b'FLY-BY-NIGHTanother (Continuedfrompage 19) totheassociationagreeingtobearthe expense of repair if a roof failure is traceable tohis product." Theguaranteeprogramextendseven tobuildingpractices.Thisprotectstheconstruction roofer against problems which might de product velop withroofswherethespecifications areinadequate.Forinstance,askydome in British Columbia muse be put into the roofwithacurbandthespecifications must so state, because the association will not accept specificationsthat call for itto be flashed into the roof. Even though this isa standardpracticein someareas,the associationdoesnotbelieveitisproper construction and protectsitsmembersby ruling it our. Another reason the roofer likes the program set upin BritishColumbia isthat the customer paysthe cost.Of course, in the finalanalysishealwaysdoes,butin thiscaseit isclearcut- itisn\'taplace where the roofer hascotry to absorb the cost in hisprofit. What havebeentheobjectionstothe programtodate?Theonlyonestated within the industry has been an objection in some areas to cut testing. This, however, theB.C.associationmemberssayisan invalidobjection voicedonlybecause cut test procedures in the past were improper. IfacuttestisdoneasitisinBritish Columbia, with the cut covered over with as many laminations as the original membrane,noproblemiseverencountered, they say. The second objection is one outside the industry itself and comes from people who trytodemandaguaranteeinexcessof thatofferedbythe association.Thisisa squeeze which the roofer has felt often in thepastandwhichsometimesgetsthe individualrooferinaseverebind.Inthe newDuringthe year the average building BritishColumbiathishasnothappenedandroofstructurecanexpandand simplybecauseaunitedfronthasbeen presentedagainstit.roofcontract365times withchangesin "Where this problem has arisen," Ray temperature. For architects and roofers faced with sidesaid,"wehavemanagedtobeatitexpansion jointthisproblem,Lexsucooffersacomsimply by not bidding the roofs until theseplete, modern answer: Lexspand, the tmreasonablereqnirements werewith designeddurable, prefabricated expansion joint drawn.Sinceourmembershiprepresentsspecificallyengineeredforfastfield almostallthecommercialflatroofingto give installation and maximum service life. contractors, this procednre is effective. TheLexspandispermanentlysealed, manwhoiscallingforanexcessive g11aranteeisgoingtorelax that require andtake it!permanently flexible-toabsorbroof or wall movement, withstand weather, ment rather than take a chance on havingwater and rot. Prefabricated, lightaroofputonbyanirresponsiblefirm.weightsectionsassureiI nsta lat ion Theveryfactthathedemandssnchcteconomy.Lexspandoffersexcellent guaranteeinmres this,becauseanyguar impactresistance.Usesselfantee is no better than the people behindextinguishingmaterials.Isavailab(P it."withafullline of factory-assemblea The key to the workability of the guar transition pieces. antee program,Raysidedeclared,isthatAsk for full Lexspand technical informatheinspectionagencyiscompletelyin tion-it\'s onemorewaytoaddLexsuco dependent of the roofer,the general con- know-how to your next construction project. /Continuedonpage 29)LEXSUCOINC.SOLON,OHIO OCTOBER,196325'