rivets, etc.,

shall be of aluminum alloy.

Nails shall

be barbed and etched.
Neoprene or aluminum backed
fiber washers shall be provided for all holes for
fasteners,
b.

Workmanship:

1.
Application shall be started true to
line and care she tt be taken to keep the horizontal
and vertical lines of the sheets straight and plumb.

Work shall start at the end of the building opposite

the prevailing winds and shall proceed across the roof
one course at a time, or if preferred, all courses
shall be carried across the roof simultaneously, keeping

the adjacent lower course at least one sheet ahead of
the next upper course.
The first sheet shall be applied

with the edge turned down at the gable and side and

with the edge turned up at the opposite side to be
lapped by the next sheet.
Roofing shall be laid with

corrugations parallel to the roof slope, siding sheets
shall be attached with corrugations vertical.
Sheets
shall be bent along corrugations only.

2.

Sidelaps for roofing shall be 1-1/2

corrugations, minimum, and for siding 1 corrugation.

End laps shall be 8 inches for roofing and 4 inches
for siding.

3.
Holes for Fastenings shall be drilled
or punched and all holes sealed with washers.
Side
laps shall be fastened with machine screws or sheet
metal screws approximately 15 inches on centers.

Sheets shall be secured to sheathing or framing at

end laps and intermediate bearings with nails through

washers at the crown of alternate corrugations.

4,
Protection: Where aluminum overlaps
dissimilar metals or masonry, the overlap shall be
painted with aluminum pigmented asphalt paint.

8-16.

PICTURE SCREENS:

Motion picture screens wheve

shown on the drawings shall be constructed of asbestoscement sheets complying with Federal Specification No.

SS-S-283 for Type I sheets.

Sheets shall be of thick-

nesses called for in as large sizes as practical.
Joints shall be butted and shall occur only over solid
bearings.
Nails shall be countersunk and nall holes
and joints filled with an approved cold water type

putty,

sanded smooth.

All holes for nails through

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