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Reged: 11/17/05
Posts: 780
Loc: Westchester NY
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Installing a Metal Roof on Kepler
07/02/09 08:00 PM
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Borrowing good idea's from others, I installed a metal roof on my 8*8 observatory.
Metal roofs, as you all know, are installed instead of asphalt to save weight. There are many examples of metal as Sky Shed and Backyard Observatories both use metal.
So I have gone from this.
To this.
The window here is trimmed but covered waiting the painted window.
The walls are going to be shingled in 3/8"*18" Barn Shakes. Stained the same brown as the trim.
Vents to go into both gables with an exhaust fan on one end.
Here the roof itself is not overexposed. This is a light gray instead of a white.
So that's it for now. I am pre-staining shakes and it is moving along well right now.
Al
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