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    Almost flat roof

    Hi Rat - have a look at my post - 'Garage Roof Replacement - Advice?'. Its also a very shallow slope, about 5 degrees at most, I think. I'm going to use corrugated bitumen, or Coroline, but i'm still pondering over the supports to it; it should be boarded, I think, but i'm thinking about having...
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    Garage roof replacement - advice?

    Actually I was speaking to someone at work today and he suggested exactly that. He showed me those brackets the beams slot into - the ones you attach to the walls with bolts. It certainly simplifies it! Sorry for the confusion; I may be getting terminology mixed up here - the roof is almost...
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    Garage roof replacement - advice?

    Yeah - just looked these up; seems they will do the job! Great stuff.
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    Garage roof replacement - advice?

    Thanks for the reply Deluks. I went to a local builders merchants to price up how much the boarding will cost, and I think I'll need to save more than just Easter Eggs to get that lot up there! :? (especially if it has to be 18mm!) The chap asked what it was for, and he then...
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    Garage roof replacement - advice?

    Hello chaps, I've decided I'm going to replace the garage roof; it's asbestos cement, and its leaking pretty badly. I know about the disposal procedures for the panels, so that's not a problem. I'm going to replace the sheets with that Coroline corrugated stuff. The first thing I notice...
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