after looking at the photos of your roof structure, I'm amazed. I wish there
was a way I could find someplace to photo an American roof structure, you
would laugh out loud. It would look like toothpicks compared to yours. Cheap
and fast is the thing for the US market, sadly, and longevity is of no
concern cause we don't stay in one house that long.
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From: SwissPace
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 2:04 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Solar Roofs - of course to power Olympus cameras - duh
I wouldn't expect real slate to be much heavier than Asphalt shingles,
however I guess its in short supply, when had our leaking roof replaced
about 8 years ago (it had been hail damaged 4 years earlier and not
properly repaired), they added 30cm (a foot) of insulation and two
waterproof membranes on the existing beams
<https://thattimeoflife.smugmug.com/Other/House-Renovation/i-q2mw6RN/A>
which were designed to take it and up to 1m of snow.
sanding the beams and floor took me quite a while and I ended up with
RSI in my thumbs but it looks nice!
Life expectancy was given as 25-30 years even with proper roof tiles,
but I guess the weather can be much harsher here than the UK and it
would just need the tiles replacing - I have always thought recycled
plastic would be an ideal solution to roofing tiles - crowd sourcing
anyone? :-) Oh and the cost was I think well in excess of 30'000 Swiss
francs (about 20 UK and a dollar is about equivalent these days)
We looked into solar with the council energy expert but were advised
against it and stayed with oil heating.
Photo taken with the wonderful OLY 7-14 and E-330 (that brings back
memories of Walt and Macro) - Although I like my Fuii 10-24 as much now
as the 7-14
IanW
ChrisB wrote:
I’m sorry to hear about the cheapo roof materials. However, it does
explain how some of my USAF colleagues came to depreciate their properties
for tax purposes.
It cost us £5,000 to re-tile our Annex in 2014, but that was after the
builders had reinforced the frame, and I didn’t get a separate cost for
that . . .
Chris
On 9 Mar 16, at 04:53, Moose<olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The vast majority of home construction in the US is focused on minimum
cost. Some of it may look fancy, but underneath, even most of that is
CHEAP.
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