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ygrayesterday at 9:02 AM1 replyview on HN

This is the roof of an industrial building near here which seems to go with that idea:

https://nabendynamo.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210426_1...

While not quite panel-sized, it's much larger tiles and there's not another roof underneath. Probably makes most sense with a new roof, though. The problem is that when a roof lasts 50--80 years, that's not a very big market just for new roofs.


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specialistyesterday at 12:07 PM

Perfect. That scalloped (overlapping tiles) installation is The Correct Answer™.

Thanks for sharing.

Apologies, my google-fu is weak; I couldn't find more details. It's SON's building? I couldn't find that roof top at that address (using Google Maps).

Here's as far as I got: https://gemini.google.com/share/bef19f2b145c

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