Jossy 🥰🥰

One thing I’ve noticed about us Nigerians 🇳🇬 we can price a roof before we even understand the roof. 😂 I was looking at a beautiful house recently and as usual, the first thing that came to mind was Hmm… how much did this roof cost?😂 And I started laughing because, honestly, that’s how most of us see roofs. We see the colour. We see the shape. We see whether the house looks expensive. But imagine two people standing in front of that same roof. One is admiring it. The other is looking at it and asking Where will the rainwater flow? Why is this part raised? What is supporting these sheets? Why did they use this particular design?🤔 At that point, something changes. He’s no longer just looking at a roof. He’s reading it. And once you start reading a roof, those things you used to ignore suddenly start making sense. That highest meeting line where the slopes come together? That’s the ridge. That outside corner running down? That’s the hip. That inside channel where the rainwater can run? That’s the valley. The lower edge? That’s the eave. And underneath the roofing sheets, helping to support them? Those are the purlins. Same house. Same roof. But now you’re seeing something completely different. You’ve gone from: Nice roof.😂 To Okay… I actually understand what I’m looking at. And that’s the beauty of knowledge. The more you understand something, the more you start seeing what you used to overlook. So the next time you’re driving past one of those big Nigerian houses with the serious-looking roof 😂, don’t just look at it and move on. Take a second. Look up. Ask yourself those questions. Where’s the ridge? Where’s the hip? Where’s the valley? What’s supporting those sheets? No Google o. 😝 Let’s see if we’ve been looking at roofs all these years… without actually seeing them. 😂🏠