Replacing Concrete Roof Tiles With Slate

The felt provided a temporary watertight roof until the slate could be installed atop it.

Replacing concrete roof tiles with slate. 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. Slate all the way concrete will knock a bit of value of your home as well. 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.

Beginning in the late nineteenth century asphalt saturated roofing felt was installed atop solid wood sheathing. While concrete roofing tiles are a fairly durable roofing option the underlayment is not. We custom manufacture roofing tiles to replace those obsolete roof tiles. These roofing tiles are perfect for tile roof repair and restoration.

Beyond this however water absorption can make concrete roofing tiles that are already heavy even heavier. The replacement concrete tiles had caused bowing and partial collapse of the roof timbers. As a result more pressure is put on the overall structure of the home and can lead to serious structural issues. Custom made concrete tiles also available.

On roofs with concrete decks slates were typically nailed to wood nailing strips embedded in the concrete. In fact the damage from the concrete tiles was so severe that replacement was the only option. Discontinued roofing tiles salvaged clay and concrete roof tiles available. Also look at spanish and chinese slate as.