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by BobbyTables2 18 days ago
I’ve always wondered why the South uses black asphalt shingles. Aside from being the worst possible color, they like neither the hot summers, the hailstorms, nor the hurricanes.

The level of stupidity exceeds California homes using sun-baked wood shingles that can be torched off from the suggestion of a single spark.

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Job security for roofers. Individual home buyers are too dumb to understand or too busy too think about tco.

There's a reason you don't see shingles on commercial buildings.