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This local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingles (europe.pub)
submitted 10 months ago by Amuletta@lemmy.ca to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Slate shingle roofs used to be the norm.

[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Not in this part of the world though.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But slate is flat and can be overlapped. How would this even work?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ok that makes way more sense.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doubt it, thatch and wattle and daub are the norm. Slate needs to be mined, it doesn't just grow near you.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yes and in some parts of the world it's really easy and cheap to mine surface slate.