Keep the tiles on when it's
Submitted by qui già on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 14:34In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Keep the tiles on when it's windy.
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Which is why I like my tin roof - screwed down and going nowhere!!
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Common down our way... big
Submitted by bunterboy on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 16:28In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Common down our way... big tufa blocks on the asbestos roofs, sadly they omit to put the blocks on solar panels etc which frequently become expensive crazy kites!!
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Wind, overhang on eaves and verges!
Submitted by Fillide on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 18:34In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Yes - it is for wind lift. Remember, trad Italian roofs have much bigger overhangs on the eaves (the bit which overhangs the 'long sides' of a pitched roof), and also on the verges which overhang the gables. It's also a bit of an aesthetic nicety on more modern roofs - just for the crack, as it were. Not strictly necessary on a reconstructed roof, where the builder will have mortared in the tiles at the extremities, but it gives us somethiing to talk about (and Gubbio is VERY windy!)
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