On Sep 19, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Jake Anderson wrote:

> Why use shingles at all?

Much of the US seems to mandate a particular appearance of roof
for ... appearances sake.  This includes things like requiring
(flammable) cedar shingles in housing developments in hot and dry
southwest, where it's not uncommon for house fires to start from
sparks landing on the roof.

BillW
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