Replacing Concrete Roof Tiles With Slate

The replacement concrete tiles had caused bowing and partial collapse of the roof timbers.

Replacing concrete roof tiles with slate.

These roofing tiles are perfect for tile roof repair and restoration. Slate all the way concrete will knock a bit of value of your home as well. The felt provided a temporary watertight roof until the slate could be installed atop it. Also as touched on above some concrete roof tile manufacturers have found innovative ways to give consumers more options by making their tile look like wood shake or slate.

We noted that the structure would have been clad originally with slate. Beginning in the late nineteenth century asphalt saturated roofing felt was installed atop solid wood sheathing. We custom manufacture roofing tiles to replace those obsolete roof tiles. On roofs with concrete decks slates were typically nailed to wood nailing strips embedded in the concrete.

Concrete tiles causing partial collapse of roof. As a result more pressure is put on the overall structure of the home and can lead to serious structural issues. Discontinued roofing tiles salvaged clay and concrete roof tiles available. Custom made concrete tiles also available.

While concrete roofing tiles are a fairly durable roofing option the underlayment is not. Should be able to salvage 75 of your roof and top up with new or reclaimed. Plain tiles are also very common in the uk unlike the concrete or clay interlocking tiles above they have no interlocking and water proofing features at the sides at all and are usually overlapped twice by the tiles above a lot like traditional roofing slate double overlap common sizes are 266mm x 165 10 and a half inch x 6 and a half. Also look at spanish and chinese slate as.