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47-2181.00 — Roofers

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Tools

Air compressors
Air dryers
  • Hot air blowers
  • Roof dryers
Angle brackets
  • Adjustable roof brackets
  • Fixed-roof brackets
Anvils
  • Slaters' anvils
Axes
Bituminous material distributors
  • Bitumen applicators
Blocks or pulleys
  • Hoisting wheels
  • Long ladder hoisting wheels
  • Short ladder hoisting wheels
Blow torches
  • Corner roofing seamers
  • Double-lock seamers
  • Heating torches
  • Propane torches
  • Roofing seamers
  • Single seamers
  • Torches
Caulking guns
Chalk lines
  • Chalk line markers
  • Roofing layout tapes
Chip Spreaders
  • Gravelers
  • Hot or cold process power gravelers
Cold chisels
  • Grooving tools
  • Seaming chisels
Cutting machines
  • Power roof cutters
Desktop computers
Fall protection lanyard
  • Safety lanyards
Hammers
  • Claw hammers
  • Nail hammers
  • Plastic hammers
  • Rip hammers
  • Seaming hammers
  • Slate hammers
Handrails
  • Roofing guardrails
Hatchets
  • Carpenters' hatchets
  • Metric roofing hatchets
  • Riggers' axes
  • Standard roofing hatchets
  • Wood shingling hatchets
Heat tracing equipment
  • Infrared thermometers
Hoists
  • Hydraulic swing beam hoists
  • Power hoists
  • Shingle ladder hoists
  • Trolley track hoists
Kettle exchangers
  • Double-burner pump kettles
  • Single burner draw kettles
  • Single burner pump kettles
Ladders
  • Chicken ladders
Laser printers
Liquid leak detectors
  • Electronic leak detectors
Lug crimping tool dies
  • Hand crimpers
Magnetic tools
  • Rolling magnetic sweepers
Measuring wheels for distance
  • Measuring wheels
Notebook computers
Personal computers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
  • Personal digital assistants PDA
Pipe bending tools
  • Downspout crimpers
Pneumatic nail drivers
  • Pneumatic air nailers
Power drills
Power nail guns
  • Roofing coil nailers
Power saws
  • Circular saws
  • Gas-powered chop saws
  • Reciprocating saws
  • Shingle saws
Protractors
  • Roof pitch finders
Pry bars
  • Spud bars
  • Spud/scraper bars
  • Wrecking bars
Pullers
  • Nail pullers
  • Nail strippers
  • Scraper/pullers
Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Hand punches
Punching pliers
  • Core cutters
Putty knives
Rivet tools
  • Pop rivet guns
Roof rippers
  • Power roof rippers
  • Roofing spades
  • Roofing tearoff forks
  • Shake tear-off tools
  • Shingle rippers
  • Slate rippers
  • Tear-off bars
  • Tear-off shovels
Roofing mops
  • Tar mops
Safety harnesses or belts
  • Fall arrest systems
  • Safety belts
Safety hooks
  • Roof hooks
Safety shoes
  • Korker cleats
  • Roofing shoes
Scaffolding
  • Ladder jacks
Scaffolding stabilizers
  • Ladder braces
  • Ladder levelers
  • Ladder standoffs
Scales
  • Triangular scales
Shears
  • Clipping shears
  • Foot squaring shears
  • Membrane slitters
  • Slate cutters
Sheet metal pliers
  • Hand roofing double seamers
  • Seaming pliers
  • Tinsmith pliers
  • Two-handed edgers
Shovels
  • Shingle shovels
Soldering irons or guns
  • Single seaming irons
  • Soldering irons
Staple guns
  • Hammer tackers
Swaging tools
  • Rotary machines
Tape measures
  • Measuring tapes
Tinners snips
  • Compound snips
  • Snips
  • Straight snips
  • Tin snips
Tongs
  • Sheet metal hand tongs
Trowels
  • Pointing trowels
  • Round-point trowels
Utility knives
  • Angle knives
  • Draw knives
  • Roofing knives
Welders
  • Heat welders
  • Hot air welding machines
  • Seam finishing machines
  • Semiautomatic welding machines
Welding masks
  • Welding hoods
Wood chisels
Workshop presses
  • Bench-mount hand brakes
  • Cleat benders

Technology

Analytical or scientific software
  • Energy cost evaluation software
  • Humidity and vapor drive calculation software
  • Roof Calculator software
  • Top View software
Computer aided design CAD software
  • AppliCad software
  • ASR Software LWC-Plus
  • ASR Software Taper-Plus
  • ASR Software TopView LE
  • ASR Software TopView ME
  • DigiTools Roof CAD
  • Ziatek RoofDraw
Data base user interface and query software
  • CADAFIS Roofing software
  • Insight Direct ServiceCEO
  • Roof Pro Estimate Software Roof Pro
  • RoofLogic software
  • Wintac Pro Software
Project management software
  • Maintenance record software
Spreadsheet software
Word processing software

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