Described in some media reports as a "fourstory residential building," it was more of a patchwork of concrete, wooden slats, tarpaulin sheets and
corrugated roofing that had managed to remain standing as home to more than 30 families for over a decade.
Ventilation is key but iron
corrugated roofing is so cold that any warm, moist air (or air that is warmer than the iron) will condensate on the underside of the roof.
Pristine red-bricked Georgian buildings line the city port, while classic Caribbean pastel-coloured timber and
corrugated roofing scatter the backstreets.
At a Port-au-Prince warehouse loaded with tarps, plywood,
corrugated roofing and other building supplies, company owner Patrick Brun says he had hoped to get contracts from the billions of dollars in international aid promised to Haiti.
It is littered with junk including an old TV, lawnmower and strips of
corrugated roofing.
It is littered with junk, including an old TV, lawnmover and strips of
corrugated roofing. In the middle of the debris, edged with weeds, stands a battered metal bin which the killer used to burn refuse.
Asbestos Cement: Asbestos cement products include
corrugated roofing sheets, corrugated sheets for wall cladding, gutters, rainwater pipes and water tanks.
In the dining room annex, the Burmese staff had recovered one of the pieces of
corrugated roofing, curled it into a half-pipe, and used it as the final stage in a Rube Goldberg-type device that sluiced water from the stairs across the narrow dining room and out a window.
Although rain stayed away, play was temporarily held up for the second day running - following yesterday's visit from a swarm of bees - when
corrugated roofing blew off the top of a stand, sending the crowd ducking for cover.
Bees held up play yesterday and another danger stopped things temporarily this morning as
corrugated roofing was blown off the top of a stand.
The accommodation is of steel frame construction with brick/asbestos sheeting to the eaves with double skin
corrugated roofing.