Tile Roofs
When I was in Holland several years ago I noticed that all the roofs were made of tile. Upon inquiry I was told that fireproof roofs were decreed by law since the Middle Ages after a series of disastrous fires.
We are so rich in this country, why aren’t we smart? WILLIAM B. HABEGGER Los Angeles
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