Why roof tiles exist. I understand why we don’t have flat roofs, but why do we have hundreds of tiles that sort of overlap each other and can be pulled or blown off easily?
Why aren’t roofs like a giant tent, still A shaped but each side is just a big sheet of whatever weatherproof material we got?
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Smooth, flat sheets tend to “oilcan” with changes in temperature. Creasing or corrugating the sheets allow them to resist the effect.
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