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Roof construction and estimating shows you how to measure and estimate most roofs including estimating shortcuts discovered by the author, how to install leakproof underlayment and flashing and how to solve problems with insulation, vapor barriers and waterproofing. The pages of this manual are available in pdf format files, and in a hard copy. In accordance with the commission decision laying down the administrative rules for the. Therefore roofs are also of mud brick and formed of traditional vaults and domes.
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