Amuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down15
arrow-up1226arrow-down1imageThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caAmuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareTryingSomethingNew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down3·1 month agoDepending on where you live in the American southwest, that’s the norm. Shingles are weird.
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoThis is in central Saskatchewan. Presumably those southwest roofs are flat - this isn’t.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-21 month agoLow slope, so considered flat for most codes, can’t use shingles. Basically every commercial roof has rocks, but In the last decade they’ve shifted to a vinyl. Lighter, handles more snow load.
minus-squareAmuletta@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThey probably could use shingles, there are plenty of surrounding houses with about the same pitch that do.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoFrom one to next they look really similar. 2:12 is low slope iirc. So 3:12 can use shingles, but not 2:12. You’re right though, could just be a look choice on a higher slope. Could be a “trial” roof or something who knows.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoWeird. I would assume that rocks would be problematic for snow and would just encourage snow to stick and add street to the framing. The only rock roofs I’ve ever come across are in temperate places that don’t get snow.
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoOn metal roofs they actually add grips so the snow can’t slide right off. A sheet of snow isn’t light, you DO NOT want that sliding off and hitting you, but it’ll also fuck your eavestrough up.
minus-squarehovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago“Eavestrough” is some hardcore Midwest levels of dialect
minus-squarehovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMichigander, so close enough.
Depending on where you live in the American southwest, that’s the norm. Shingles are weird.
This is in central Saskatchewan. Presumably those southwest roofs are flat - this isn’t.
Low slope, so considered flat for most codes, can’t use shingles. Basically every commercial roof has rocks, but In the last decade they’ve shifted to a vinyl. Lighter, handles more snow load.
They probably could use shingles, there are plenty of surrounding houses with about the same pitch that do.
From one to next they look really similar.
2:12 is low slope iirc. So 3:12 can use shingles, but not 2:12.
You’re right though, could just be a look choice on a higher slope. Could be a “trial” roof or something who knows.
Weird. I would assume that rocks would be problematic for snow and would just encourage snow to stick and add street to the framing.
The only rock roofs I’ve ever come across are in temperate places that don’t get snow.
On metal roofs they actually add grips so the snow can’t slide right off.
A sheet of snow isn’t light, you DO NOT want that sliding off and hitting you, but it’ll also fuck your eavestrough up.
“Eavestrough” is some hardcore Midwest levels of dialect
Canadian, eh?
Michigander, so close enough.