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NT wrote:
Can you get tiles for such a gentle slope? I'd have thought rain could
get blown between them too easily.

The point is to use ordinary roofing tiles. Rain does blow in, hence
the asbestos or similar underlayer. The asbestos (etc) solves the
issue of the tiles (rain gets blown in), and the tiles solve the issue
of the asbestos (fragility). Result is a shallow sloped roof that can
last a lifetime and looks ok.

But how do you waterproof the joints between the asbestos sheet - even if
you could get hold of it these days?

It's not normally the look of a flat roof that most object to - more its
life, if badly made.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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