Original Roman Roof Tiles

This original roman tile is made out of stone and has been especially prepared by a stonemason skilled in carving stone into thin sections without splitting or cracking.

Original roman roof tiles.

Custom made concrete tiles also available. Quarrix double roman composite tile provides the same beautiful look as traditional clay and concrete tiles but with the benefits of a lightweight synthetic roof tile material. Discontinued roofing tiles salvaged clay and concrete roof tiles available. 67 less weight than traditional roof tiles quarrix double barrel roof tile can be installed on existing homes and buildings without needing structural roof modifications that other materials may require.

We custom manufacture roofing tiles to replace those obsolete roof tiles. They were made predominantly of fired clay but also sometimes of marble bronze or gilt. Each tile was made to the same size to allow uniformity when covering a large roof space. Tile production included roof tiles identifiable from the presence of peg holes and thicker hearth tiles as well as the supply of floor tiles sometimes highly decorated to monasteries churches and cathedrals.

While most roman era buildings were made of wood and thatch the buildings excavated in the road bed were constructed of stone and brick which along with the roof tiles indicates that the set of. Distinctive elegance of the mediterranean metrotile roman recreates the authentic look of traditional natural clay roofing used throughout the mediterranean. 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. Roman roof tile fragment 78 mm wide by 97 mm high found in york england with the impression of a kitten s paw a tomb mural of xinzhou china dated to the northern qi 550 577 ad period showing a hall with a tiled roof dougong brackets and doors with giant door knockers perhaps made of bronze.

101 northern parkway cnr crownwood road ormonde. We offer roof tiles for sale in a range of materials like concrete clay slate and steel from some of the best known brands in the business like marley coverland and harley. Its distinctive shape and pronounced profile makes the metrotile roman unique among stone coated steel tiles.