By Austyn Gaffney It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. They were removed just ...
Top roofing industry officials are skeptical ... The most cost effective, called “through-fastened panels,” are ribbed or corrugated sheets that overlap each other and are attached using ...
Brooklyn-based studio Group Projects Architecture has nestled a long gabled house clad in corrugated metal in a meadow in North East, New York. The 2,800-square-foot (260-square metre) house sits ...
His successor, President Ronald Reagan, did not share Carter's passion and had them removed during repairs to the roof. The fate of Carter's White House solar panels exemplifies how presidents can ...
They don’t last for 30 years in Florida. They just don’t.” But does that mean that asphalt shingle roofs should be “written out of the plot”? Top roofing industry officials are skeptical. They concede ...