Posted by 60 acre hillside on January 07, 2012 at 18:38:03 from (69.19.39.174):
In Reply to: Re: Why a flat roof? posted by rustred on January 07, 2012 at 13:03:25:
I worked in the Hot tar roofing industry for 2 years and became a foreman. If all engineering and construction was done right the flat roof is far better but all archetectual blunders come back to haunt you. The most common problem and hardest to correct is that the decking is too light for the load. As the deck sags it can hold more water and as it holds more water the decking sags more. I doubt if bitumen is still available. The roof had to be flat and the bitumen would almost become liquid in the summer and reaeal itself. A lot of roofing crews were the less honorable than the other construction workers, All of our crews were made up of low level social rejects and many of ours were illeterate and without legal driver;s licenses. The worker turn over was terrible In 1966 we hired over 100 to maintain a crew of 10, I think the average tenure was about one month and several quit after one day. One fellow refused to climb a ladder and quit during the first hour.
The theory of a flat roof is good but all mistakes and omissions are always evudent LEAKS. Morning after a summertime shower the phone would ring. A promoise to get it as soon as the rain stopped would buy time until the next rain. But I still like a flat roof but have seen few, Maybe thay do deserve their poor reputation.
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