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Michael Thomas · #1 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:00 PM

What is the correct term for this tile profile?

Billy Stephens · #2 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Thomas

What is the correct term for this tile profile?

Broken

wayne soper · #3 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:19 PM

Billy, Thats definately not BBQ although it is fried. My def would be. Who let the broker on the roof?

Jerry Peck · #4 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:30 PM

'S' tile, 'Spanish S' tile, 'Mission S' tile are some of the names I've seen used for it.

Billy Stephens · #5 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:42 PM

Michael,

You a better man than I to take that picture from Ridge.

The valley picture would be where I would have stoped with out a high lift!

Rick Hurst · #6 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:42 PM

Spanish tiles are what I've heard them called. There is another used around here called a barrell tile.

Any idea what has caused those damages. I hope its not from living near an airport.

Rick Hurst · #7 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 08:44 PM

Billy,

I hope he shot that from a window.

rick

Michael Thomas · #8 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 09:09 PM

Pics were a piece of cake, actually, shot from the far end of the flat roof:

Michael Thomas · #9 (**permalink**) 10-18-2007, 09:26 PM

Rick,

As shown in the pics there was a tree branch in contact with the roof at the bottom of the valley but nothing further up, and no sign of a higher branch cut off at the trunk. A lot of roofing cement slathered around up there, and sections of selvage roofing were used as patches in the tile, and I would not be surprised if the tile was damaged by the "roofers" in the course of other repairs.

That roof, BTW, was nothing compared to the masonry, this was typical of the parapet condition all the way around:

Jerry Peck · #10 (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Rick Hurst

There is another used around here called a barrell tile.

Barrel tile is a two piece tile, a pan tile and a cap tile. You lay two pan tiles, then a cap tile over the upturned joint where the two pan tiles meet. When installed properly, a barrel tile roof should be pretty much watertight in and of itself, even though the waterproof membrane under it deteriorates.

That was a problem with agents down in old Hollywood where there were a lot of 40-50-60-70 year old barrel tile roofs ... they did not want to hear that a roof needed to be replaced just because the actual and intended waterproof surface had deteriorated years earlier ... but us HIs (most of us anyway) finally broke those agents of that thought.

Michael Thomas · #11 (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 01:13 PM

Anyone know the correct term for this tile?

permalink · #12 (**permalink**) 10-20-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Thomas

Anyone know the correct term for this tile?

Ludowici Roof Tile
I found this with no pics but I sure hope it helps. The only other terms I know are bulge hips or leaf hip starters depending on where the tile is located. Hope this helps...Good luck

Michael Thomas · #13 (**permalink**) 10-20-2007, 02:54 PM

Thanks!

Billy Stephens · #14 (**permalink**) 10-20-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Thomas

Anyone know the correct term for this tile?

Micheal,

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Michael Thomas · #15 (**permalink**) 10-21-2007, 07:42 AM

I colud use a body like that... in crawl spaces.

Richard Rushing · #16 (**permalink**) 10-21-2007, 10:14 AM

That is a Mission Tile or Spanish-S tile.

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