. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work .... Fig. 23S. Fig. 239. snow and sleet. On iron framing this is made of pressed metal. Another form of corrugated iron roofing is shown in Fig. 242. This is put down with cleats in a manner similar to standing-seam roofing. If tliere are hips on the roof, the corrugated iron should be care-fully cut and the hip covered ^^?ith sheet lead. This is best done by ha\ing a wooden cove or filler placed on the hip, against which the roofing butts. Sheet lead is then formed over this wooden core and into the corrugations,
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work .... Fig. 23S. Fig. 239. snow and sleet. On iron framing this is made of pressed metal. Another form of corrugated iron roofing is shown in Fig. 242. This is put down with cleats in a manner similar to standing-seam roofing. If tliere are hips on the roof, the corrugated iron should be care-fully cut and the hip covered ^^?ith sheet lead. This is best done by ha\ing a wooden cove or filler placed on the hip, against which the roofing butts. Sheet lead is then formed over this wooden core and into the corrugations, and fastened by means of wood screws tlirough the lead cap into the wooden core. The lead being soft, it can be worked into any desired shape. \Mien a valley occurs in a hipped roof, form from plain sheet iron a valley as shown in Fig. 243, being sure to give it two coats of paint before laj-ing, and makeit from 24-inch widesheets, bending up 12inches on each it in tlie valley, and
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