Steelmakers want home builders to test their metal.
The steel industry is targeting consumers like Dan and Pattie Nickel, who are putting up a $2.5 million, 10,000-square-foot, Spanish Colonial-style hacienda in San Clemente, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In June, when they started building their "Casa Nada" (so named because i...
What's been coming back into fashion in the architectural market in the
past decade is homeowner interest in residential metal roofing. These
days, metal commands only 4 percent of the residential roofing market,
but the Metal Roofing Alliance, a trade group based in Gig Harbor,
Wash., anticipates a 10 percent share by 2004 and a 25 percen...
Of the inorganic roofing materials used on historic buildings, the most
common are perhaps the sheet metals: lead, copper, zinc, tin plate,
terne plate, and galvanized iron. In varying degrees each of these
sheet metals are likely to deteriorate from chemical action by pitting
or streaking. This can be caused by airborne pollutants; acid
...
Although an old metal roof can be an object of beauty, it will not live
out half it's years without proper maintenance. At least twice a year,
the roof should be inspected against a checklist. A coat of high
quality Acrylic Elastomeric Roof Paint should be kept on the roof at
all times. Exposed metal should never be allowe to remain expose...
