Roman Villa Roof Tiles

A large number of shapes or profiles of roof tiles have evolved.

Roman villa roof tiles.

A second type of tile called an imbrex was used to cover and overlap the joints. The villa building would have been covered with a tiled roof. Many roman villas had an underfloor heating system called a hypocaust. An average clay tile roof costs between 675 to 1400 per square 100 sf of roof area.

A clay tile roof system can cost two to three times as much as an asphalt roofing system. 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. Tegula a flat tile with upstanding edges and imbrex a curved tile. Terracotta was also used for decorative friezes around the tops of buildings.

Concrete clay roof tiles. These roofing tiles are perfect for tile roof repair and restoration. Hundreds of fragments of roof tiles were found during the two excavations. Custom made concrete tiles also available.

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. Roman roof tiles construction fly around the villa let s go inside hypocaust and mosaic in room 8 hexagonal roof tiles construction roman tiles are a system of flat tiles laid adjacent to each other the side joints being covered with a tapered half cylinder. We custom manufacture roofing tiles to replace those obsolete 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. Cedar shakes shingles. Tegulae tiles fitted together in rows to create the roof surface. Decra calls them mediterranean style and gerard compares them to old world roofing clay tiles.

Concrete tile roofs are more economical with costs of 400 to 450 per square. Flat tiles the simplest type which are laid in regular overlapping rows.