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    "short sheeting" roof repair method

    What I was describing used to be the norm for the older tin roofs that were installed in shorter sheets, so, unlike today, you would see several joins from the ridge to the gutter. If you look at old houses, you can see where there are two sheet ends, maybe one inch of the bottom one showing...
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    "short sheeting" roof repair method

    My understanding of this is that instead of replacing a whole tin roof, a "short" piece is slipped between the two sheets where the rust is the worst and screwed down to give a layer of ripple iron that is watertight between two older rustier pieces. It used to be done a lot to give several...
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