

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   Stone slabs require a very heavyweight roof structure, but their weight makes them stormproof. An obsolete roofing material, now used commercially only for building restoration. Collyweston stone slate named after the village of Collyweston; Solar shingle; Metal shakes or shingles. Long life. High cost, suitable for roofs of 3:12 pitch or greater.

5. Asphalt shingle - Wikipedia

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   Asphalt shingles are an American invention by Henry Reynolds of Grand Rapids, Michigan. [2] They were first used in 1903, in general use in parts of the United States by 1911 and by 1939 11 million squares (100 million square meters) of shingles were being produced. [3] A U.S. National Board of Fire Underwriters campaign to eliminate the use of ...

6. Traditional Korean roof construction - Wikipedia

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   Giwa (Tile) Looking down on hanok rooftops, Samcheong-dong. Giwa is a construction material for put roofing. It is also called gaewa. One of the basic forms of giwa is amkiwa (flat giwa) and sukiwa (round giwa); one giwa can be made by putting together two of these. Roofs are generally made by this way.

7. Stone-coated metal roofing - Wikipedia

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   Stone-coated metal roofing. A stone coated metal roof is a roof made from steel or some other metal; the metal is then coated with stone chips and attached to the steel with an acrylic film. The goal is a more durable roof that still retains the aesthetic advantages of a more traditional roofing material [1]