A large number of shapes or profiles of roof tiles have evolved.
Roman villa roof tiles.
An example of this is the clay made beaver tail tile german biberschwanz common in southern germany flat roof tiles are usually made of clay but also may be made of stone wood plastic concrete or solar cells.
Tegulae tiles fitted together in rows to create the roof surface.
Discontinued roofing tiles salvaged clay and concrete roof tiles available.
These are high arched tiles that decra calls villa tiles and gerard calls spanish tile or roman tile top brands of stone coated steel tiles.
We custom manufacture roofing tiles to replace those obsolete roof tiles.
Cedar shakes shingles.
An average clay tile roof costs between 675 to 1400 per square 100 sf of roof area.
The villa building would have been covered with a tiled roof.
These were made in a kiln found next to the villa which produced two types of roof tiles.
These are low arch tiles mimic clay tiles.
Terracotta was also used for decorative friezes around the tops of buildings.
Flat tiles the simplest type which are laid in regular overlapping rows.
Hundreds of fragments of roof tiles were found during the two excavations.
Custom made concrete tiles also available.
Many roman villas had an underfloor heating system called a hypocaust.
Decra calls them mediterranean style and gerard compares them to old world roofing clay tiles.
This is offset though by the long life a tile roof will enjoy.
A clay tile roof system can cost two to three times as much as an asphalt roofing system.
The imbrex and tegula plurals imbrices and tegulae were overlapping roof tiles used in ancient greek and roman architecture as a waterproof and durable roof covering they were made predominantly of fired clay but also sometimes of marble bronze or gilt in rome they replaced wooden shingles and were used on almost every type of structure from humble outbuildings to grand temples and.
Tegula a flat tile with upstanding edges and imbrex a curved tile.
A second type of tile called an imbrex was used to cover and overlap the joints.
Concrete clay roof tiles.