Roofing 6 sep 2013 with eh corrections indd 14 17 09 2013 07 53.
Horsehair roofing felt.
Progressing from this a sarking type board would be fitted with horsehair felt then slates applied.
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Design of traditional roofs.
Some of the oldest type of roof types we remove still have wooden pegs securing the slates long before nails were used.
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Horsehair can be very stiff or very fine and.
Roofing felt is comprised of a base made from natural materials such as wood cellulose or synthetic ones such as fiberglass or polyester and then coated or saturated with a protective coating such as bitumen asphalt which repels water but still allows the product to breathe.
We now have roofing felt plastic roofing sheeting.
Holes in roofing felt are quite common here we repair a hole in some roofing felt that is underneath the tiled roof.
Traditional roof designs evolved largely in response to local climatic conditions and the building materials and skills available although they were also much infl uenced by local practice regulations wealth.
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