Peg Tile Roof

Others in surrey for instance were 11 inches long but could be as long as 11 5 inches 290mm.

Peg tile roof.

Peg tiles are characterised by their warm orange red hues and varied texture that they lend to a roof. 5 1 peg tiles were generally used on steep roof pitches at around 50 degrees. My apprentice cutting up a peg tile valley. Around york peg tiles can be as large as 12 inches x 8 inches 300mm x 200mm.

This requirement varied from area. Roof tiles are hung from the framework of a roof by fixing them with nails. Tony s house video 5 laying the roof tiles rendering and taking down the scaffolding duration. The tiles are usually hung in parallel rows with each row overlapping the row below it to exclude rainwater and to cover the nails that hold the row below.

Roofs at this pitch would have required torching with mortar from the under side particularly where the roof space needed to be draughtproof. Sussex peg tiles are more likely to be 10 inches 250mm in length.