Looking at doing a little (very little) repair work for a good repeat customer on her mission tile roof. She reports a small drip in the master bedroom when it rains, so I went up on the roof to investigate. This part of the house is a 1940’s addition to a 1920’s house. In addition to a small flashing problem around the chimney, I found several tiles that had been moved out of position, and a couple that are broken. She had the trees trimmed about 4-6 months ago, and I suspect that the trimmers caused some of the problems.
Here’s a pic of one of the moved tiles. What you see is a 2×4 on edge, aligned under the convex tiles, for a nailer. It asppears to be original, possibly oak. On each side of the 2×4 is some type of heavy black paper. The paper is not sealed to the 2×4 at all. I looked in my AIA Graphic Standards book, but they don’t show this type of tile. How is the roof constructed?
For my repairs, I’ll probably just put all the tiles back in place and carefully renail them, and replace the broken ones. But I’m curious as to how the roof works.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell’em “Certainly, I can!” Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
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Those tile are different than what I have seen here in the east. The ones that I have seen are one piece concave and convex molded together with the nail hole in the concave. The tiles can be installed on a flat surface.
I'm sure that doesn't help you though.
Eric
I Love A Hand That Meets My Own,
With A Hold That Causes Some Sensation.
It's one way of doing an authentic barrel tile roof. The strip are nailers for the "high" tiles, and the felt you're seeing is probably just roofing felt. The "low" tiles get nailed directly to the sheathing. The othe route is to set the tiles in mortar.
Bob