Probably your roofer doesn t want the hassle of stripping them cleaning and stacking them and covering your roof with battens at only 4 centres.
How to tile a roof with rosemary tiles.
Fixing the problem quickly by yourself is possible provided it s only a few tiles.
Dryabode building defect diagnosis and repairs.
To begin remove the old roof tile.
Positioning the battens laying the tiles cutting fixing verges ridges illustration.
Tiles and original mortar on the verge would require removing and if the roof battens don t quite reach the gable wall these would require extending flush with the gable.
Rosemary tiles are geneally good quality and last far longer than some of the other machine made tiles.
Plain tiles use a double head lap in the same way as slates.
Look at the advanced weather forecast before you begin and choose a few weeks with as many dry days as possible.
Using double roman roof tiles.
Replacement of roof tiles that have cracked broken or disappeared is important to prevent roof leaks an ceiling damage once rain and wind appear.
Then a 50mm x 25mm batten fixed to the roof battens or extended battens then re tile the tiles removed if the tiles overhang the batten fixed up the gable then the tiles.
This is a survey of a traditional roof with a covering of clay rosemary roof tiles and clay ridge tiles.
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Roofing with plain tiles.
This is just the basics on how to re roof a main roof.