It looks like traditional cedar shakes but is more durable and keeps scrap tires from being buried in a landfill.
Using old tire rubber for roofing.
By the mother earth news editors september october 1976 converting old tires into roofing material is an eco friendly construction technique.
Typical roofing materials include steel asphalt shingles stone and wood all in various forms.
During my research i also found the typical percentages of the synthetic rubber and natural rubber rubber mix in various types of tires.
Old tires can be converted into roofing material.
The rubber fragments are then scraped clean of any steel and nylon threads.
Manufacturers purchase massive quantities of old tires an average roof requires anywhere from 250 to 1000 tires and dissect the hard rubber rings into small chunks which are fed into a granulating process.