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roofing
Preserving Church’s Legacy With Metal Roofing Metal roofing offers energy savings, wind resistance, and durability.
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hurches have a special place in the American psyche.
“The building itself was built in 1956, though the congregation was
Many communities were planned around churches, as
established in 1885,” said Gary Tillman, pastor at St. John’s. “The roof
many of them predate the towns and cities where they
was 25 to 30 years old. There began to be problems with shingles
are located. Time tends to ravage all things, however, and churches are no exception.
coming up, causing water leakage and damage.” The church wanted to put a little more money into the roof, so that
Until recently, the roof of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Ocono-
they wouldn’t have to replace it in another 30 years. That’s when they
mowoc, WI, had seen better days. After about 30 years of wear and
turned to CertainTeed’s (Malvern, PA, certainteed.com) Matterhorn
exposure to high winds, the church’s asphalt roof had started to fail.
metal-roofing line and Steve Sawvell of Sawvell Roofing and Siding, commercialarchitecturemagazine.com
The roof of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Oconomowoc, WI, had seen better days, prompting the congregation to turn to the Matterhorn metal-roofing line for a solution.
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