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it is now made, it is more like the old English "pantile," that is, having half of 

 the vertical surface convex and the other half concave. The convex portion over- 



Living side of house at Kingston, N. Y. Wilson Eyre, architect. This shows an excellent piazza with flanking benches. 

 The blinds, in which the lower panels are solid, are worthy of note 



laps the concave and sheds water into the latter, which acts as a vertical drain. 

 The old Spanish tile was made of half-round sections, a series of which laid 

 concave side up were overlapped by a series convex side up, producing the same 

 result as the pantile. 



In Northern latitudes, where it is desirable to get the tile-roof effect, as 

 in Italian design, it is best done in copper. Roof covering is made of this metal in 

 the tile form, and is most excellent. 



If a plain flat copper roof is to be used, the sheets should be tinned on 

 the edges, so that they may be soldered. The proper weight is 16 ounces. 



The ordinary tin roof is expensive in the end, owing to the constant care that 

 must be lavished upon it. Copper, the initial cost of which is more, requires 

 little attention and wears indefinitely*. 



If a house be located in an isolated spot and is left for the winter without a care- 

 taker, the copper roof is in constant danger of being stolen and sold as junk. This has 

 actually been known to happen. Thus you may suddenly return to a roofless house. 



