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roofing

[roo-fing, roof-ing] / ˈru fɪŋ, ˈrʊf ɪŋ /


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The most common defects involve brickwork, carpentry and roofing, he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Seek a second opinion from your own independent roofing contractor, including a report on the previous repair to the roof.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

And some features that had previously been eliminated needed to be returned to the home, including original roofing, porches and even light switches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

There is also a nearly £1 million maintenance project to replace aging asphalt and cracked lead roofing at Buckingham Palace, including repairs to 14 chimney stacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Sheets of charred metal roofing crumpled in the fields where the wind had blown it.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe you've overlooked the modern spread of respectability and corrugated roofings.

From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell

Shelters were built, with panellings and roofings of corrugated iron.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke




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