The scary thing you don't appreciate with regard to roof tiles is the sheer weight above your head. We recently had our house completely retiled with pantiles[0

The scary thing you don't appreciate with regard to roof tiles is the sheer weight above your head. We recently had our house completely retiled with pantiles[0], each one weighing a couple of kilos, and the timber frame construction holding it all up makes me nervous even now. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantile