No, I never told you. I just held it in. And now, I miss everything about you. Can't believe that I still want you. And after all the things we've been through. I miss everything about you. Without you. Songwriters: REEVES, JASON / DIAGUARDI, KARA / CAILLAT, COLBIE.
In reality, while asbestos was commonly used in many asphalt roofing materials, asbestos was rarely used in the shingles themselves. It is acknowledged by the asphalt shingle manufacturers that between 1963 and the mid 1970s, some manufacturers did use asbestos in the fiber mat of shingles.
Roof systems go way back. The asphalt composition shingle is a modern version of a shingle system invented as far back as the Egyptian dynasties, but no one can be sure of its origin. Wood shingles and shakes were probably the first shingles used in America by the colonists who brought the shingle concept from Europe. Slate remains common throughout Europe and the USA. Thatch is sill used in Britain and elsewhere in Europe.