I don't know what it was other than not shingles. If I knew,
I wouldn't be as concerned. If I knew I could get more of
it, I wouldn't worry at all.

I don't know if it is still there or not. I'll find out
this summer.

bumtracks wrote:
Curious / What kind of roofing material is on it now & what was there?

fwiw;
I'm in a mid 50's Florida home with about 2:12 pitch roof which originally
was tar and gravel, which is still available no problem.
I see low slope roofs around your pitch all over the place and its not
unusual to use asphalt shingles which this homes roof is now but you only
expect about 15 yrs service

Wasn't asphalt shingles.

- Torch-Down modified bitootem(sic) is popular
on roofs too,, kind of like an asphalt roll roofing except thicker with the
overlaps melted together. Put it on about a 24'x 32' oversized two car
garage a couple yrs ago $2000 total for strip/install and that was a high
priced job as everybody were too busy after some severe gusty weather.

Could be this

http://www.certainteed.com/CertainTe...tion/LowSlope/

"Al" wrote in message
...

I live in a house my parents bought in the
late 1940's. In the back is a low-slope
roof. The low-slope portion has been untouched
since at least the 1960's if not the 1950's.

This summer I had a new roof installed on the
rest of the house. The roofer told me he would
not do the low-slope part. I told him that suited
me just fine because it never gave me any trouble
and had been zero maintenance.

It turned out that he sub-contracted out the
entire job. He didn't watch "his guys" and
they roofed the entire roof including the low-
slope portion.

The manufacturer said they
would not warrant the low-slope portion because
of insufficient slope. Another roofer told me
the roof will not last.

Problem: No one knows how to put the roof
back the way it was. Everyone I have consulted
about the roof says that the technology is lost
and that any roof that is put there will have
to be coated every three years.

Have we regressed that much?
Is it impossible to construct a low-slope roof
(1.75 in 12) so that it does not need to be
maintained?