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Now the roof is ready for the Italian
style pan
and barrel roof tile installation.
The tiles are machine made but look like
they are hand made They come from a company by the name of Artezanos in
Miami, FL. Artezanos Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of authentic handmade clay roof tile (Barrel / Mission and Spanish -S), handmade clay brick pavers,
etc. The tiles are hand textured but kiln fired. Each tile is kiln
fired for a different length of time which creates the difference in the
colors. The end result is a tile that has a great variation in texture
and color that looks like it is at least 100 yrs old. However the price
is very competitive with that of other new tile manufacturers. We
considered reclaimed tile but the price of reclaimed tile has increased
over three hundred percent since we first started our research. This
tile is less brittle than reclaimed tile which has a high percentage of
breakage during shipment and handling.
The first step in installing the pan and
barrel roof tile is to measure the roof and place two x fours on end and
space them in such a manner that a pan tile will fit between 2 two x
fours and a barrel tile will rest on top of the 2 x 4. You start at the
cornice area and work your way up to the top of the roof. The most
important ingredient in the installation procedure is the polyfoam
material which has totally replaced stainless steel screws and
mortar. PolysetŪ ONE is a single-component polyurethane adhesive specially designed to bond concrete and clay roofing tiles to approved underlayment substrates.
The polyfoam comes in tanks and are mixed very much like epoxy.
Two tanks feed into a single tube which is then pre-mixed and once
installed, is extremely strong. We opted for stainless steel screws in addition
to polyfoam and we buttered our tiles both for an old Italian classic
look and to prevent wind from blowing underneath the curved part of the
barrel tiles. Our structural engineer has rated our roof at aprox. 250
MPH. We believe that the 2x4's used have created additional insulation
in the roof but we are nt sure as to the R-value. We just know that it
is strong and highly wind resistant.
A local company did the installation. We
got three bids. We were very specific and showed the installation
companies photos and precise instruction and also that we wanted to see
a small sample of how they would do it. The bids varied tremendously.
One bid was over 400% more than the lowest bid. We used the firm
w/ the lowest bid but did a thorough check out of references,
etc..
The polyfoam under the tiles cost
almost as much as the tiles !! This was a big surprise to us.
When all our work is done, we plan to add
to the website a list of contact info on all the suppliers and
subcontractors that were were pleased with.
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