We're having our house re-roofed. Can you hear the hammering above my head?
When I met with the contractor who provided me with the bid, I gave him my business cards from the College of Charleston and for my company, Metric Methods. I just found out that the GAF shingles (Timberline 30, architectural) are metric! They measure 337 mm by 1000 mm (Pat, that's a meter .... grin!). GAF also makes them in "English" size. I'll have to remember to ask him if he ordered the metric size because of my interests or because his crew is Hispanic. He did say that they could measure in both sets of units, when I asked him after watching them lay out the snap lines. The applicable website for these shingles is at http://www.gaf.com/General/GafMain.asp?Silo=RES1&WS=GAF I noticed that the document providing description and directions contains data in both "English" and in metric. That's the case for both the "English" and the metric shingles, by the way. Jim -- James R. Frysinger Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist Senior Member, IEEE http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer Dept. of Physics and Astronomy University/College of Charleston 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 843.953.7644 (phone) 843.953.4824 (FAX) Home: 10 Captiva Row Charleston, SC 29407 843.225.0805
