Tiles
The choice of material, the format, the color
The tiles are manufactured in , or concrete. According to the slope of your roof, the climate of your area and the local architectural style, there exist various formats:
- the tiles punts are very widespread on the roofs of strong slope (45°) because the latter are forwarded to precipitations. They thus make integral part of the landscape of Normandy and the Franche-Comté.
- the tiles channel are rather posed on the weak slopes (30°) of the dwellings of the South and South-west.
The ranges of the manufacturers have grown rich considerably for several years: fifty to hundred color are available.
In all the cases, you must comply with the rules of town planning defined in the Local plan of Town planning of the commune or the regulation of allotment. These rules indeed frame any construction project or of restoration of ship. They can impose a size to you of tile, a color, even a material.
Installation of the tiles
Your tiles will be posed on the frame. The roofers use more and more screens which will be placed under your breeder materials. In seven workings out of ten, these operative paragraphs are indeed installed.
These screens fulfill several functions:
- They prevent that water does not enter accidentally in the roof at the time of bad weather which can move some tiles.
- They increase the resistance of the roof to wrenching at the time of strong winds.
Moreover, screens known as (highly permeable with the vapor) evacuate the moisture produced by the occupants of the house all while preserving them of the external infiltrations.
Conversation
“The conversation obligatory but is not advised, explains Herve , chairman of the French federation of the tiles terracotta and brick . It is necessary to remove the ship's boys which can appear on the tiles and check that the evacuations of rain water are not tied up. Every ten years, it is also advised to call upon the roofer which will screen the roof. The singular points of the roof like the stock of chimney, the bank must be indeed examined. ”
The slate
The slate is essential largely in the West of France, except for the south of the Loire Atlantique and of part of the Vendée. In addition to its technical qualities it takes an active part in the general esthetics of the roof, with in particular all the zinc works which is associated for him.
Variable rectangular forms, the slates are fixed on by hooks or nailing. The sealing is obtained by recovery of the plates the ones over the others.
The natural slate
The slate of Angers and that of are synonymous with quality and prestige. But for several years already, the French slate with the profit of that from Spain or from Canada. These slates, less expensive, unfortunately have the annoying practice to oxidize at the end of a certain time and will hardly last more than 70 years.
Today, on the majority of the contemporary new houses, one installs a slate of 2,m thickness whereas the conventional slate is thicker, of 3,m with 4,m, even until m.
The asbestos cement slate
Increasingly credible alternative to natural slate, the asbestos cement slate will make illusion without problem, especially if your budget is tight. The industrialists indeed worked esthetics with for example of the spalled edges (stop them plates imitate the glares of formerly), certain models are in relief with surfaces taking again a veining and a relief schist.
The features are excellent. They are made up of high-quality organic fibers, mineral additives, cement and water. Tinted in the mass, the behavior of the colors is guaranteed 15 years. In addition the slates undergo an anti-foamer processing in factory. And the traces of rusts which can appear in the long term on certain natural slates are not topicality with this example of product.
Side poses he does not have no difference there. It can be realized with hooks or nails.