mgbinspect Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Click to Enlarge 35.65 KB Click to Enlarge 57.9 KB Click to Enlarge 63.93 KB Click to Enlarge 57.48 KB Click to Enlarge 63.23 KB Click to Enlarge 51.64 KB Click to Enlarge 50.86 KB Bill, any thoughts on the roofing tiles here not being half over half? Why doesn't the roof leak? Click to Enlarge 65.21 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Bill, any thoughts on the roofing tiles here not being half over half? Why doesn't the roof leak? Click to Enlarge 65.21 KB Excellent question. I had the same question decades ago when finding original tile roofs under layers of later roofing covering early PA German buildings. I thought it was odd that these early German builders, that typically built outstanding structures wouldn't put any side-lap to roofing tiles. Here's the answer for many early German-American tile roofs: Click to Enlarge 29.53 KB I also have an illustration in an 18th century book from Germany showing the 2 methods of laying tiles. The one without the side-lap shows a channel, or lip, moulded onto the edge of each tile. The alignment of the tiles both vertically and horizontally must be that strict order & structure thing that the German people seem to be known for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted August 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 I'm REALLY looking forward to finally coming to meet you and hear you speak. You may recall that I put in an application for the Historical Building Inspectors Association around 2006, but apparently fell just a bit short of what the association was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 I saw plenty of these old homes when I was stationed in Germany - especially in Norddeutschland (Northern Germany) where the terrain is as flat as an airfield and less was destroyed during the war. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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