- present participle of roof.
roofing
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The most common defects involve brickwork, carpentry and roofing, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Terry Heller, the owner of Southern California roofing company Preferred Roofing, recommends scheduling an inspection if your home has had previous issues with leaks or if the roof is more than 12 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Its construction-materials segment makes supplies for roofing and insulation, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Shadow’s temples felt as if they had been reattached to the rest of his skull with roofing nails, and his vision was blurred.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe you've overlooked the modern spread of respectability and corrugated roofings.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
When the mine is abandoned and closed these pillars and roofings remain untouched, because removing them constitutes one of the greatest dangers to life, and is one of the frequent causes of mine accidents.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Mary Huston Gregory
