I had these put on my house last July. I got the forest green color, which was only available in meter-width because most of the sales are in Canada.
Carleton
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From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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.
>! ;
& gt; 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
>
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