The choice of roofing for the roof of the house. Ceramic roof tiles are an excellent roofing option.
The industry produces cement-sand and clay( ceramic) tiles. The manufacture of clay ceramic roof tiles for roofs, at enterprises is similar to the production of bricks. Cement-sand tiles can be made independently using a homemade press. For this purpose, thoroughly mix 1 part of fir or pine sawdust and cement and 2 parts of pure quartz sand, and then add 0.5 parts of water to the resulting mixture.
See the same - how to repair the tiled roof, as well as the installation, installation and types of tiled roofing for various types of buildings.
Characteristics and types of roof tiles
For the roofs and roof ridge overlapping, ready-made grooved elements are produced by the industry. Tiles by the nature of the connection can be:
- simple, which only one edge clings to the chute;
- complex, the engagement of which occurs with two or more ribs.
The shingles according to the form of manufacture are of the following types:
- ribbon with curved edge;
- ribbon with double curved edge, represented by two types, such as "beaver tail" and "baking sheet".
Each roof tile has an eyelet on the back side or other device that helps to fix it to the crate.
Made on modern equipment, this ceramic tile for the roof of the house is environmentally friendly, extremely durable( its service life is more than 100 years) and also has high decorative.
It has an acrylic coating, which, in addition to its high decorative qualities, also has excellent protective properties: water resistance and frost resistance.
Cement-sand tiles can be ridge, groove and double. The dimensions of the groove are 420 x 334 x 12 mm, weight - 4.8-5 kg, ridge - 450 x 247/210 x 16/18 mm.
Cement-sand tiles of various colors are produced. Stain it in two ways. The first method involves the introduction of a coloring pigment into the tile during its production. In the second method, the surface of the finished shingles is treated - they are sprayed onto it with a polymer emulsion or a colored cement compound.
Sometimes the roof tile surface is sprinkled with a colored sand granulate. In most cases, the color is red and brown.
The tile is divided into Alpine, Viennese and Roman. The first is produced flat, and the tile of the latter two types has a three-dimensional shape.
The service life of concrete tiles is much less than ceramic. Advantages of it are ease of execution and light weight. The main types and important characteristics we dismantled, now the choice is yours. See below, in similar articles other types of roofing materials.
