the roof thing

[beige_alert]

My German friends were bemused with my fascination with all the tile (and even slate!) roofs is Germany. Want to know why? I have a photo taken from higher ground in the public park across the road from a fancy new expensive condominium development in a fancy expensive part of town by the river. Note that not only are these rooftops visible from the park across the road, but are visible from some of the units in the buildings themselves. This is not hidden away, but part of the view out the windows of the very building itself. An expensive view, no less. This is how we do it in America when we are spending plenty of money on a fancy place:

Comments

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

You obviously live in either an area that gets little/no snowfall, or those roofs had better be far stronger than they look!

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Oh, and soundproofed if you live in an area that gets any substantial amount of rain!

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Snow? Nothing shocking about waking up and seeing 20cm fresh wet snow waiting for you in the winter. But flat roofs are common on commercial buildings and they know to build them strong enough that collapse is very, very rare. Even those buildings, which look like they might fall under their own weight, have survived at least one winter so far.

I suppose you hear the rain, but, then, get a good thunderstorm going and the thunder will distract you from the rain noise. Until the hail starts, anyway.

[bardling.livejournal.com]

I guess that dealing with snow thing is a concept thing, too. Having a pitched roof simply avoids unneccessary stress via snow-weight, so why not do it? Makes for good attic storage space, too, or attic rooms built into the roof, and insulation for the rest of the house. Also, better for rain run-off...