On Jul 22, 3:26*pm, "Dave Plowman (News)"
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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

just overlap them. Underneath the tiles there's very little wind.


- even if
you could get hold of it these days?

modern asbestos-like sheet is fiberglass in cement

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

hence this trick. Its not the cheapest way to do it in the short term,
but it does last.


NT