Tile polymer sand - cheap reliability of your roof

Cheap polymer-sand tile - what is it that threatens us?

Surprisingly, there is no catch, nobody deceives you, and the price is not at the expense of an appropriate level of quality. Perhaps you have been paying attention to how much plastic waste surrounds each of us in everyday life. Empty containers, packaging, broken toys, housings of household appliances - all this is scrap, which can be put into processing.

And, as a matter of fact, this is what is happening, it is the polymer-sand tile that is made from plastic waste. More precisely, the main component in it is sand, 75% of the total mass, only 29% of the polymer is added, and the remaining 1% is the dyes. At high temperatures, all this mass is well mixed up to a uniform composition.

The high strength of this shingles is achieved due to the filler bound by polymers, a practically monolithic structure based on sand is obtained. As a result, the material is very resistant to any mechanical influences, it is possible to move along the roof laid by the tiles considered by us, without fear that the tiles will crack under your feet.

Polymer-sandwich roof is not afraid of acid rain( and usually even more so), does not accumulate static electricity and does not attract lightning discharges .If necessary, tiles based on polymers can easily be sawed with an ordinary circular saw.

Polymer tiles, its pros and cons

All of the above properties are unquestionably very important for roofing, but when choosing a roof tile you need to be sure that it will last a long time. How much is the polymer tile durable and does it have drawbacks with all the undoubted merits? Manufacturers assure that the service life of this material is very high due to the simplest composition.

Sand does not lose its properties as filler, for decades, and plastic can also serve as a long .On average, tiles made of polymers can withstand under severe weather conditions up to 50 years. Even sharp changes in temperature and critical grades, from -65 degrees to +200( although such positions in the column of mercury can occur unless in the great glaciation or eruption of the volcano, respectively).

However, polymer sand tiles have disadvantages along with positive qualities. First of all, it's weight - each tile has a mass of 2.2 kilograms, which, of course, will cause some inconvenience in the work. Yes, and with the transportation of material on the family car, there will also be certain problems, because 5 tiles - this is 10 with hooked kilograms.

Even ridge tiles, which are slightly smaller than roofing, in our case weighs a little or much, but as much as 1.8 kilograms. Another disadvantage is the relatively easy icing of the polymer roof, the snow slides badly from it, and with sharp alternations of thaws and frosts followed by snowfall, it is possible to overgrow the roof with a large mass of snow.

How is polymer-sand tile assembled?

Setting roof trimmings for roofs made of slabs that promises to be quite heavy( albeit lighter than a natural tiled roof), we calculate the step between the edges of the frame. To get it firmly, choose a beam with a section from 50x150 to 60x180 mm. It would seem that it is possible and thicker, but then the roof will become heavier at the expense of the rafters themselves.

On average, a step with a slope of skates is 20 to 75 degrees( the last option is ideal for areas with large snow cover in winter, but has high sail), the step between the ribs will be 800 to 1300 millimeters, respectively. On the rafters, the waterproofing is laid, the rolls are rolled out across, overlapping from the bottom upwards. Having reached the valleys, we put a film from both stingrays with an overlap of up to 30 centimeters, on top of which we start another strip of waterproofing.

Tiled roofing is laid out in rows, like a water repellent film, from the bottom to the top in an overlapping, the upper row on top of the lower, with a lateral shift to the half-tile.

Under the hydrobarrier, if necessary, we will lay the heat insulation plates, and from above we should fasten the crate and begin the installation of polymer sandblasting tiles. For the battens, the conifer wood can be used as well as possible, its high resin content will be a reliable protection against dampness.

The distance between horizontal bars should always be such that the polymer-sand tile lay on them freely, better even with a small ledge beyond the borders of the bars. Between the vertical bars there is a step that depends on the angle of the skates and is between 320 and 350 millimeters. Tiles are nailed with long nails or screwed with special screws, the main thing is that washers with rubber washers were put under the hats.

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