I bought my Swires Roofing square in 1964 from Mr Swires. I was building a bungalow in Littleton Chester when he turned up at the site and introduced himself and demonstrated the roofing square that he had invented. I was so impressed with it that I bought it, and I still have it and the book of instructions.
Mr.Swires was 70 yrs. old when I met him and he was retired. He had worked as a Railway Engineer and his work was the design and setting out on site all the complicated main line, sidings and marshalling yards which was all geometry.
He lived at Clotton near Chester which was near where I was working so he dropped in several times, I found him to be a fascinating character,every conversation with him was an education he was like a breath of fresh air.
I paid £25 for the Roofing Square and although I never made good use of it later I kept it for its inerest value.
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In roofing terminology, a "square" is 100 square feet; of 9.29 square meters.
Steve Swires was born on February 18, 1951.
1 roofing "square" = 100 square feet. 100 square feet = one square
Steve Swires died in 5 October 2006 of colon cancer.
In roofing, it is the weight of the roofing in pounds per 100 square feet of coverage.
If I recall from my roofing days, a square is 3 bundles of shingles. Those 3 bundles cover 100 of square feet.
1 square of roofing shingles is 3 bundles of shingles equaling 63 shingles per square.
10ft. By 10ft.-100 square feet
Per square what? (Metre? Foot?) You haven't fully asked the question. A "square", when referring to roofing and siding, is 100 square feet.
A roofing square covers an area of 100 square feet. A standard 4x8 sheet measures 32 square feet (4 feet x 8 feet). To determine how many 4x8 sheets are in a roofing square, divide 100 square feet by 32 square feet, which equals approximately 3.125 sheets. Therefore, you would need about 4 sheets of 4x8 to cover a roofing square, accounting for waste and cuts.
How much dose 3 square of roofing cover