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Victorian house roof tiles.
Being relatively heavy they have caused some roofs to sag alarmingly.
Stile spanish tile provides the natural beauty of clay tile roofing in a lightweight steel material.
Concrete tiles on victorian house too heavy.
Typically the tiles were 1415 long 67 wide with a curved butt.
Stile meets every code from miami dade hurricane zone to texas windstorm.
Roofs tell tales about houses and their inhabitants about time and place and about style in every sense of the word.
Americana early american old type blend.
A variegated tile roof adds character to a building at a roof does much more than shelter the humans who live beneath it more even than protect the house.
The roof was recovered with concrete tiles.
7 x 12 salvaged ludowici brittany shingle tiles.
If we weren t having the roof off anyway we d not bother adding it now.
If you need a custom tile manufactured we can do that too.
Interlocking concrete tiles also look clumsy and are unsuitable for areas where intricate detailing is required such as on bay windows.
Clay roofing is durable and long lasting but it s important to match clay tiles with the victorian period.
While asphalt roofs weren t used during the victorian period they can be made to resemble victorian style roofing such as wood shakes or slate.
Tiles roofs found in the mid 18th century moravian settlements in pennsylvania closely resembled those found in germany.
The surveyor has noted the new concrete tiles are too heavy and there is minor sagging in th roof.
Spanish clay tiles for example won t be a good match for a victorian period home.
Composite or vinyl slate tile is expected to last 40 60 years.
Our 1900 house has no felt under the tiles.
In the 1980s many victorian houses had their roofs re clad with large interlocking concrete tiles.
Americana early american old type blend.
I know the roof was redone sometime not that long ago we re having the attic done soon and the builder says the tiles are fine to reuse but no idea why felt wasn t added.
We d just carry on checking it regularly during rain.
I am buying a small mid terrace victorian house in bromley c 1869.
The tile surface was usually scored with finger marks to promote drainage.
A lug on the back allowed the tiles to hang on the lathing without nails or pegs.
After 1840 stationary and portable mills produced the sawn shingles common for queen anne and shingle style houses of the victorian period often stained in greens or earth tones.
Clay tiles were also used as roofing materials in early victorian period homes.
When railroads reached the pacific northwest in the 1890s western red cedar rot resistant and abundant soon dominated the market across all house styles.
