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This is the old “tar and gravel” system. This system is “built” on the roof when layers of roofing felts are adhered together using hot asphalt. The felts are then coated with hot asphalt and gravel is embedded in it. The use of gravel to protect the felts from the sun is not as popular today as it once was.
