http://www.propertiesjamaica.com Staying current with happenings on the Jamaican real estate market Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:30:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.propertiesjamaica.com/2009/06/zinc-roofing-tips/ http://www.propertiesjamaica.com/2009/06/zinc-roofing-tips/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:21:39 +0000 Properties Jamaica Admin http://www.propertiesjamaica.com/?p=198 Here in Jamaica (and many other third world countries) zinc is a cheap, effective and commonly used roofing method. Unfortunately however, zinc is particularly vulnerable to high winds, and with a brand new hurricane season upon us, we hope those of us who have zinc roofs will find these zinc roofing tips handy:

• Increase the number of zinc nails or screws that you use to secure the zinc sheets – ensure that there is one nail on every other corrugation along the edge of the roof, and one nail for every three grooves in the middle.
• Always remember to use fillets
• The wooden laths (upon which the zinc sheets are secured) must not be more than 2 feet 6 inches apart. Closer laths give more places to put in zinc nails and places less stress on the nails holding the lath to the rafter.

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