[Illustration: Partial View of Our Mills on the Neponset River at East
Walpole, Mass. Paroid is Made from Start to Finish Right in Our Own
Mills.]
Our products are for the man who is planning new buildings, or about to
make repairs to old ones; and we have tried to tell in the following
paragraphs how each one of our materials is particularly adapted to
the different kinds of work for which it is made. Our claims are
based on actual experiences and if you are in the market for roofing
or sheathing papers, you will find that our materials will save you
money. First of all, we are going to tell you about our Paroid Roofing,
because the roof is one of the most important parts of every building.
If it is not right, there is no end of trouble.
THE DIFFICULTIES OF CHOOSING A GOOD ROOF. There are about thirty
different brands of ready roofing, and for most of them the same claims
are made. Under those conditions, how are you going to choose the one
that will prove most economical for you? There is only one test that
will tell, and that is the test of time. Of course you can’t make that
test yourself, but it is for your interests to find out if others have
made it and for how long.
The most economical roofing is not the one that costs you the least per
roll when you buy it, but the roofing that costs you least per year of
service. We are going to tell you here the most important facts about
Paroid; how it compares with shingles, metal and other kinds of ready
roofing, and then you can be your own judge.
PAROID vs. TIN AND IRON ROOFS. The best quality of tin, iron and steel
roofings cost much more than Paroid at the start, and then there is
always the additional cost of painting each year. In spite of all you
can do, a metal roof will rust out and spring leaks which cannot be
permanently repaired. Paroid cannot rust; it costs less than metal
roofs when you buy it, and less to apply. Anyone can lay Paroid. One
example that proves the superiority of Paroid over metal roofs was
shown when the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, who had tried different
kinds of roofing on their Chicago train sheds, including a good tin
roof, used Paroid when the tin roof failed. The Paroid Roofing is still
in good condition.
PAROID vs. SHINGLES. If you have recently asked your lumber dealer for
a price on shingles, you are probably looking for a substitute because
of the exorbitant price asked for them. Lumber is scarce everywhere,
and shingles are growing poorer in quality and higher in price every
day. The test of time has proved that Paroid is the real substitute for
shingles, and it has many advantages which shingles do not have. Figure
this out for yourself. The first cost of Paroid is less than that of a
medium grade of shingles. You can lay Paroid yourself and it requires
an experienced man to lay shingles. Shingles catch fire easily, while
Paroid is practically fireproof against sparks, cinders and embers.
Read what a large lumber dealer in Maine says about the comparative
cost of shingles and Paroid Roofing. He is right in the heart of the
shingle belt, and naturally the difference is not so great as in other
sections of the country where shingles are not so plentiful.
[Illustration: Colony chicken houses on farm of G. M. Gowell, of the
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Maine. The roofs are
covered with PAROID, sides with NEPONSET.