One of the promising roofing materials is tegola soft roofing. The line of this Italian bituminous tile includes seven models, made in two hundred colors - which means that this material will suit almost anyone.
What conquered the roof of the tegol builders from all over the world?
Benefits of Tegola tiles
Flexible shingles Tegola is produced by an Italian company based on a special substance - basalt granulate.Due to the fact that basalt - the main raw material for the production of granules - does not absorb water, tegola roofing is characterized by the highest resistance to external influences.
This type soft roof: installation do-it-yourself applicable for arranging roofs in almost any climatic conditions.
Bituminous tiles based on basalt granulate are characterized by:
- High frost resistance - without loss of performance can withstand up to -70WITH
- High heat resistance - does not deform and does not melt even at 1100C
- High resistance to wind loads
- High mechanical resistance (including impact resistance, for example, in the event of hail)
- Waterproof
In addition, tegola tiles can be used not only in a wide temperature range, but also under conditions of rapid temperature change.
Also, the undoubted advantage of this material for roofing is the environmental friendliness that soft roofing provides: tegola not only does not contain toxic substances, but also does not adsorb them from the external environment.
Particular attention should be paid to the aesthetic qualities of the tegol roof.
Due to the fact that the coloring of the tiles is carried out directly during the ceramization of basalt granules (the temperature at this moment is at the level of 605 C), pigments become resistant to fading.
This means that such tiles will not lose the brightness of colors in two or three years, but will delight your eyes for a long time!
Well, it will be important for us that this tile is easy to install - and almost everyone can cope with the erection of a roof from tegol tiles.
Preparing for the installation of tiles
The tegola soft roof is mounted on a continuous crate, for the construction of which you can use edged or tongue-and-groove boards, moisture-resistant plywood or OSB-3 (oriented strand board).
Also laying of this bituminous tile on the concrete basis is allowed.
The main requirement for the base on which the tiles will be laid is low humidity and cleanliness. The maximum allowable differences in height and gaps between the elements from which the base is assembled (compensation joints) is -2 mm.
Laying such a design as soft roof standard, should be carried out at a temperature not lower than +5C. If it is colder outside, the bituminous layer must be additionally heated with a building hair dryer.
We calculate the roof
Due to the fact that the soft tile of the Tegola brand is easy to cut and takes the necessary shape, fitting the roofing elements is not particularly difficult.
Note! For a clean cut, it is recommended to use a knife with a hook-shaped blade.
The calculation of a soft roof made of tiles from this manufacturer is also facilitated. We make calculations as follows:
- We calculate the area of \u200b\u200bthe roof slope, rounding the resulting number to tenths of a square meter.
- We choose the brand of tegola tiles, and by going to the company's website (or contacting a consultant in a building materials store), we determine the packaging of tiles of this type.
- Dividing the area by the figure obtained and rounding the result to integers, we get the number of packs of tegol tiles we need.
For example, we need to cover a slope with an area of 13 m2 tiles "Tegola Gothic" (packing - 3.45m2 effective area in the package). . Hence:
13/3,45=3,77
So, for this slope, we need to purchase four packages of Tegola Gotik.
After the foundation has been prepared and the calculation of the amount of roofing material required for the purchase has been completed, you can start laying the tegol tiles.
We mark the roof for laying a soft roof
In order to ensure even laying of rows of tiles, the base must be marked.
For marking, we use the so-called "beat" - a cord rubbed with chalk:
- We draw the base line at a distance of 19.5 cm from the eaves line. This line should be parallel to the ridge line of our roof.
- We select a conditional middle on the base line, and drawing two half-arcs of equal radius from this point, we notice the point of their intersection.
- Connecting these two points, we draw the central vertical line of the slope. At a distance of 12.5 cm from this line, beat off another line parallel to it.
- Starting from the base line, we beat off parallel lines to the top of the roof. The step between the lines should be 14.5 cm.
Note! This markup is given for laying Tegola Standard bituminous tiles. When another type of tegola tile is laid, the soft roof is laid out in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations for this particular type.
Waterproofing
Despite their outstanding performance, tegola shingles may require additional waterproofing.
As a waterproofing material for such a construction as a do-it-yourself soft roof, the tile manufacturer recommends using Safety waterproofing bitumen membranes or Icebar self-adhesive self-sealing SBS-bitumen membranes.
We fix the “Safety” waterproofing along the lower edge using bituminous mastic, and along the perimeter (from above and from the sides - with roofing nails. We also glue the overlaps with mastic.
"Icebar" does not require the use of additional sealing, since its adhesive layer has sufficient adhesion. To improve the quality of the fit of the membrane to the roof, you can roll it with a metal roller.
Tiling
The laying of tegol tiles is also quite easy - the roof of this material is formed according to the following algorithm:
- The initial row is laid from cut sheets of tiles (cut off at the extreme points of the cutouts). The resulting strips, the width of which is 19.5 cm, are laid along the cornice of the rosary along the base line. We fix the lower edge of the row with mastic.
- To fix the upper edge, we use roofing nails with a wide head, which provide the best fit. We hammer in 4 nails per sheet of tiles, approximately 5 cm from the top.
- Next, we lay the rows from the bottom up with an offset: each odd row is from the center line, each even row is from the line that we drew to the side of the central one.
- We fasten each sheet of tiles with four nails. If the ramp slope is more than 60 - fix the upper corners of the sheet with two more.
Note! There are marks on the sheets of tegol tiles, which make it much easier to align the rows when shifting.
- When the laying is brought to the ridge (or side edge), the horizontally or vertically extreme sheet is bent and fixed on another slope. Additionally, we cover the ridges and ribs with ridge elements, cutting them from standard sheets. To improve the fit of the ridge plates of the tile, treatment with bituminous mastic or fusion with a building dryer can be done.
It is thanks to its ease of installation, along with high performance, that tegola tiles have become so popular: a roof from this tile is built quickly, but it will serve you for more than one year!
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