Interesting. And I notice that you mention slate roof and that's what
I saw on some sites I googled about the guards. Growing up in
Minneapolis we didn't have them, and yes we had a more moderately
pitched roof. Not flat by any means though.
What's interesting though is that we didn't shovel the r
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> I do not know the answer to your question, however I will mention that in
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> I do not know the answer to your question, however I will mention that in
> Canada people shov
I've seen them in New England before. I always assumed they were there to
keep rain from dripping over the door step.
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I do not know the answer to your question, however I will mention that in
Canada people shovel off their roofs after a heavy snow so the roof won't
collapse. So I am not sure why people would want to keep it on. Is it possible
it was some sort of gutter? I've never been to Boston, so I am guessi
When I was in Boston a few years ago, we noticed that many roofs (near
the gutter) had these iron-like decorations that were mounted to the
roof. Most of the houses had steep-pitch roofs.
I was wondering about the purpose of these. Most of them were very
ornamental, but I doubt that is the only
