Our Queen Anne Shingles are designed expressly to meet a want often expressed for an attractive and artistic roof covering and outside decorating. They are not intended to take the place of our Standard Walter’s Patent, which for general use are incomparable, but less ornamental than the Queen Anne Shingles. They have bold clean cut lines, producing, from the effects of light and shade, the most striking and artistic roof yet produced by metallic shingles or tiles.
For church spires, belt coursing, towers or mansard roofing, they cannot be excelled. The cut illustrates the kind of finish used at the eaves and verge board. The same ridge coping used for our Standard Shingles can be used for this. This shingle must be seen to be appreciated.
We recommend the Bronze Metal, or the Galvanized Shingles for use on public or first-class private buildings, because such buildings should be covered with the best roofing material to be had.
Each superficial foot of brick wall,
| 4 | inches | thick | requires | 7 | brick. |
| 8 | “ | “ | “ | 15 | “ |
| 12 | “ | “ | “ | 22 | “ |
| 16 | “ | “ | “ | 29 | “ |
| 20 | “ | “ | “ | 37 | “ |
| 24 | “ | “ | “ | 45 | “ |
SURFACE MEASURE.—All roofers compute roofing jobs by squares, which means 100 square feet, or 10 feet square. If you go to your architect or roofer and ask him how much it will take or cost to cover your roof, he will first ascertain how many square feet there are to be covered; and if, for example, there are 2,500 square feet he will tell you there are twenty-five squares to be covered; and in order to intelligently supply what is wanted, we put up our shingles in boxes of one square each; that is to say, each box of one square will cover one hundred square feet after they have been put on.
OLD MATERIALS.
In tearing down old work be as careful as in putting up new.
Old material should never be destroyed simply because it is old.