Metal Roofs vs. Weather: Retrofit Metal Roofs Hold Up on North Carolina Schools

My granddad had a barn with a red metal roof. When I was a kid, many years ago, I remember being in this barn when it rained. The sound was melodic and would almost put you to sleep. I never saw granddad patch this roof. I never saw him replace this roof. When it rained,
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Winchester High School Success

Winchester, Indiana is located in eastern Indiana, close to the Ohio border. It is a farming and light manufacturing area where the same families have lived for generations. It is a proud community, where people go to church together, help each other in times of need, and go to high school sports and band competitions
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Retrofitting an Entire District

{filelink=2} In 1989, James Palmer, maintenance director for Davidson County Schools in Lexington, N.C., visited a nearby school district to see how it had solved its flat roof problems by using a sloped metal retrofit roof system. This visit was prompted by the fact Davidson County was continually spending money on fixing flat roofs, only
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Chuck Howard to Pen Two articles for Carolina’s Roofing Magazine

Chuck Howard, PE, owner of Metal Roof Consultants, Inc., has been asked to create two (2) separate articles for the July/August issue of Carolinas Roofing magazine.  One article will focus on metal retrofit roofs for North Carolina schools while the other will deal with wind uplift requirements for roofs and how North Carolina school roofs
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