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This digital document is an article from Remodeling, published by Hanley-Wood, Inc. on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 398 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Low slope, slow going.(Roofing)
Author: Jim Cory
Publication: Remodeling (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2004
Publisher: Hanley-Wood, Inc.
Volume: 20 Issue: 6 Page: 122(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Low-slope roofs make Matt Vivona, of Father & Son Construction, Troy, Mich., shiver. "Anytime you've got low slope, or flat, you get ice and water sitting up there. It might work in California, but in a cold climate, it's a nightmare." In New Hampshire, Tom Avalone, whose company, Cobb Hill Construction, does both residential and commercial construction, occasionally gets requests from homeowners for low-slope roofs. In one instance, a client who'd contracted for an addition "suddenly realized that a flat or low-slope roof on the first floor would provide for a magnificent roof deck off the second story." Avalone's recommendation? A commercial roof system, and preferably an EPDM membrane roof, at $2.50 to $3 a...
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