Slate shingle roofs used to be the norm.
But slate is flat and can be overlapped. How would this even work?
Not in this part of the world though.
Hot rocks in your area
I grew up in Phoenix in the early 80s and I saw many of these.
I’ve ripped off my fair share of pitch and gravel roofs, that’s definitely not the kind of stone you’d normally use (but it could still be). When you see granules or rocks on a roof, it’s usually meant as a heat sink to stop the tar or shingles from cracking and degrading. Otherwise, I’ve also ripped off slate roofs, and they used lead wide head roofing nails, though at some point they had just tarred over the whole thing, and eventually we put basic ashpalt shingles on it.
This is not a flat roof though, it’s sloped.
This guy roofs.
He’s clearly a dog.
Rough
No. Roof.
rogue
Rouge LFG
Pitch of that roof would need a membrane under shingles, no?
As much as I respect the standard 3-tab, I’m more engaged by the high-albedo options.
That size was a style back in the day. The house my dad built in the late 50s had one. I believe they were often lava rock.
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.
Weird. I a few months ago I stumbled upon two mid century apartments in my town that both had rock roofs.
I wonder OP’s roof didn’t used to be painted.
The Home School of Rock.
We should project this onto the whitehouse.
neat
Phar out. I wonder what they use for waterproofing?
EPDM is the most common material for modern rubber/stone roofs in commercial applications.
Meanwhile, EPMD is an uncommon hip hop duo from Brentwood.
I wonder how they get them to stay in place. It’s not a steep slope, but it’s definitely not a flat roof. So far I have resisted the urge to ring the doorbell and ask about the roof.
They must have used some type of resin/ epoxy.
They use tar.
You would think the tar would ooze downward on very hot days. (Yes, we get them here.)
