Caribbean Disaster
Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program
THE ROOF
ROOFING MATERIALS GALVANIZED SHEETS
IF GALVANIZED SHEETS ARE USED 24 GAUGE IS RECOMMENDED
IF YOU MUST USE 26 GAUGE WHICH IS THINNER, THIS IS HOW TO HOLD YOUR SHEETING TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE.
At ridges, eaves and overhangs - fixings every two (2) corrugation.
All other locations, fixings every three (3) corrugation. Maximum spacing.