Roofing and Flooring: Essential Careers - Andy Bettany - Bog

Roofing is the practice of roof construction. The person entrusted with this responsibility is a roofer. Roofers install, replace and repair the roofs of buildings using materials such as shingles, metal and bitumen. It is a physically demanding job involving heavy lifting, climbing, kneeling, etc. Flooring refers to the practice of floor covering. Flooring can be in the form of wood flooring, laminate flooring, resilient flooring, hard flooring or seamless polymer flooring. Subfloors also provide support to the flooring. Special purpose subfloors include raised floors, floating floors or sprung floors. This book unfolds the innovative aspects of roofing and flooring which will be crucial for a holistic understanding. Also included is a detailed explanation of the various techniques and methodologies intrinsic to these practices. In this book, constant effort has been made to make the understanding of the difficult concepts of roofing and flooring as easy and informative as possible, for the readers.