Patented October 30th, 1883.
This cut fairly illustrates our improvement. The corrugations at the side keep the edges rigid, and prevent the edges from dipping into any space that may be between the roof boards where they are not laid close. Besides this, they dispense with the necessity of chalk lines, and hold the shingle or slate from lying close upon the metal, preventing decay both of wood and metal. A convenience and benefit to every builder.
To be used where the pitch of the roof is equal to that necessary in using the ordinary shingle.
Design G.—Front Elevation.
EIGHT-ROOM, TWO-STORY HOUSE.
Estimated Cost, with Bath and Furnace, $3,000 to $3,500.
Roof to be covered with 10 × 14 No. 1 Standard Tin Shingles; gables with 7 × 10, same quality; and porches with Broad-Rib Tin Plate Roofing.
Smithtown Branch, L. I., November 27th, 1886.
Dear Sirs:—During the recent very heavy storms—wind and rain—the roof on my house, put on with Walter’s Patent Tin Shingles, stood the test; not a single leak has ever been discovered, not even around the chimneys, valleys, nor where the roof of the wing butts up against the main building. The work was done in April last, and never leaked, and I think never will, as long as the material lasts.
You will remember how reluctant I was to try the shingles, but I am now glad that I did so, for I not only have a good first-class roof—fire-proof—but I also have the handsomest roof in our town. I promised you I would come in and see you, and tell you how I liked the shingles, but not having done so, I write you this.
Yours very truly,
COE D. SMITH.
First Floor. Second Floor.
Design G.—(Elevation, page 24.)
New Bedford, Mass., June 24th, 1887.
Gentlemen:—The Metallic Shingles, which were put on by you on the roof of the New Bristol County Jail and House of Correction at this place, are entirely satisfactory in every respect, the manner in which the plates are rolled overcoming all objections to the expansion and contraction of the metal. Those that were put on here were of hard rolled copper, and have now turned a beautiful bronze color, and is very much admired by all who have seen it. The roof cannot but be an extremely desirable roof, and I do not see that it can need repairs of any kind for years to come.
Yours very truly,
ROBERT H. SLACK, Architect.