Amuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down15
arrow-up1225arrow-down1imageThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caAmuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 months agoSlate shingle roofs used to be the norm.
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoNot in this part of the world though.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBut slate is flat and can be overlapped. How would this even work?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoOk that makes way more sense.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·2 months 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 months 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.