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50 years? I have noticed that slate roofs are much more common in the UK than the US but still I see majority asphalt shingles, curious what y'all call them, on

by cco 7y ago

50 years? I have noticed that slate roofs are much more common in the UK than the US but still I see majority asphalt shingles, curious what y'all call them, on single family homes built within the last couple hundred years. I wish y'all had some more thatch roofs but I suppose given the history in London, driving to the Cottswolds to see a thatched roof is probably fine ;)

bArray 7y ago
> I wish y'all had some more thatch roofs [..] In my local area we did, but at one point there was a push to demolish them all as they were "unsafe". I have a few stories about this for another time... The problems with thatch is it's relatively hands on, you have to swap it out occasionally as the stuff rots.