Roof Tiles For 15 Degree Pitch

Down to 22 5 degree pitches smooth with a headlap of 75mm.

Roof tiles for 15 degree pitch.

The roof pitch calculator is a convenient online tool you can use to quickly assess the pitch of your roof to determine the length of rafters you need. Eco slate is an environmentally friendly man made slate alternative that can be installed on any pitched roof from 10 to 90. Down to 17 5 degree pitches smooth with a headlap of 100mm. Divide the first part of the ratio by 12 to work out the pitch.

Low pitch roof slates. All of our products are offered competitive prices. It is often compared to slope but is not exactly the same. Low pitch roof tiles are specifically designed for roofs that pitch at an angle of 20 degrees or less.

We also provide a number of other low pitch concrete interlocking solutions such as the mendip and wessex tiles each able to perform at pitches of 15 degrees and our new mendip 12 5 can be used at an even lower pitch of 12 5. What degree angle is a 12 12 pitch roof. This low pitch roof tile gives the appearance of slate without the cost or the high maintenance. Granular coated tiles are only suitable for pitches above 17 5.

Manufactured from 100 recycled materials eco slate is available in grey and old world red. A 12 12 pitch roof has a pitch angle of 45. After finding out your roof pitch angles you can use the calculator to perform the calculations for you instead of doing them manually. Where the minimum pitch for clay pantiles used to be 30 tiles like the redland cathedral pantile can be pitched as low as 22 5.

They can also be used on low pitched roofs such as the sandtoft 20 20 tile which is a highly popular clay option that can be installed on pitches of 15. Roof pitch is the measurement of a roof s vertical rise divided by its horizontal run. Find the inverse tangent of the pitch to find the angle in degrees. Browse our range of low pitched roof tiles and slates that can be used at a maximum pitch of 15 degrees.

The specially crafted tiles are ideal for helping to protect the building divert rainwater and can be used on a variety of buildings such as houses conservatories garages park homes and more. To convert between american roofing ratios and pitch degrees follow these steps. Traditionally a minimum roof pitch of 20 was recommended in bs 5534 but modern tiles and slates have now been designed for applications as low as 15. The following roof tiles can be used on roofs with a pitch of no less than 15.

It is uncommon to find a roof below 15 but for those very low pitch applications there are interlocking clay pantiles available suitable for use down to 12 5. Although ceramic tile roofs are expensive they can have a life span of over 100 years.