Originally Posted by
Jerry McCarthy
RE: wood shake roof covering. I have never figured out why anyone in their right mind would have kindling installed on their roof tops?
Thatched roofs? I'm not even going there.
WC Jerry,
Well, apparently several inspectors here think that thatched roofs are okay ...
... I look at thatched roofs as the 'easily ignitable matter' used to light off your kindling wood shake roofs.
First, you get a spark glowing in the 'easily ignitable matter', then blow on it until it becomes a flame, then add some kindling ...