Flexible or soft roof tiles - a coating for the roof, which is mounted even on the roofs of complex shapes. Acceptable cost and ease of installation, durability - only the main advantages of a soft roof. Plates, up to a meter long, having a width of 34 cm and a thickness of 5 mm, are decorated at the edge with cut-out elements resembling petals. This is a multi-layer material. Covering the roof with soft tiles is somewhat easier than metal, but it will take more time.
Installation of soft shingles
What is made of soft tile
The first layer is a lining, a covering or a film. The layer protects the plates from adhesion during transport or storage;
A pair of waterproofing layers from bituminous mass. This ensures watertightness. Bitumen is improved by oxidation to increase wear resistance, or modify with polymers to make it more elastic and durable. The bottom surface is covered with a self-adhesive layer of bitumen( strip or dotted);
The third main layer is made from a biologically resistant web, usually a material such as polyester or fiberglass. This layer is placed among the insulating layers, so that it provides a tensile strength;laminated tiles also have a glass-fiber layer.
Surface of the shingles - sprinkling of stone crumbs, finishing with ceramic granulate. The layer imparts decorativeness to the coating, reflects the sun's rays, protects the surface from damages of a mechanical nature.
Advantages of using the roof with soft coating
- Low weight: bituminous shingles weigh about 8 kg per m2.For comparison, natural has a weight of about 50, and tiles of metal approximately 5 kg per m2.
- High tightness of roof slopes. Individual sheets under the sun are glued together into a single mass.
- Flexibility of soft tiles, resistance to deformation.
- Aesthetics. Design options and colors - dozens! You can choose the texture and coverage.
- Many elements of the roof can be made from the same material( endova, skate).There are practically no scraps.
- Acceptable price, ease of installation( laminated and foil types of tiles are significantly more expensive).
What is made of soft tiles
Self-supporting soft tiled roof
For laying a soft covering, a solid flooring is required, which is usually done from sheet-shaped boards. Also, the base can be sheets of moisture-resistant plywood, various types of particle board. The flooring is fixed on rafters. It is necessary to achieve an ideal smoothness, since a thin coating of soft tile will clearly produce all the irregularities.
Sloping stingrays with a steepness of 12 to 20 degrees are recommended to be equipped with a layer of fiberglass lining. Tapes of the carpet-lining are laid parallel to the overhang, rolling them from the bottom towards the top. Jointing on the roofing material is not done by laying the
canvas overlapping, and it should be at least 5 cm. If the roof slope is steep - the laying of the ruberoid is done unilaterally, moving along the overhang.
Sheets of flexible tiles are fixed to the base by nails made of galvanized, having a wide enough bonnet( these are the so-called roofing nails).Summer laying for a few days will ensure the self-vulcanization of roofing materials. If there is no heat, use a building hair dryer.
On the fractures of the relief( abutment to the chimney, skate, finish of the dormer windows) the joints are reinforced with bituminous glue to increase the sealing reliability. The glue must be from the same manufacturer as the shingles themselves.
For beauty use stripes valleys( roll material).Strips are laid on the bitumen roof and fixed with nails, every 10cm. Ridge edges trim the edges of the skates and the ridge of the roof. Strips for the cornice overhang are fixed at the edge of the ramp before the installation of the soft roof begins. Ridge aerators are placed on the ridge so that the under-roof space is ventilated. Install and snegozarateli.
It is recommended to mount a flexible coating if the temperature is not below +5.At lower temperatures shingles( a leaf with 3-4 tiles) becomes brittle. The sheet can be fixed with nails, or only with a self-adhesive layer.
The process of laying roofing material
Tips for buying soft shingles
* All packages must be from the same lot, so that there is no discrepancy in color. To avoid color spots, when assembling, sheets from different shingles are taken alternately.
* The most common single-color tile - brick, green or brown shades.
* Foil tiles are larger than the rest, so it looks more impressive on large slopes.
* If the roof has a small angle, do not spend on bitumen shingles. It still will not be seen from below. It is cheaper to use a conventional fused roofing material.
We advise you to read about the roof of ondulin with your own hands and about the hip roof with your own hands.
