Pitch Tile Or Shake Roof

14 slate and 9 shake colors are produced.

Pitch tile or shake roof. Metrotile shake textured finish tiles are available in a choice of colours from deep charcoals to earthy browns and greens and the blended tones of weathered shakes. Pitch is the term used to describe the angle slope or slant of your roof. Complete list of roofing types. When searching for a cedar shake roof alternative brava s synthetic shake roofing tiles should be at the top of your list.

Wood shingles can only be installed on roof slopes of 3 12 or greater 25 slope. Each is a rich blend of hues. Minimum roof slope roof pitch r905 7 2. With metrotile shake you can enjoy this look combined with all the benefits of stone coated steel.

Brava composite tile is the best alternative to traditional spanish clay tile natural slate and cedar shake roofing. Exceptional weather and fire resistance energy efficiency and long life. This means for every 12 horizontal units the roof must rise a minimum of 3 vertical units. Or the colon can replace the slash as in 2 12 or 7 12.

Brava barrel tile is very traditional in appearance in 20 colors. Traditionally a minimum roof pitch of 20 was recommended in bs 5534 but modern tiles and slates have now been designed for applications as low as 15. Cedar shake roofing alternative. Wood shakes minimum roof slope roof pitch r905 8 2.

For that reason flat roofs are limited to these types of covering materials. Run in degrees and as percentage the minimum roof slope allowed by code for any type of roof is in 12 applicable only to coal tar pitch roof systems. Degrees to pitch rise in run table. The ratio can be indicated by a division slash separating the numbers such as 2 12 or 7 12.

The shake tile is significantly less effort and cost to install and surpassing the performance of standard material roofs. Roof slope equivalents as rise. Roof pitch designations are comprised of two numbers indicating a ratio. Our composite roofing products last longer are far more durable and much more aesthetically and architecturally pleasing than asphalt shingles concrete tiles or slate shake and clay tiles.

Inspire roofing composite 10 wide shake tiles are 24 long. Roof pitch multiplier table. Both the slate and shake have an old world hand cut appearance with lots of depth for shadowing and visual interest. The synthetic shake roofing has been desired for its durability and beauty.

Offers composite roofing in slate shake and barrel tile styles. Flat and nearly flat roofs a pitch of 1 in 12 or 2 in 12 cannot be covered with shingles or shakes of any material since there is not enough angle to combat the danger of blow off. How roof pitch determines suitable roofing systems. Coverage is 17 95 square feet per bundle at 10 25 exposure.

Wood shakes can only be installed on roof slopes of 3 12 or greater 25.