Harley Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Does anyone have any experience of roof tiles as opposed to slate. We are having tiles and the roof is all but finished but it looks to me as though they have tried to save some money and not used enough. The reason I think this is that they are shaped in such a way as to allow the next tile to slide underneath and sit on a ridge but they are not. They are sitting at least two inches above this and it looks odd. Any ideas anyone?[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Harley, are you saying the tiles are sitting on sous-tuiles (sp?) (the 'corrugated' plastic suff) but that the tiles themselves don't interlock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Hi HarleyDoes it look like thisor this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Twinks. That's exactly what I was asking (but with a bigger gap between the tiles!) I hope it helps Harley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Great minds think alike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 What .......Canal tiles in Normandy ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Oh go on then - what have I done that's wrong Miki the mod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Eeek!It's not just you Twinks. [:$] They have different tiles up there. Just like we have a different sun to what they have[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I've parked the Lambretta Twinks...........right, now I can tell youthat the rain they have in Normandy requires more robust weatherbeaters than your old Romans !! So the suns the same Tresco, it's thedamned rain that's different for the poor Normans ! (Mr Grimsdale...Nothat's anuvver Norman stoopeed !!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Thanks all. Have just returned from the Vendee where they have those lovely tiles. Saw some nice Gladiators too[;-)]. I'm not sure they would be up to the Norman weather though, as Miki said. The tiles that is, not the Gladiators.These tiles sit at the end of the roof and are shaped to hang over the gable end at a right angle. The bottom half looks like an ordinary tile but the further up the tile you go it slopes in to allow the next tile to sit on top. Probably the best way to show you would be for me to take a photo and post it on here but I wouldn't know where to start.[:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monika Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Hi Harley, I tried to send you a photo of our new roof in Normandy to see if it was similar, no luck! if I press copy I do not get a "paste" on this message form, I could send it in an ordinary e-mail. Perhaps you could pm me your e-mail adress so we could exchange "notes". Or somebody could tell me what I do wrong, why I can't include a picture on this message form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Monika, have PM'd you. Thanks.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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