"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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"Mary Fisher" writes:

"Joe Fischer" wrote in message
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roofs don't usually last more than 15 or 20 years,

WHAT?

Our house was built in 1937 and has its original roof (plus solar water
heating panel). Most of the others houses on this estate are the same,
the
few who have newer roofs have replaced them for reasons other than
failure.

He's posting from the US.

And it's different there?

In the UK, roof life between significant maintenance events has
normally been around 70 years (so you've got 1 year to go Mary;-).

Ours hasn't needed any maintenence and my father back-pointed the (rosemary)
tiles when the house was new. Nothing has shifted - we keep an eye on it but
apart from a bit of flaunching round the chimney (not really the roof)
nothing needs doing.

If only the rest of the house were as good :-)

Mary