Old House Roof Tiles

They are also environmentally friendly as they can be recycled if they outlast the building that they are installed on.

Old house roof tiles.

Slate tiles are made of 100 natural stone and they are extremely durable. If a slate roof is installed and maintained properly it can last up to 100 years. Both genuine and synthetic slate are produced in lengths from 8 to about 24 with widths from about 4 to 16. Concrete clay roof tiles.

A wood shingle roof should be inspected annually and any split shingles should be promptly replaced. Cedar shakes shingles. Ceramic tile photo by nancy andrews. What it costs a new 3 250 square foot roof can range from 6 500 to more than 20 000.

You ll pay 250 to 600 per square for a wood shingle roof and warranties run up to 30 years. Roofing jane powell old house journal ohj may june 2008. May 15 2020 we hate to see a beautiful roofing tile go to waste so here are some ways to re purpose roofing tiles for beautiful home furnishings and projects. Tiles roofs found in the mid 18th century moravian settlements in pennsylvania closely resembled those found in germany.

Interlocking ceramic tiles create a stunningly beautiful roof that can last for 100 years or more. Having a tile roof is a lot like owning a parrot both are beautiful exotic expensive and sometimes difficult to deal with. Lightweight tiles can weigh six pounds per square foot while heftier types weigh in at up to 18 pounds per square foot. Typically the tiles were 1415 long 67 wide with a curved butt.

Take them away and your house will never be the same. A lug on the back allowed the tiles to hang on the lathing without nails or pegs. The tile surface was usually scored with finger marks to promote drainage. In some cities such as new york and boston clay was popularly used as a precaution against such fires as those that engulfed london in 1666 and scorched boston in 1679.

A serial restorer contractor and author. European settlers used clay tile for roofing as early as the mid 17th century. Silva brothers crew member garrett deblois takes a prybar to 22 year old asphalt roof shingles at the manchester by the sea project house which had begun to leak. But this type of roofing requires a beefy support structure.

Some european structures have natural slate tile roofs that are centuries old. And both will probably outlive you. Many pantiles s curved tiles as well as flat roofing tiles were used in jamestown virginia.