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Volume 16, Issue 1
1 March 1998
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Structural Survey
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Case Report| March 01 1998

Difficulties with modern pitched roof coverings

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A. Hunter‐Cairns
A. Hunter‐Cairns is a former Lecturer in Construction Technology, Heriot‐Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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J. Stewart Stirling
Lecturer in Building Surveying, Heriot‐Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6844
Print ISSN: 0263-080X
© MCB UP Limited
1998
Structural Survey (1998) 16 (1): 25–33.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02630809810210893

Examines modern roof coverings and their associated problems over the past decade. Discusses the designers’ and suppliers’ dependence on and compliance with British Standards. Provides details of the problems and their technical solutions.

Keywords: British Standards, Materials, Roofs
© MCB UP Limited
1998
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