On 26/07/2020 19:18, charles wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article l.net,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:07:41 +0100, Fredxx wrote:

EPDM seem all the rage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_roof#EPDM

Had ours fibre glassed about 10 years ago. New OSB boards, the old
torch-on felt had failed and knackered those boards. Took the
oportunity to fit 100 mm of celotext between the roof joists. The
fibre glass is still waterproof or at least if it is leaking it's not
getting to anywhere visible inside. But then there is a poly sheet on
the warm side of the insulation and up and over the joists...

Big snag is actually knowing how long these 'new' methods do last.

Sounds like the story of the salesman who turned up at Steinway pianos
saying "We've got this wonderful new material for piano hammers instead of
that old fashioned felt." Steinway said they try it out. "Ah, when should
I come back?" "In about 100 years."

Sometime in the 1970s I was involved in a submarine cable project.
Featuring Germanium transistors "Silicon hasn't been around long enough
to know they will last"

Asked my oncologist "what is the 15 years outlook for this
chemotherapy?" "Dunno: it's only been around just over a decade"



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