"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:
They are, of course, sometimes unavoidable. Properly done, they are not
such bad news as most say.

They work OK when maintained.
They just don't last forever like tiles/slates do.

Nothing lasts forever. Pretty well every house round here has had a new
roof. Some were slate, some tiles.

While they would have had five new flat roofs.