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Corrugated galvanised iron roofing in Mount Lawley, Western Australia A corrugated iron church (or tin tabernacle) in Kilburn, London Corrugated iron in the Cobar Sound Chapel, used both for the roof and as the formwork for the concrete interior Typical corrugated galvanised iron appearance, with visible large flake type patterns.
After Palmer's patent expired in 1843, corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) became a world-wide favorite roofing material. [7] In the later 19th century, steel mills replaced iron works, and the product using steel could be made thinner for the same span and stiffness performance, but the term CGI remains in the UK and Australia.
Roofing material is the outermost layer on the roof of a building, sometimes self-supporting, but generally supported by an underlying structure. A building's roofing material provides shelter from the natural elements. The outer layer of a roof shows great variation dependent upon availability of material, and the nature of the supporting ...
Corrugated fibre cement roofing Fibre cement is a composite building and construction material, used mainly in roofing and facade products because of its strength and durability. One common use is in fiber cement siding on buildings.
The pitch of the roof is in part determined by the roofing material available, a pitch of 3 in 12 (1:4) or greater slope generally being covered with asphalt shingles, wood shake, corrugated steel, slate or tile.
The roof is sheeted with corrugated fibro sheets and the walls with flat fibro sheeting, with fibro battens covering the joints. Example of asbestos cement siding and lining on a post-war temporary house in Yardley, Birmingham. Nearly 40,000 of these structures were built between 1946 and 1949 to house families.
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