Amuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down16
arrow-up1224arrow-down1imageThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caAmuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 month agoSlate shingle roofs used to be the norm.
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoNot in this part of the world though.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBut slate is flat and can be overlapped. How would this even work?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoOk that makes way more sense.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 month 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-up6·1 month 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.