A foreign worker died when a zinc roof, which was being moved from a lorry by crane to a building structure got unleashed ...

It's not very aesthetic, but it helps us a lot.” Luigi Avrillas specialises in fitting zinc roofing and says it is the ideal material because it doesn’t become porous. “If it's properly ...

Using welding techniques from the 1800s, they measure each new sheet of zinc so it fits the shape of the roof just right. Then they mount the often slippery roofs to affix the sheets to their new ...

“Restoring a roof involves removing old zinc sheets, measuring and custom-cutting new pieces with a Parisian folding machine, and assembling them onto the roof,” UNESCO noted in its citation ...

The roof was being moved by a crane from a lorry to a building structure when it got unhooked and fell on him ...

PARIS (AP) — From before sunrise to after sunset, in slippery winters and scorching summers, the roof restorers of Paris toil away, replacing the zinc sheets that help define the city’s famous ...