Amuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down15
arrow-up1224arrow-down1imageThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caAmuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-23 days agoSlate shingle roofs used to be the norm.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoBut slate is flat and can be overlapped. How would this even work?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoyou see this all over Europe with clay roofs, they put large rocks to weigh down the tiles to prevent winds from lifting them. But, usually just around the edges of the roof.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoOk that makes way more sense.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·2 days agoDoubt it, thatch and wattle and daub are the norm. Slate needs to be mined, it doesn’t just grow near you.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoYes and in some parts of the world it’s really easy and cheap to mine surface slate.
Slate shingle roofs used to be the norm.
Not in this part of the world though.
But slate is flat and can be overlapped. How would this even work?
you see this all over Europe with clay roofs, they put large rocks to weigh down the tiles to prevent winds from lifting them. But, usually just around the edges of the roof.
Ok that makes way more sense.
Doubt it, thatch and wattle and daub are the norm. Slate needs to be mined, it doesn’t just grow near you.
Yes and in some parts of the world it’s really easy and cheap to mine surface slate.