b'HaveMyWordOnIt! :::,What a great phrase!It means your word isbeer prices. There are employees out there as good as a written contract. Yet, today it iswho give a days work for a days pay and feel difficult. possibly worse, to have to depend on their word is "them."You can put money when 0the word ofbe greator employee. ThinkI give a cu.sterner or an employee "my word," it a customer about it!rneans something to both of us!Most people Wouldn\'t itto know the sale youwant to do what is right - why don\'t we. him. worked on for three months is done when youwhoever? Life isa lare told to go ahead with the work, instead ofthem ordo what wea heck ofot easier when wewant everyone else to waiting for a change of mind in the morning be do, even when sometimes they, them, he or cause a competitorbeat your price?whoever doesn\'t. Neverhen you justforget. wWouldn\'t it be rat to lay out work for a crew, orknowingly lie to a customer, employee or friend several crews fororit is- YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU a dayweek, and know going to happen other than as weather affectsSAID - FOREVER - OR THE LIE WILL BITE us? Just knowing your ship is locked andYOU AND YOU KNOW WHERE IT WILL BITE trucks put away when you are not there isYOU! sometimes a major event in terms ofI\'m not talking religion, but I am talking moralsome-one\'s word!.ity and doing what is right. Moreover, it as a My father built a business on handshakesway of life. Someone has to do it, and if we and people\'s word. Their word to pay for astart, then maybe someone else will follow suit. BYBosHUNTINGTONgiven job at a given price on a given date. Em Who knows? It might turn into a fad within our ployee\'s gave their word the job was done rightprofession. Speaking of our profession, what MRCAPRESIDENTand went back on their own if they made a mis have you done for it lately? A good start would take. Boy, those were the days.be to influence, sell orfor afford an opportunity Surprise, they are still here - sort of. Therea competitor to support the "Roofers Advoare honest customers out there that expect acate" bythe Midwest Roofing Contracjoining beer for the price of a beer, not champagne attors Association. ~-Q.When should a vapor retarder be used inther term precisely delow-sloped roof systems?scribes the procedure it A.A vapor retarder should be usedis intended to identify. whenever both ofBecause many in the the following conditions are expected:When the outdoor mean industry have been January temperature is below 40 degreesfrustrated by the pre(Fahrenheit) and when the winter indoorcise use of these relative humidity is expected to be 45terms. several groups percent or greater. When vapor retardershave grappled in the past are used in a roof system, the tempera with the exact defi BY BOB LACOSSE,CAE ture at the vapor retarder level mustnitions. These be warmer than the dew point.groups recognized Therefore, enough insulation mustthe need to establish distinct expressions to be added above the vapor retarderdescribe the concepts of roofing on an existing to insure that the temperature at thestructure with the existing roof intact, and with vapor retarder level is warm enoughthe old roof torn off. In some areas, reroofing to prevent condensation.was described as, "The practice of applying new roofing materials over existing roofing maQ.What is the terminology betweenterials."Whereas, another source described "re-covering" and "replacement?"reroofing as, "The practice of removing and reA.The exact meaning oftwoplacing an existing roofing system."Therefore, these words has been a matter ofafter much effort and time expended by its controversy for as long as I can remember.members, the American Society for Testing and The problem lies with the fact that nei- CONTINUED ON PAGE5 3'