Amuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 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 · 4 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
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.
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.