Most roofs last the lifetime of the house than can be 100s of years old. They may need to be repaired and maintained but that is infrequent. The roof I am sitting under has had no repairs or maintenance since it was built 71 years ago and I don't expect to do so in my lifetime.
Indeed, my house is roughly 100 years old, still has the original slate roof. When I bought it the surveyors report suggested that the roof would probably need relaying. Well 20+ years it's needed loose / fallen tiles replaced on a couple of occasions, other than that it's doing fine.
@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 If it was a surveyor's report for the purposes of a mortgage, what they put down is mostly to cover their arses in the event of a claim, because its done on the cheap they will take the quickest route out. A proper structural survey will give the nuances and tell you the actual truth. There are a great many stone/tile and slate roofs that are centuries old and only merit the odd tle replacement. Too often we strip the roof off add sarking and put it all back again with the likelihood that it will begin to deteriorate at a faster rate. In the first Victorian terraced house we bought there was no sarking and there was a gale force wind blowing through the roof and attic, as a result the roof timber were in perfect condition even though they were around 100 years old.
@@clivewilliams3661 Oh absolutely, the surveyor was covering his arse. At the time the options available to me were a straight valuation, a full structural survey or a sort of halfway house in the middle which is what I went for. The house is solid, even the internal walls are mostly brick built. The only downside to that is it gets expensive in masonery drill bits, to use modern terminology the place was built using engineering brick.
My house was built in 1750 and has a clay pan tiled roof. As far as we know the last time the tiles were removed was in the 1950's and the felt underneath was replaced, but the orginal roof tiles were simply put back on again and most are still the 18th Century ones. It hasn't needed doing since then.
My parents lived in the same house for 49 years. Never replaced the roof. Had the odd the repair when a slate came use. My current house is around 40 years old I had one loose slate sorted out this year. The tiles are recycled from the school that was previously on the site. The cottages next to my parents' house needed the roof replacing, but they were part of the farm that was in the area before the town and are over 200 years old.
I had a serious accident and was hospitalised for 6 weeks. I was given full pay 6 months, half pay for another 2 months, then a a full month, and and accrued holiday pay when I was finally let go as I was unable to return to work. UK definitely has it right. My work would have taken me back to work in any capacity, as they can’t sack you for being ill. They just didn’t have a role suitable for me.
If the felt was replaced in 1950's then the roof had previously been stripped to have put the sarking felt in as bitumen sarking felt is a 20thC invention. It then begs the question as why did it go wrong? Original Pantiles were produced by the Dutch and imported during 17thC and can be found particularly in East Anglia and Lincolnshire. The English later produced their own Pantiles and Corrugated tiles. I had to obtain some matching corrugated clay tiles for a 17thC farm renovation project and found them being made to the same pattern using the same firing technique in bottle kilns in Lincolnshire.
The house I live in has been owned by my husbands family for around 60yrs, it was built in the 1930's has never had a new roof, doesn't need one. On the other hand, windows have approximately a 20yr life span, our windows were around 35yrs old when we had them replaced earlier this year.
@@debbiepierce3045 The lifespan of windows and doors has been getting shorter over the years. I have been involved with an historic building where the oldest windows are around 450 years old being glazed into stone frame and the timber one with marvellously thin frames and astragals in well seasoned English Oak were 375 years old. It all depends on the quality of materials. Its interesting to note that the latest PVCu windows only have a projected life of 20-30 years.
Yep if you did have to replace a roof in the UK you'd want to know why! We build house of brick here in the UK, with tiled roofs that with regular basic care will last generations.
Yeah, that surprised me when I visited the US, in some areas it made sense as they often have adverse weather which we don't get in the UK, so being able to replace it cheaply is a big benefit. Also, often they are dealing with much more sun than we do, so don't need the insulation we require.
@@weirdscix you need insulation to keep heat out too. Lived in Oz and was shocked that houses don't have double glazing either. The problem with that is air con cools the house but it warms up again not long after you turn it off. Totally ruins your sleep
My house, built in 1910, has a Welsh slate roof. I don't know if it has been ever replaced, but I've lived in that house for 18 years and the last thing I would think of replacing is the roof.
My house is also over 100 years old and still has the original clay tiled roof in good condition. Even thatched roofs last for 30 years or more without being recovered
My house was built in 1917 and still has most of the original clay tiles on it and the OG South American hard wood timbers (there was a spate of dodgy builders that ripped off people and stole their roof timbers while charging to fit pine in my town, in '87 we found out who got done when their rooves ended up in the road). It has been re-sealed and the chimney covered over the years though.
My old house in Liverpool was built just before WW1 and the roof was slate, had the chimney flashing replaced about 10years ago, roofer said the slates had another 50years in them!
I had to remove a delabole roof the other year for a rebuild . The house was 200 years old and the slate was going back on when finished. Plenty of worm n death watch though
We don't build our houses out of cardboard in the UK. We have houses that are 300 years old with the original roofs. I lived in the same house from birth until I was 20. I'm now 62 & that roof is still in great condition.
The home I have lived in for 40 years was built in 1968. It still has its original tiled roof. It was inspected last year with a view to having solar panels installed. No replacement, not a single tile, required. The house I was born and raised in was built in 1926. According to its present owner it still has its original slate roof except for a few edging tiles which were ripped off in the massive storm of 1986.
My house had a new roof in 1903. We replaced it a hundred years later. We have a felted and tiled roof. It helps keep the warmth inside the house during Winter. Other things used - are slates (literally tiles of slate which are much lighter than the tiles I have on my roof) or thatch. I don't know if anyone here has wooden shingles. You've seen thatched roofs on some of the English cottages in your reaction videos. I heard, just yesterday, that often the thatch, that forms underlayer, can be many centuries old and that its only the top layers that tend to be new. The video I was watching said that the thatch on the house he was working on still had its 12th century under layer. Surprising!!!! Chip butty. The Brits usually butter their bread first when making sandwiches. Same with a Chip butty. I am told this is strange to an American - is that true? Another great reaction. Love from the UK.
Not only do you walk out of the hospital with a newborn baby and you don't have to pay a thing under the NHS, but the Government then gives you extra money called Child Allowance until that child is old enough to work!
Same in most countries around the world. She would have done better to say ''what the rest of the world does better than the US'' though there's no shortage of other videos on that subject.
In the UK, the price you SEE on the shelf is the price you PAY at the till WE don't add taxes on later as we add them before. The prices INCLUDE any tax. Here in the UK, rooves are built to last. There many houses well over 300 years old which STILL have their original roof. As we DO have extreme weather too - especially on the coast and in the hills. UK plugs (and wall sockets) are packed with safety feature. In the socket, there is a plate which stops children inserting things into it and getting shocked. That longer prong on the plug pushes this plate aside when pushed into to socket so the other prongs can access the power supply. The sockets also have a switch on them to isolate the power if needed, making any device inoperable if the power is turned off at the socket. And our plugs also have fuses in them meaning that if the power surges or the plug gets over-loaded, the thin wire inside the fuse melts away which will also cut the power.
i have a place called bakers cottage, the original building is from the Tudor times, but as a dwelling i have paperwork from late 1600s, so i have a thatched roof. I have been there 20 yrs and the thatch has so far some good yrs left
The UK plugtop is one of the best and safest designs in the world. So many inbuilt safety elements intended to protect life, improve longevity and function efficiently. The first thing I would do in an American house is upgrade the electrics to UK standards - then the plumbing!
Might not be so helpful, as the North American grid is half the Wattage of the UK. While I think the British plugs are a little too bulky, I agree with you on the quality of US plugs. Easily bent, no safety elements... All in all, I think the common EU plug (there are small variations, but a French plug can use a German outlet and vice versa) is the best of both worlds.
@@barvdw wattage or voltage? 120 volts would be double the current and an even stronger reason for a plugtop with built in fuse, extended earth pin and sleeved power pins. Still, there are good inventions from all over the world. It feels odd to me that US has not established a common power grid of sorts but Im guessing that could be politics and money at play. Best wishes from across the pond.
@@petergaskin1811 those traditional three-pronged Italian plugs are being phased out in my experience, replaced by more common German or French style plugs.
It would be very unusual to replace a roof on a house (except thatch) in less than about 75 to 100 years. My brother's house dates to 1890s and it has its original slate roof.
Yes you can claim your holiday time back if you’re ill. Another thing British people can do is self-certify yourself as ill for 7 days. That means you don’t need a Dr’s note unless you’re going to be off for an extended period of time. Why is this the case? It takes the pressure off of GP’s, most people if they get a viral infection usually recover in about a week, and resting sprains and other minor injuries prevents them from becoming a bigger issue. If your boss says you’re indispensable to the company and that they can’t afford to have you miss work for a week, it means that they’re awful at their job as a manager and they have a terrible business continuity plan.
Echoing others my house in the UK was built in 1820, I bought it in 1995 with the original slate roof, the only thing was to clean and seal the inner surface of the slates. Fit for another 100 years. Even Aussie cement roof tiles are good for 50 - 80 years (depending on the state & the weather) we can coat the tiles to give them UV stability protection. Correct you can reclaim holiday, it depends on the employer, we do not have to find a temporary replacement if we are ill, that's down to the employer. To cover you if required. We work to live, not live to work.
If you are thinking of having a chip buttie, apart from using thick fries, make sure the bread you use is thick and you use a good butter and make sure you butter your bread thickly so when you place your hot fries on the butter it melts into the bread. Tomatoes sauce is the preferred condiment for a chip buttie. Enjoy from the UK
She should have it with only a little salt on the buttered bread, the first time, then try different condiments, to find her favourites, just as the commenters here have.
Universal health care such as we have in the UK is, in my view, absolutely fundamental to developed countries. The lives and, indeed, health of its citizens should not and cannot take second place to love of money. For me, the first test for a civilised country is how it cares for vulnerable people. If, like the United States, it does not take care of the sick then it fails at the first hurdle and so rather than being the great country that many of its citizens claim, it is under developed and backward.
UK sick time is not given a limit....its assessed case by case....I was off sick because my Dad died unexpectedly....I was really impacted....I was off work 6 months Fully paid
It really depends on the employer though. For example in a Gov Dept. I used to work for, you technically had a 10 day limit before 'action' started but there was also a 3 incidents of sickness element to that. You couldn't be off 4 single days sickness (even if they were genuine sick days) without going on report. The action was then ongoing, to assess whether they really wanted to keep employing someone who got sick often. A real problem for those staff who dealt face to face with the general public daily. So while not an immediate sacking, the process took upto 6 months, you could well be out of a job if you had a health condition or just a bad spate of sickness bouts.
I am dutch the only roofs that can give problems are flat horizontal roofs. Those can get leaking problems. Normaly you do not have to replace any roofs. What I do see more and more are sun-panels to creat electrisity. Hope my english is readeble english is not my first language.
Just as a ball park figure the average slate roof will last for two hundred years but that is only the timber battens that hold the roof slates in place, slate can last indefinitely but practically roof slates can be re used many times. Another roof covering is fired clay tiles others are a form of concrete tiles each will last comfortably one hundred and fifty to two hundred years.
Gees oh if a person who is so loveable and so genuine as Kalyn is getting comments that she doesn't want to be in the UK then I despair I really do! I have followed her Girl Gone London channel for years now and I love it she is just so genuine and amazing!
I once found a house which still retained it's original base coat of thatch. It was smoke blackened and sooty from the open fire in use when the house was built as an open hall house in about 1390
You were lucky to retain the undercloak for that long. I worked on a similar cottage with soot blackened undercloak although it was Tudor. It had to be rethatched but the thatcher refused to retain the undercloak because all the hessian ties had rotted and attempting to thatch on the original undercloak would probably have see the whole roof in the garden!
There was a re-roofing grant in the UK in the 1980s and a neighbour had his original stone tiles swapped for concrete tiles. Most of the houses had already been done before we moved in. My house had been done with modern concrete tiles that look like old stone tiles. That was over 40 years ago. Ironically all the stone tiles from the old cottages were saved and used in more picturesque villages where most of the cottages had stone tile roofs.
There is a product called Swithland Slate that is a stone tile from the Swithland, Leics quarry. It a very good roof if enormously heavy as each stone tile will be well over 25mm (1") thick.
I replaced my roof this year. The roof that was replaced was the original one from when the house was built in 1947. The roofer said the new one should last at least 60 years.
If you're going to try a chip butty then remember to put a thick layer of butter on the bread. Buttering bread is so common in Britain that we don't even think to mention it and are astonished when Americans don't do it. The butter will add a slight sweetness to the product and also protect the bread from any excess grease that could leak off of the chips and make the bread disintegrate. For condiments the choice is yours. I prefer salt and vinegar but that's what I would have on the chips in or out of a butty.
The roofing surface the US puts on it's roofs is what we put on a shed. Roofs here can last as long as the house. You can find pleanty roofs that are 100/200 years old.
We don't think about our rooves unless an individual tile slips or cracks (concrete, slate, terracotta etc.). The shingle material Americans use only really gets used for garden sheds here.
We have just had our roof replaced , the one that was replaced was from the 1950s , we had, had a refresh in the 1980s like a few tiles replaced and gutters done ridge tiles redone and the like , then this year we had had a very bad hail storm and when the roofer came he gave us quotes on fixing or replacing , we thought it was best to replace because he said the roof was showing its age, but if we had wanted we could have got another 10 years out of it .
The house I was born in was built in 1931 - my dad saw it being built ! He bought it in 1950 - it still had the same roof then and it wasn’t replaced until around 1981 after it had started to leak. The roof had been slates but was re-roofed with tiles known as Marley Majors. I passed my old home earlier this year and it still has these tiles on it. Some of the other houses in the area still have the slated roofs they were built with ! I live in the NW of England, U.K.
A British roof will last for well over 100 years. We use slates, clay/terracotta tiles or concrete tiles for most roofs. The only exception is a traditional thatched roof (usually found on very old cottages) made from bundles of reeds which will last 20-30 years.
Concrete tiles only last about 50-60 years. Both my sister and mother have had to have their concrete tile roofs replaced in the last few years, as have many of the people on their streets. They become porous over time, though newer ones might last longer. My house is slate and 75 years old and other than a few loose slates being repaired is original.
@@jonathanbuzzard1376 I have been in construction for over 50 years and as an Architect for more than 40 years and apart from reports of poor durability in the early days of concrete tiles I have never seen or heard of wholesale issues. Whereabouts is your Mum's and Sister's houses? Any idea what tiles they were, Marley or Redland had most of the market.
@@clivewilliams3661 Then you are poorly informed. It is so widespread on both my Mothers and Sisters estates that it is basically endemic. You can see roofs being replaced in the area all the time when driving about. I have no idea what make they are. But to give you an idea of how bad it can be on the house over the road from my mother, the tiles have become porous but because of the bitumen impregnated underlay no leaks, but the battens rotted out on a north facing side of the roof and the tiles all fell off. So let's test your constructional knowledge they are both Leech built.
I have never seen a roof replaced in my life (50 years). All the houses I have lived in have had their original rooves (the oldest I lived in was 200 years old, most 100+ years old)
I'm a Canadian living in Australia. I love it here, mainly because of the relaxed life style, and the almost complete lack of snow. In the U.K. they have NHS. Here in Australia we have something similar called Medibank. Since I retired, any prescribed medication I require is heavily subsidized by the government. So my monthly prescription for cholesterol and blood pressure costs me $19.00 AUS combined PER MONTH. When I was working, I was entitled to 4 full weeks of paid annual leave. 10 days per year 'sick or personal' leave, paid, which was cumulative. As an adult, I put myself through university as a part time student, while still working and raising a family. The tuition fees were heavily subsidized by the government. Over a number of years I went from certificates and diplomas, to a Bachelor's degree. And finally a Master's degree. On my infrequent trips back to the USA to see American relatives and friends, they would ask about what it was like living in Australia. I would respond to questions, and after a while I realized that my American family and friends felt I was gaslighting them. Mainly because they could not relate what I was saying to their own life situations. So I quite going back.
We have Employment Laws here that give some protection to the employee. Most Employers offer a set amount of paid off time for sick leave. If the illness/sickness exceeds this limit, then we can can claim basic S.S.P. Statutory Sick Pay, from the State/Government
The house I used to live in was 200 years old, needed a tile replacing once, but that was all. Wouldn't think of replacing a roof unless something terrible happened, like a fire.
Those felt things you put on American roofs are what we in the UK use on cheap garden sheds. The UK used natural slate, terra cotta tiles and on some houses built it the 17th century thin stone slabs. Thatch (reed straw) is also used on some older buildings but that tends to be replaced every 20 to 30 years
No we DON'T need to replace our roof every 10-15 years! Definitely not! If there has been extreme weather then sometimes some individual roof tiles need to be replaced but thats it! I have lived in my current social housing for 24 years now and Not Once has the roof had to be replaced! If you look at the photo she showed between Usa and Uk roof tiles that will give you an idea, they are very thick and they slant to allow water to run off them so no its never really an issue
I LOVE your accent! great video :) We've just had to replace our roof in the uk because the underfelt under the tiles had failed - tiles were still fine but if the underfelt goes it stops being waterproof. The house was built in 1957 and this is the first time we've had to replace it, so that's 60 plus years. I'm based in wales no scorching heat or hurricanes, just lots of 50mile per hour winds where I am and a LOT of rain :)
The perfect chip butty: Cut chips from a large potato. Roughly the same dimensions as your largest finger. Salt a pan of water and boil chips until they START to soften up. You COULD mash them to make mashed potatoes but they'd be bad, lumpy mash. That level of soft. Drain. Dry. Shallow fry in beef fat or lard. You are looking for a pale straw colour. Drain and dry. Once cool, then deep fry in hot oil until golden and crispy. Have thick cut, soft, white sliced bread OR soft white bap. The sliced bread is better. Thickly butter the bread with a salted butter. Quickly assemble the sandwich. Two layers of chips one across the sandwich the other at 90 degrees to the first, down the sandwich. Quickly add your ground black pepper, cracked salt, (ketchup mayo or vinegar to you own preference). Close the sandwich. Do not CUT the sandwich. DO have napkins. This is two handed food. It will be messy. That is glorious and to be embraced. The hot, crispy, fluffy chips will melt the butter and soak the bread and it will start to lose structural integrity. This is by design. This is not to be savoured slowly. The disintegration forces you to eat the butty before it collapses which ALSO forces you to eat the thing whilst the chips are still hot and crispy and while some of the butter is still cold and unmelted. This is as much about the texture and mouthfeel as it is about flavour. You will need to wash your face afterwards, despite the napkins. Not to be eaten when wearing fancy clothes. This is carb HEAVY food. Do not try and mitigate this fact in the recipe in any way. If you don't carb, then don't eat this. If you eat this and prepare it properly, your mouth will love you forever. You will likely need a little sleep afterwards. Pair it with a strong cup of breakfast tea or a latte. This is your main meal of the day. This is the perfect recipe. Warning: once you have this version, lesser well prepared versions will not taste as good or satisfy nearly as well. Bear this in mind. This version is not always available at greasy spoons or chippies. This will ruin those for you. Enjoy, if you dare. --- Can be combined with the triple fried egg chili chutney sandwich, however: death from excessive pleasure is a considerable risk followed by only a fractionally less lethal digestive reaction. To be tried once, at the end of the world. If you know what's good for you.
That sounds like an awful lot of work for a chip butty .... if you feel it's worth it fine but I'll stick with the normal variety, as long as the chips are good and thick, properly fried and the bread is thickly buttered so that the butter melts into the bread and chips that's good enough for me..😋
Home made chips are better for a chip butty, but for better experience butter the bread then the chips and top with ketchup or mayo, its delicious. My house was built in the 1940s and it's been replaced twice, we use thick slate. What you use for your house, we use similar for a garden shed.
From my experience of living in america with for work on and off for 3 years, everything in america is built not to last and to get as much money out you as they can. Its kinda crazy and just felt so much less stressfull when i returned to the uk.
My house was built in 1863, because I own it outright I have all the deeds. The roof on my houses has never been replaced. I had some tiles removed when I had a velux window put in, when I did an attic conversion and I had a second bathroom put in up there. 😊
The roof was replaced in my 120 year old flat about 6 years ago, for the first time since they were built. It will last for another 100 years at least.
Most older homes have slate tile rooves and more modern ones use ceramic or concrete tiles, I think. The only rooves that need replacing are thatched rooves which need replacing every 40 years (if you look after them).
I'm Dutch and my father has a roofing business, so I know a thing or two about it. I remember that I saw the American tv-show "Dirty jobs" episode "Hot Tar Roofer" from 2005. Hot tar roofing is something that isn't done in The Netherlands since the 1950s. So in the USA they are 50 years behind in roofing technology. WTF!!!
I have a house built in 1875. It had not been well maintained. Slates were sliding off. So you take all the slates off, check each 1 for layering, and then you replace the same slates. Generally it is the nails that have perished. If you need to replace any slates you can buy old ones from demolited buildings. If there are none available with a similar colour you put the old tiles on the front and replacements on the back. We do not use metal or corrugated fibre board for roofs. Modern houses use 'artificial' slate or concrete interlocking tiles. When tiles/slates are replaced a waterproof membrane is inserted to comply with modern regulations.
My house was built in 1846 (So not very old by Uk standards) with 2' thick stone walls and a Welsh slate roof. To the best of my knowledge it has never been replaced, and expect it to see me out short of a major catastrophe. I did have to replace the roof on a rear extension, but that was a recent build and a bit of a bodgit.
My house is just coming up to hundred years old and I had a roofer come and check it, just in case, he said it was fine and have it checked in another 5. There are cottages near me which have stone tiles, they look amazing and haven’t been changed since the 1700’s, wish I had one of those
I grew up in north west London in a house built in the 1930's. My Mum sold the house in 2014 and I've driven past and seen on Google earth it has now got a new roof. However the whole time my family owned it between 1983-2014, it still had the original 1930's roof, no maintenance was required even after the hurricane in 1987.
Looked after right by replacing damaged or weathered areas it can last up to 60 years. I have a grade 2 listed cottage and about 30 years left in mine good points and bad to having it. Bad side is only about 800 thatchers left in England so cost is nuts waiting time for someone to come check out ( luckily my nephew is a training thatcher) and materials is like 500 quid a bushel. Up side is it really keeps heat in and I do save money on that. My wife’s favourite is that it gives of something like a gas that keeps creepy crawlers away. Only wish the house was younger though…. The rules for owning listed houses are a pain in the neck when I had a garage built I had to have a fake thatched roof put on so it’s in keeping with the house…… cost a bomb 😢
Our house (London) was built in 1889 and the original slate roof lasted 120 years before we replaced it in 2009. Slate was used once again so no reason it shouldn't last for over 100 years again
Yep, homemade chip butty much better than boughten chips every time. Yummy!! Replace your roof, WHAT! A good slate or tile roof should last 100 years or more; our cottage had some broken slates replaced 130 years after it was built and 45 years on its still good and probably good for another 50 before any further new slates needed; a thatched roof with Norfolk reed about 35 years, a "flat" felt roof probably good for 35 years at most.
My house in Perth was built in 1959. It's a double brick and tile with Jarrah wood roof supports and when we bought it the surveyor reckoned it hadn't been touched since it was built. 😁
@@MarkLikesCoffee860not tax (20% paid on everything after £250) that's for running the country, we pay national insurance at 13% (in scotland) on all £ earned after £188 that pays for the national health service. So if you earn less than £188 you don't pay tax or insurance, and if you are a student you don't pay tax at all. Per weekly wage.
@MarkLikesCoffee860 Of course, nothing is free, but at least we don't have to worry about going bankrupt because we had the audacity to get really sick, break a bone, a car accident, or giving birth. Also, our tax only kicks in at a certain point. The first £12,500 you earn each year is tax free
@@MarkLikesCoffee860 nobody ever claims we don't pay for the NHS, we just don't pay for treatment. Which would you rather have though? an increase in tax that pays for your health care from even before you're born, right up until your last breath, regardless of if you're working or not.. or go bankrupt / die, because you can't afford life saving medication
I live in a four story Victoria house build in the 1860's, not that old by UK standards, the roof has never been fully replaced, some patching and re-pointing in the late 1970's and new felt on one side this year. I will not need to touch it for the rest of my life and I'm only in my 40's.
I replaced 2 tiles once, about 10 years ago, because a branch fell on my roof in a storm. I just replaced the lead flashing around my chimney. Otherwise, never replaced a roof.
The third pin on our plugs is not to keep the plug in the socket. It is an Earth pin (ground). It means the aplliance is Earthed for safety. Also it is longer so that, when pushed into the socket, it opens the flaps for the main two pins to go in. When you remove the plug, the flaps close & things cannot be inserted inbthe holes by mistake. Also, the plug has a fuse so that, if there is a fault, the plug fuse will blow - rather than the appliance or circuit (trip switch / main fuse box).
Our house roof is Welsh slate. It's still the original roof from 1889, so 135 years old. The UK plug is a master of design. So many safety features built into it and the socket (receptacle) on the wall. It'd have to be badly damaged to cause any major chance of giving an electric shock. There are plenty of videos on YT about them, but most miss one or two of the features.
Our house is 124 years old and still has the original slates (natural slate hewn from a slate mine possibly in wales) on at least on the front and at the back the flat "felt" roof is at least 35 years old and still weather tight
The 3rd pin on the plug is a safety feature but not to stop it falling from the socket, the 3rd pin is the earth, it earths the electricity supply making sure there are no electric shocks from the socket or appliance, we also have a higher voltage in our electrical circuits which is why we don’t have outlets in the bathroom, it’s the old water + electricity = death thing! Our outlets also come with or without an on/off switch, ingenious eh
We replaced our roof once in 35 years, about a decade ago we bought another Victorian house (180 years old) and have not thought of replacing the roof as it is sound and only about 40 years old.
that third 'prong' on the plug is for the earth cable, which is for safety if the appliance has a fault it should not electrocute you. Very rarely a plug might not have the earth cable in it, which then the third prong is just a piece a plastic
I have lived in my house for 55 years, and the roof of slate tiles does not need to be replaced, and I don't think the roof has ever been replaced since the house was built in about 1920. I was shocked to see the example of the flimsy roof tiles in a US house. Also the UK electric plugs have a lot of safety features designed into them, as we do have much stronger electric power.
Talking about having ‘Pizza and Chips’, which in the UK would be Pizza with Chips on the plate as an accompaniment, here in Sweden, you can get a Pizza with kebab meat, garlic sauce, and chips on the top.
There's a lot more to the British plug than just staying in the wall. They have multiple safety advantages as well like the wall sockets closing when not in use which needs the third pin to open and fuses built into the plug itself.
Depending on the roof type they would normally last a minimum of 100 years to 300 or 400 years, Thatched roofs need to be redone every 30 years. where i live my roof tiles were put on in the 1960.s and will last at least another 100 years.
only roof repair i have known being done in the uk other then (red weather/storm) is when the struts/beams are damaged and it is a full repair that is garanetied to last 30years from compation, the holi to sick days swap is only if you have a letter from a GP/doc from where i have worked but it is back datable a few days
We had solar panels installed on the roof of our 1970s house and because the old bituminised felt was shot, we had it replaced while the scaffolding was up. The tiles were off, felt replaced and original concrete tiles back on in 2 days. The only thing we did was to clean the moss off the old tiles.
Uk has a circuit of cycle routes through rural areas and cycle lanes on, or next to roads. We also have public footpaths throughout UK, often adjacent to farmland and can walk for miles.(Then catch a bus home!)😊
I live in Canada where weather can also be vigorous with storms and lots of snow! We also have the awful asphalt shingles as the US - but I replaced mine with metal which should also have a very long life and should not need replacing in a lifetime. UK roofs are frequently ceramic tiles which are extremely durable. The UK can have very strong rain storms with wind and rain so they do need much tougher materials than asphalt shingles.
Shocked by food prices and also terrible food quality in the US. Last year in California worked out that on average food was half again as much as London.
My late 19th century cottage was extended in 1970 and the slate roof from the old part was replaced with tiles to match the new part. I've had to have the flashing at the joints redone but that's about it. The old roof is incredibly solid and fully lined with wood, unlike the hardboard of the 1970 roof. Half of the new roof has solar panels fitted too. If I won the lottery I'd probably replace it all with slate but otherwise, no.
A roof lasts longer than humans in the UK
Most roofs last the lifetime of the house than can be 100s of years old. They may need to be repaired and maintained but that is infrequent. The roof I am sitting under has had no repairs or maintenance since it was built 71 years ago and I don't expect to do so in my lifetime.
@@clivewilliams3661i have lived in my 1880s home since 1988, and also have not had to do any repairs.
Indeed, my house is roughly 100 years old, still has the original slate roof. When I bought it the surveyors report suggested that the roof would probably need relaying. Well 20+ years it's needed loose / fallen tiles replaced on a couple of occasions, other than that it's doing fine.
@@gwtpictgwtpict4214 If it was a surveyor's report for the purposes of a mortgage, what they put down is mostly to cover their arses in the event of a claim, because its done on the cheap they will take the quickest route out. A proper structural survey will give the nuances and tell you the actual truth. There are a great many stone/tile and slate roofs that are centuries old and only merit the odd tle replacement. Too often we strip the roof off add sarking and put it all back again with the likelihood that it will begin to deteriorate at a faster rate. In the first Victorian terraced house we bought there was no sarking and there was a gale force wind blowing through the roof and attic, as a result the roof timber were in perfect condition even though they were around 100 years old.
@@clivewilliams3661 Oh absolutely, the surveyor was covering his arse. At the time the options available to me were a straight valuation, a full structural survey or a sort of halfway house in the middle which is what I went for. The house is solid, even the internal walls are mostly brick built. The only downside to that is it gets expensive in masonery drill bits, to use modern terminology the place was built using engineering brick.
My house was built in 1750 and has a clay pan tiled roof. As far as we know the last time the tiles were removed was in the 1950's and the felt underneath was replaced, but the orginal roof tiles were simply put back on again and most are still the 18th Century ones. It hasn't needed doing since then.
My parents lived in the same house for 49 years. Never replaced the roof. Had the odd the repair when a slate came use.
My current house is around 40 years old I had one loose slate sorted out this year. The tiles are recycled from the school that was previously on the site.
The cottages next to my parents' house needed the roof replacing, but they were part of the farm that was in the area before the town and are over 200 years old.
I had a serious accident and was hospitalised for 6 weeks. I was given full pay 6 months, half pay for another 2 months, then a a full month, and and accrued holiday pay when I was finally let go as I was unable to return to work. UK definitely has it right. My work would have taken me back to work in any capacity, as they can’t sack you for being ill. They just didn’t have a role suitable for me.
If the felt was replaced in 1950's then the roof had previously been stripped to have put the sarking felt in as bitumen sarking felt is a 20thC invention. It then begs the question as why did it go wrong? Original Pantiles were produced by the Dutch and imported during 17thC and can be found particularly in East Anglia and Lincolnshire. The English later produced their own Pantiles and Corrugated tiles. I had to obtain some matching corrugated clay tiles for a 17thC farm renovation project and found them being made to the same pattern using the same firing technique in bottle kilns in Lincolnshire.
The house I live in has been owned by my husbands family for around 60yrs, it was built in the 1930's has never had a new roof, doesn't need one. On the other hand, windows have approximately a 20yr life span, our windows were around 35yrs old when we had them replaced earlier this year.
@@debbiepierce3045 The lifespan of windows and doors has been getting shorter over the years. I have been involved with an historic building where the oldest windows are around 450 years old being glazed into stone frame and the timber one with marvellously thin frames and astragals in well seasoned English Oak were 375 years old. It all depends on the quality of materials. Its interesting to note that the latest PVCu windows only have a projected life of 20-30 years.
In the past 60 years of adulthood in England I’ve never had to think about replacing a roof.
Yep if you did have to replace a roof in the UK you'd want to know why! We build house of brick here in the UK, with tiled roofs that with regular basic care will last generations.
The British roof has an expected life span of 100+ years
😢not if you buy a Barratt new build I've had three leaks in 20 years.
Thatched roofs need to be replaced more frequently, they're common in wet areas like the Norfolk Broads where they need to be lightweight.
Cement tile roofs need replacing ever 50 years or so
@@timidwolfAbout every 30 years.
@@jeanauguste-f7i In Florida you would have had at least 1 complete recover of your roof in a 20 year period.
If your roof is made of tar paper then what do you expect, that’s only used on garden sheds in the UK
Yeah, that surprised me when I visited the US, in some areas it made sense as they often have adverse weather which we don't get in the UK, so being able to replace it cheaply is a big benefit. Also, often they are dealing with much more sun than we do, so don't need the insulation we require.
Do Americans have the tale of the 3 little pigs? (And yes, I know they do!)
@@weirdscix
They need the insulation from the heat, but don't build it.
@@Be-Es---___ yeah, they use HVAC.
@@weirdscix you need insulation to keep heat out too. Lived in Oz and was shocked that houses don't have double glazing either. The problem with that is air con cools the house but it warms up again not long after you turn it off. Totally ruins your sleep
My house, built in 1910, has a Welsh slate roof. I don't know if it has been ever replaced, but I've lived in that house for 18 years and the last thing I would think of replacing is the roof.
I live in Wales I would love a Welsh tiled roof but it is so expensive now
My house is also over 100 years old and still has the original clay tiled roof in good condition. Even thatched roofs last for 30 years or more without being recovered
My house was built in 1917 and still has most of the original clay tiles on it and the OG South American hard wood timbers (there was a spate of dodgy builders that ripped off people and stole their roof timbers while charging to fit pine in my town, in '87 we found out who got done when their rooves ended up in the road). It has been re-sealed and the chimney covered over the years though.
My old house in Liverpool was built just before WW1 and the roof was slate, had the chimney flashing replaced about 10years ago, roofer said the slates had another 50years in them!
I had to remove a delabole roof the other year for a rebuild .
The house was 200 years old and the slate was going back on when finished.
Plenty of worm n death watch though
We don't build our houses out of cardboard in the UK. We have houses that are 300 years old with the original roofs. I lived in the same house from birth until I was 20. I'm now 62 & that roof is still in great condition.
My parents house (cottage) was built in 1630 & still has the original roof.
The home I have lived in for 40 years was built in 1968. It still has its original tiled roof. It was inspected last year with a view to having solar panels installed.
No replacement, not a single tile, required.
The house I was born and raised in was built in 1926. According to its present owner it still has its original slate roof except for a few edging tiles which were ripped off in the massive storm of 1986.
I am 72 years old and have never even had to think about replacing the roof. Twice we've repaired a tile or two, but that's all.
That’s amazing to hear 🥰
My house had a new roof in 1903. We replaced it a hundred years later. We have a felted and tiled roof. It helps keep the warmth inside the house during Winter. Other things used - are slates (literally tiles of slate which are much lighter than the tiles I have on my roof) or thatch. I don't know if anyone here has wooden shingles. You've seen thatched roofs on some of the English cottages in your reaction videos. I heard, just yesterday, that often the thatch, that forms underlayer, can be many centuries old and that its only the top layers that tend to be new. The video I was watching said that the thatch on the house he was working on still had its 12th century under layer. Surprising!!!!
Chip butty. The Brits usually butter their bread first when making sandwiches. Same with a Chip butty. I am told this is strange to an American - is that true? Another great reaction. Love from the UK.
Not only do you walk out of the hospital with a newborn baby and you don't have to pay a thing under the NHS, but the Government then gives you extra money called Child Allowance until that child is old enough to work!
Same in most countries around the world. She would have done better to say ''what the rest of the world does better than the US'' though there's no shortage of other videos on that subject.
Yorkshire stone roof in place since 1810. Still has the wooden nails holding it in place and all as solid as well, Yorkshire stone.
The difference is simple, in the UK, people tend to be put first, in the US, the almighty dollar takes that spot.
Brits are no longer put first!!!! Migrants are!!!
In the UK, the price you SEE on the shelf is the price you PAY at the till WE don't add taxes on later as we add them before. The prices INCLUDE any tax.
Here in the UK, rooves are built to last. There many houses well over 300 years old which STILL have their original roof. As we DO have extreme weather too - especially on the coast and in the hills.
UK plugs (and wall sockets) are packed with safety feature. In the socket, there is a plate which stops children inserting things into it and getting shocked. That longer prong on the plug pushes this plate aside when pushed into to socket so the other prongs can access the power supply. The sockets also have a switch on them to isolate the power if needed, making any device inoperable if the power is turned off at the socket. And our plugs also have fuses in them meaning that if the power surges or the plug gets over-loaded, the thin wire inside the fuse melts away which will also cut the power.
i have a place called bakers cottage, the original building is from the Tudor times, but as a dwelling i have paperwork from late 1600s, so i have a thatched roof. I have been there 20 yrs and the thatch has so far some good yrs left
The UK plugtop is one of the best and safest designs in the world. So many inbuilt safety elements intended to protect life, improve longevity and function efficiently. The first thing I would do in an American house is upgrade the electrics to UK standards - then the plumbing!
Might not be so helpful, as the North American grid is half the Wattage of the UK.
While I think the British plugs are a little too bulky, I agree with you on the quality of US plugs. Easily bent, no safety elements...
All in all, I think the common EU plug (there are small variations, but a French plug can use a German outlet and vice versa) is the best of both worlds.
@@barvdw wattage or voltage? 120 volts would be double the current and an even stronger reason for a plugtop with built in fuse, extended earth pin and sleeved power pins. Still, there are good inventions from all over the world. It feels odd to me that US has not established a common power grid of sorts but Im guessing that could be politics and money at play. Best wishes from across the pond.
@@stuw5910 sorry, yes, voltage. It's 220 (230) in Europe, including the UK, it's half that in North America.
@@barvdw Just don't try to use a Spanish one in an Italian socket.
@@petergaskin1811 those traditional three-pronged Italian plugs are being phased out in my experience, replaced by more common German or French style plugs.
It would be very unusual to replace a roof on a house (except thatch) in less than about 75 to 100 years. My brother's house dates to 1890s and it has its original slate roof.
The roof thing is the same all over Europe, not just the UK. Apart from, possibly, having a loose tile - no-one ever thinks of replacing their roof.
Unless you get woodworm in the joists...
I see roofs being replaced from time to time (including my next-door neighbour a few years back) but it's certainly not a common sight.
Yes you can claim your holiday time back if you’re ill. Another thing British people can do is self-certify yourself as ill for 7 days. That means you don’t need a Dr’s note unless you’re going to be off for an extended period of time. Why is this the case? It takes the pressure off of GP’s, most people if they get a viral infection usually recover in about a week, and resting sprains and other minor injuries prevents them from becoming a bigger issue. If your boss says you’re indispensable to the company and that they can’t afford to have you miss work for a week, it means that they’re awful at their job as a manager and they have a terrible business continuity plan.
Echoing others my house in the UK was built in 1820, I bought it in 1995 with the original slate roof, the only thing was to clean and seal the inner surface of the slates. Fit for another 100 years.
Even Aussie cement roof tiles are good for 50 - 80 years (depending on the state & the weather) we can coat the tiles to give them UV stability protection.
Correct you can reclaim holiday, it depends on the employer, we do not have to find a temporary replacement if we are ill, that's down to the employer. To cover you if required.
We work to live, not live to work.
If you are thinking of having a chip buttie, apart from using thick fries, make sure the bread you use is thick and you use a good butter and make sure you butter your bread thickly so when you place your hot fries on the butter it melts into the bread. Tomatoes sauce is the preferred condiment for a chip buttie.
Enjoy from the UK
Liar... BROWN SAUCE for the win!!!!
Wrong, a proper chip butty has brown sauce on it . Only southern softies use tomato ketchup on chip butties .
Brown sauce for bacon, sausage or fried egg sandwiches
@@maskedavenger2578 brown sauce on bacon, sausage, or fried egg sandwiches
She should have it with only a little salt on the buttered bread, the first time, then try different condiments, to find her favourites, just as the commenters here have.
My house was built by my late father-in-law in the 1950s. It's had a bit of work done here and there but 95% of it is original.
Universal health care such as we have in the UK is, in my view, absolutely fundamental to developed countries. The lives and, indeed, health of its citizens should not and cannot take second place to love of money. For me, the first test for a civilised country is how it cares for vulnerable people. If, like the United States, it does not take care of the sick then it fails at the first hurdle and so rather than being the great country that many of its citizens claim, it is under developed and backward.
Public Health not private profit. a Principle which eventually destroyed the Conservative Party
UK sick time is not given a limit....its assessed case by case....I was off sick because my Dad died unexpectedly....I was really impacted....I was off work 6 months Fully paid
It really depends on the employer though. For example in a Gov Dept. I used to work for, you technically had a 10 day limit before 'action' started but there was also a 3 incidents of sickness element to that. You couldn't be off 4 single days sickness (even if they were genuine sick days) without going on report. The action was then ongoing, to assess whether they really wanted to keep employing someone who got sick often. A real problem for those staff who dealt face to face with the general public daily. So while not an immediate sacking, the process took upto 6 months, you could well be out of a job if you had a health condition or just a bad spate of sickness bouts.
I am dutch the only roofs that can give problems are flat horizontal roofs. Those can get leaking problems. Normaly you do not have to replace any roofs. What I do see more and more are sun-panels to creat electrisity. Hope my english is readeble english is not my first language.
Just as a ball park figure the average slate roof will last for two hundred years but that is only the timber battens that hold the roof slates in place, slate can last indefinitely but practically roof slates can be re used many times. Another roof covering is fired clay tiles others are a form of concrete tiles each will last comfortably one hundred and fifty to two hundred years.
I think Edwardian houses were very well built. The house I grew up in was built in 1906, and still looks great.
The most you will usually do in the UK is replace a damaged tile, or fix a leak. In all the places I've lived, never replaced a roof.
Gees oh if a person who is so loveable and so genuine as Kalyn is getting comments that she doesn't want to be in the UK then I despair I really do! I have followed her Girl Gone London channel for years now and I love it she is just so genuine and amazing!
I once found a house which still retained it's original base coat of thatch. It was smoke blackened and sooty from the open fire in use when the house was built as an open hall house in about 1390
You were lucky to retain the undercloak for that long. I worked on a similar cottage with soot blackened undercloak although it was Tudor. It had to be rethatched but the thatcher refused to retain the undercloak because all the hessian ties had rotted and attempting to thatch on the original undercloak would probably have see the whole roof in the garden!
When they say "land of the free" it's obviously not a financially based statement.
There was a re-roofing grant in the UK in the 1980s and a neighbour had his original stone tiles swapped for concrete tiles. Most of the houses had already been done before we moved in. My house had been done with modern concrete tiles that look like old stone tiles.
That was over 40 years ago. Ironically all the stone tiles from the old cottages were saved and used in more picturesque villages where most of the cottages had stone tile roofs.
There is a product called Swithland Slate that is a stone tile from the Swithland, Leics quarry. It a very good roof if enormously heavy as each stone tile will be well over 25mm (1") thick.
I replaced my roof this year. The roof that was replaced was the original one from when the house was built in 1947.
The roofer said the new one should last at least 60 years.
If you're going to try a chip butty then remember to put a thick layer of butter on the bread. Buttering bread is so common in Britain that we don't even think to mention it and are astonished when Americans don't do it. The butter will add a slight sweetness to the product and also protect the bread from any excess grease that could leak off of the chips and make the bread disintegrate.
For condiments the choice is yours. I prefer salt and vinegar but that's what I would have on the chips in or out of a butty.
IF a chip butty had butter on it then I would NOT eat it - I can't stand butter, or margarine. I prefer sandwiches without either as the taste better.
Thanks as always for your videos Island Girl 🎉❤
The roofing surface the US puts on it's roofs is what we put on a shed. Roofs here can last as long as the house. You can find pleanty roofs that are 100/200 years old.
We don't think about our rooves unless an individual tile slips or cracks (concrete, slate, terracotta etc.). The shingle material Americans use only really gets used for garden sheds here.
If I recall even thatched roofs are expected to last twenty to fifty years before being replaced
@@jameshead9119if well maintained they can go even longer, the base layers can be centuries old
@@wodmarach I had a feeling something like that might be true just didn’t want to exaggerate
British roof tiles are designed to last around 100 years
We have just had our roof replaced , the one that was replaced was from the 1950s , we had, had a refresh in the 1980s like a few tiles replaced and gutters done ridge tiles redone and the like , then this year we had had a very bad hail storm and when the roofer came he gave us quotes on fixing or replacing , we thought it was best to replace because he said the roof was showing its age, but if we had wanted we could have got another 10 years out of it .
I had my bungalow re-roofed 7 years ago, along with lots of insulation under the tiles, after my extension was built. The bungalow was built in 1965.
The house I was born in was built in 1931 - my dad saw it being built ! He bought it in 1950 - it still had the same roof then and it wasn’t replaced until around 1981 after it had started to leak. The roof had been slates but was re-roofed with tiles known as Marley Majors. I passed my old home earlier this year and it still has these tiles on it. Some of the other houses in the area still have the slated roofs they were built with !
I live in the NW of England, U.K.
A British roof will last for well over 100 years. We use slates, clay/terracotta tiles or concrete tiles for most roofs. The only exception is a traditional thatched roof (usually found on very old cottages) made from bundles of reeds which will last 20-30 years.
Concrete tiles only last about 50-60 years. Both my sister and mother have had to have their concrete tile roofs replaced in the last few years, as have many of the people on their streets. They become porous over time, though newer ones might last longer. My house is slate and 75 years old and other than a few loose slates being repaired is original.
@@jonathanbuzzard1376 Early concrete tiles were problematic but by 1960's that had been solved.
@@clivewilliams3661 the concrete tiles on my mums house built in 1968 or my sisters built in the mid 1970s disagree aand have had to be replaced.
@@jonathanbuzzard1376 I have been in construction for over 50 years and as an Architect for more than 40 years and apart from reports of poor durability in the early days of concrete tiles I have never seen or heard of wholesale issues. Whereabouts is your Mum's and Sister's houses? Any idea what tiles they were, Marley or Redland had most of the market.
@@clivewilliams3661 Then you are poorly informed. It is so widespread on both my Mothers and Sisters estates that it is basically endemic. You can see roofs being replaced in the area all the time when driving about. I have no idea what make they are. But to give you an idea of how bad it can be on the house over the road from my mother, the tiles have become porous but because of the bitumen impregnated underlay no leaks, but the battens rotted out on a north facing side of the roof and the tiles all fell off. So let's test your constructional knowledge they are both Leech built.
I have never seen a roof replaced in my life (50 years). All the houses I have lived in have had their original rooves (the oldest I lived in was 200 years old, most 100+ years old)
I'm a Canadian living in Australia. I love it here, mainly because of the relaxed life style, and the almost complete lack of snow. In the U.K. they have NHS. Here in Australia we have something similar called Medibank. Since I retired, any prescribed medication I require is heavily subsidized by the government. So my monthly prescription for cholesterol and blood pressure costs me $19.00 AUS combined PER MONTH. When I was working, I was entitled to 4 full weeks of paid annual leave. 10 days per year 'sick or personal' leave, paid, which was cumulative. As an adult, I put myself through university as a part time student, while still working and raising a family. The tuition fees were heavily subsidized by the government. Over a number of years I went from certificates and diplomas, to a Bachelor's degree. And finally a Master's degree. On my infrequent trips back to the USA to see American relatives and friends, they would ask about what it was like living in Australia. I would respond to questions, and after a while I realized that my American family and friends felt I was gaslighting them. Mainly because they could not relate what I was saying to their own life situations. So I quite going back.
Third pin on a plug is also a safety feature
They do have 3 pin plugs in the US but they are only on heavy draw items, like electric cookers, that need 220v and a higher current.
We have Employment Laws here that give some protection to the employee. Most Employers offer a set amount of paid off time for sick leave. If the illness/sickness exceeds this limit, then we can can claim basic S.S.P. Statutory Sick Pay, from the State/Government
My house was built in 1981. The roof is the same one. I don't ever expect to have to replace it. Ever.
We bought our house in 2002 and it was built in 1975. The roof was replaced in 2018 for the first time I think.
Man that's just amazing 🥰
The house I used to live in was 200 years old, needed a tile replacing once, but that was all. Wouldn't think of replacing a roof unless something terrible happened, like a fire.
Those felt things you put on American roofs are what we in the UK use on cheap garden sheds. The UK used natural slate, terra cotta tiles and on some houses built it the 17th century thin stone slabs. Thatch (reed straw) is also used on some older buildings but that tends to be replaced every 20 to 30 years
The roof on my mums house lasted 100 years before it needed replacing 😂
Most of the windows lasted (with some maintenance) 120 years
No we DON'T need to replace our roof every 10-15 years! Definitely not! If there has been extreme weather then sometimes some individual roof tiles need to be replaced but thats it! I have lived in my current social housing for 24 years now and Not Once has the roof had to be replaced!
If you look at the photo she showed between Usa and Uk roof tiles that will give you an idea, they are very thick and they slant to allow water to run off them so no its never really an issue
I LOVE your accent! great video :) We've just had to replace our roof in the uk because the underfelt under the tiles had failed - tiles were still fine but if the underfelt goes it stops being waterproof. The house was built in 1957 and this is the first time we've had to replace it, so that's 60 plus years. I'm based in wales no scorching heat or hurricanes, just lots of 50mile per hour winds where I am and a LOT of rain :)
The perfect chip butty:
Cut chips from a large potato. Roughly the same dimensions as your largest finger.
Salt a pan of water and boil chips until they START to soften up. You COULD mash them to make mashed potatoes but they'd be bad, lumpy mash. That level of soft.
Drain. Dry.
Shallow fry in beef fat or lard.
You are looking for a pale straw colour.
Drain and dry.
Once cool, then deep fry in hot oil until golden and crispy.
Have thick cut, soft, white sliced bread OR soft white bap. The sliced bread is better.
Thickly butter the bread with a salted butter.
Quickly assemble the sandwich. Two layers of chips one across the sandwich the other at 90 degrees to the first, down the sandwich. Quickly add your ground black pepper, cracked salt, (ketchup mayo or vinegar to you own preference). Close the sandwich.
Do not CUT the sandwich. DO have napkins. This is two handed food. It will be messy. That is glorious and to be embraced. The hot, crispy, fluffy chips will melt the butter and soak the bread and it will start to lose structural integrity.
This is by design. This is not to be savoured slowly. The disintegration forces you to eat the butty before it collapses which ALSO forces you to eat the thing whilst the chips are still hot and crispy and while some of the butter is still cold and unmelted. This is as much about the texture and mouthfeel as it is about flavour.
You will need to wash your face afterwards, despite the napkins.
Not to be eaten when wearing fancy clothes.
This is carb HEAVY food. Do not try and mitigate this fact in the recipe in any way. If you don't carb, then don't eat this.
If you eat this and prepare it properly, your mouth will love you forever. You will likely need a little sleep afterwards. Pair it with a strong cup of breakfast tea or a latte.
This is your main meal of the day.
This is the perfect recipe. Warning: once you have this version, lesser well prepared versions will not taste as good or satisfy nearly as well. Bear this in mind. This version is not always available at greasy spoons or chippies. This will ruin those for you.
Enjoy, if you dare.
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Can be combined with the triple fried egg chili chutney sandwich, however: death from excessive pleasure is a considerable risk followed by only a fractionally less lethal digestive reaction.
To be tried once, at the end of the world. If you know what's good for you.
That sounds like an awful lot of work for a chip butty .... if you feel it's worth it fine but I'll stick with the normal variety, as long as the chips are good and thick, properly fried and the bread is thickly buttered so that the butter melts into the bread and chips that's good enough for me..😋
My house was built in 1905, bought it 2 years ago and haven't replaced yet. Or thinking of doing so. It also stone built so added features . ❤❤
In the uk we use tiles Clay tiles - 50 - 100 years. Concrete tiles - 40 - 75 years. Natural slate - up to 150 years.
Home made chips are better for a chip butty, but for better experience butter the bread then the chips and top with ketchup or mayo, its delicious. My house was built in the 1940s and it's been replaced twice, we use thick slate. What you use for your house, we use similar for a garden shed.
From my experience of living in america with for work on and off for 3 years, everything in america is built not to last and to get as much money out you as they can. Its kinda crazy and just felt so much less stressfull when i returned to the uk.
My house was built in 1863, because I own it outright I have all the deeds. The roof on my houses has never been replaced. I had some tiles removed when I had a velux window put in, when I did an attic conversion and I had a second bathroom put in up there. 😊
We tend to replace our roof, every 120 - 175 years, depending on the condition of the tiles....!
The roof was replaced in my 120 year old flat about 6 years ago, for the first time since they were built. It will last for another 100 years at least.
Most older homes have slate tile rooves and more modern ones use ceramic or concrete tiles, I think. The only rooves that need replacing are thatched rooves which need replacing every 40 years (if you look after them).
My house was built in the 1880s, i have lived here since 1988 and its never even had to have the roof repaired let alone replaced.
I'm Dutch and my father has a roofing business, so I know a thing or two about it. I remember that I saw the American tv-show "Dirty jobs" episode "Hot Tar Roofer" from 2005. Hot tar roofing is something that isn't done in The Netherlands since the 1950s. So in the USA they are 50 years behind in roofing technology. WTF!!!
Thanks for another great reaction video
I have a house built in 1875. It had not been well maintained. Slates were sliding off. So you take all the slates off, check each 1 for layering, and then you replace the same slates. Generally it is the nails that have perished. If you need to replace any slates you can buy old ones from demolited buildings. If there are none available with a similar colour you put the old tiles on the front and replacements on the back. We do not use metal or corrugated fibre board for roofs. Modern houses use 'artificial' slate or concrete interlocking tiles. When tiles/slates are replaced a waterproof membrane is inserted to comply with modern regulations.
My house was built in 1846 (So not very old by Uk standards) with 2' thick stone walls and a Welsh slate roof. To the best of my knowledge it has never been replaced, and expect it to see me out short of a major catastrophe. I did have to replace the roof on a rear extension, but that was a recent build and a bit of a bodgit.
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My house is just coming up to hundred years old and I had a roofer come and check it, just in case, he said it was fine and have it checked in another 5. There are cottages near me which have stone tiles, they look amazing and haven’t been changed since the 1700’s, wish I had one of those
I grew up in north west London in a house built in the 1930's.
My Mum sold the house in 2014 and I've driven past and seen on Google earth it has now got a new roof.
However the whole time my family owned it between 1983-2014, it still had the original 1930's roof, no maintenance was required even after the hurricane in 1987.
You should take a look at our thatched roofs. They last thirty to forty years
Looked after right by replacing damaged or weathered areas it can last up to 60 years. I have a grade 2 listed cottage and about 30 years left in mine good points and bad to having it. Bad side is only about 800 thatchers left in England so cost is nuts waiting time for someone to come check out ( luckily my nephew is a training thatcher) and materials is like 500 quid a bushel. Up side is it really keeps heat in and I do save money on that. My wife’s favourite is that it gives of something like a gas that keeps creepy crawlers away. Only wish the house was younger though…. The rules for owning listed houses are a pain in the neck when I had a garage built I had to have a fake thatched roof put on so it’s in keeping with the house…… cost a bomb 😢
We have slates or tiles on the roof in the UK....... my house has tiles......we have had the same roof since we moved in in 1965.
If making your own chip butty, make sure you butter the bread before adding the chips/French Fries, then add salt and malt vinegar and tomato ketchup.
It seems very odd they don't butter sandwiches .
Our house (London) was built in 1889 and the original slate roof lasted 120 years before we replaced it in 2009. Slate was used once again so no reason it shouldn't last for over 100 years again
Yep, homemade chip butty much better than boughten chips every time. Yummy!!
Replace your roof, WHAT! A good slate or tile roof should last 100 years or more; our cottage had some broken slates replaced 130 years after it was built and 45 years on its still good and probably good for another 50 before any further new slates needed; a thatched roof with Norfolk reed about 35 years, a "flat" felt roof probably good for 35 years at most.
My house in Perth was built in 1959. It's a double brick and tile with Jarrah wood roof supports and when we bought it the surveyor reckoned it hadn't been touched since it was built. 😁
I think the best thing about universal healthcare is that it is FREE at the point of contact. Yes, we pay for it, but we don't pay twice!!! 😊
Tax in the US varies from 1% to 9% depending on the state. The UK pays 20% tax. That extra 10%+ pays for the NHS. Nothing is free.
@@MarkLikesCoffee860not tax (20% paid on everything after £250) that's for running the country, we pay national insurance at 13% (in scotland) on all £ earned after £188 that pays for the national health service. So if you earn less than £188 you don't pay tax or insurance, and if you are a student you don't pay tax at all. Per weekly wage.
@MarkLikesCoffee860 Of course, nothing is free, but at least we don't have to worry about going bankrupt because we had the audacity to get really sick, break a bone, a car accident, or giving birth. Also, our tax only kicks in at a certain point. The first £12,500 you earn each year is tax free
@@MarkLikesCoffee860 nobody ever claims we don't pay for the NHS, we just don't pay for treatment.
Which would you rather have though? an increase in tax that pays for your health care from even before you're born, right up until your last breath, regardless of if you're working or not.. or go bankrupt / die, because you can't afford life saving medication
My house was built in the 1950's and it still has the same roof it was built with.
I live in a four story Victoria house build in the 1860's, not that old by UK standards, the roof has never been fully replaced, some patching and re-pointing in the late 1970's and new felt on one side this year. I will not need to touch it for the rest of my life and I'm only in my 40's.
I replaced 2 tiles once, about 10 years ago, because a branch fell on my roof in a storm. I just replaced the lead flashing around my chimney. Otherwise, never replaced a roof.
The third pin on our plugs is not to keep the plug in the socket. It is an Earth pin (ground). It means the aplliance is Earthed for safety. Also it is longer so that, when pushed into the socket, it opens the flaps for the main two pins to go in. When you remove the plug, the flaps close & things cannot be inserted inbthe holes by mistake. Also, the plug has a fuse so that, if there is a fault, the plug fuse will blow - rather than the appliance or circuit (trip switch / main fuse box).
The third prong does more than stabilize the plug. It's a safety protection that American plugs don't have.
Our house roof is Welsh slate. It's still the original roof from 1889, so 135 years old.
The UK plug is a master of design. So many safety features built into it and the socket (receptacle) on the wall. It'd have to be badly damaged to cause any major chance of giving an electric shock. There are plenty of videos on YT about them, but most miss one or two of the features.
Our house is 124 years old and still has the original slates (natural slate hewn from a slate mine possibly in wales) on at least on the front and at the back the flat "felt" roof is at least 35 years old and still weather tight
The 3rd pin on the plug is a safety feature but not to stop it falling from the socket, the 3rd pin is the earth, it earths the electricity supply making sure there are no electric shocks from the socket or appliance, we also have a higher voltage in our electrical circuits which is why we don’t have outlets in the bathroom, it’s the old water + electricity = death thing! Our outlets also come with or without an on/off switch, ingenious eh
We replaced our roof once in 35 years, about a decade ago we bought another Victorian house (180 years old) and have not thought of replacing the roof as it is sound and only about 40 years old.
that third 'prong' on the plug is for the earth cable, which is for safety if the appliance has a fault it should not electrocute you.
Very rarely a plug might not have the earth cable in it, which then the third prong is just a piece a plastic
I have lived in my house for 55 years, and the roof of slate tiles does not need to be replaced, and I don't think the roof has ever been replaced since the house was built in about 1920. I was shocked to see the example of the flimsy roof tiles in a US house. Also the UK electric plugs have a lot of safety features designed into them, as we do have much stronger electric power.
Talking about having ‘Pizza and Chips’, which in the UK would be Pizza with Chips on the plate as an accompaniment, here in Sweden, you can get a Pizza with kebab meat, garlic sauce, and chips on the top.
There's a lot more to the British plug than just staying in the wall. They have multiple safety advantages as well like the wall sockets closing when not in use which needs the third pin to open and fuses built into the plug itself.
My house is Edwardian & has the original Welsh slate roof tiles. Only the occasional repair.
Depending on the roof type they would normally last a minimum of 100 years to 300 or 400 years, Thatched roofs need to be redone every 30 years. where i live my roof tiles were put on in the 1960.s and will last at least another 100 years.
only roof repair i have known being done in the uk other then (red weather/storm) is when the struts/beams are damaged and it is a full repair that is garanetied to last 30years from compation, the holi to sick days swap is only if you have a letter from a GP/doc from where i have worked but it is back datable a few days
We had solar panels installed on the roof of our 1970s house and because the old bituminised felt was shot, we had it replaced while the scaffolding was up.
The tiles were off, felt replaced and original concrete tiles back on in 2 days.
The only thing we did was to clean the moss off the old tiles.
Uk has a circuit of cycle routes through rural areas and cycle lanes on, or next to roads. We also have public footpaths throughout UK, often adjacent to farmland and can walk for miles.(Then catch a bus home!)😊
I live in Canada where weather can also be vigorous with storms and lots of snow! We also have the awful asphalt shingles as the US - but I replaced mine with metal which should also have a very long life and should not need replacing in a lifetime. UK roofs are frequently ceramic tiles which are extremely durable. The UK can have very strong rain storms with wind and rain so they do need much tougher materials than asphalt shingles.
Shocked by food prices and also terrible food quality in the US. Last year in California worked out that on average food was half again as much as London.
My house was built in 1950 it’s never needed to be replaced
My late 19th century cottage was extended in 1970 and the slate roof from the old part was replaced with tiles to match the new part. I've had to have the flashing at the joints redone but that's about it. The old roof is incredibly solid and fully lined with wood, unlike the hardboard of the 1970 roof. Half of the new roof has solar panels fitted too. If I won the lottery I'd probably replace it all with slate but otherwise, no.