Amuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down15
arrow-up1189arrow-down1imageThis local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingleslemmy.caAmuletta@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months 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-up6·2 months 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.
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.