openers heartened

NEWS photo Grad Leciwidge

DAVID NEMES of Ranco Roofing Systems perched atop a high-
rise in West Vancouver with his company’s steel roof in the back-
ground. The roof looks like clay but is more durable and lighter.

Steel-capped
house 2 not-so

Durability gives steel the edge

ONE OF the things West
Vancouver’s' David Nemes
. noticed when he first came to
_Canada was the prevailingly
disposable nature of many
things Canadian.

By Robert Gaister
Contributing Writer

That was in 198) when he arrived
as the new consul and trade commis-
-sioner from his native Finland and
upon finishing his term in 1987 he
put that observation to use.
He .decided to concentrate on
what he considered a particular
weakness in Canada’s home

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industry.

“One of the things ! really
noticed here is the shape of the roof-
ing industry here compared to
Europe,” said Nemes. He subse-
quently formed Ranco Roofing
Systems Inc. to address those short-
comings.

He says the shakes and shingles

predominant in the Canadian market

left a fot to be desired in terms of

quality. That’s because the lumber
used for the shingles is of relatively
poor quality. with the better wood
being used exclusively for value-
added products like furniture. ‘The
result is often short-lived as the roofs

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