Roof Tile Lugs

Tiles with projecting anchor lugs are hung on the battens and fastened to them.

Roof tile lugs.

The clay tiles are hung from these lugs. Shingles and tiles are affixed using the battens as spacing. Battens are not always used in a roofing system. Roofing battens sometimes called lath for roofing provide the fix point for materials.

Specializing in clay roof tile. Two main kinds of fastenings. Usually copper nails or another non corrosive nail is used. By and large clay roofing is secured with nails.

All pick up appointments must be made with 24 hour notice. Our sales team is working remotely to assist as best as possible. It s the sides that are the problem since the lugs cannot fail to meet. Battens are another item that is occasionally overlooked or installed incorrectly.

7 am 12 pm m f. Clay tile roof installation. The second most common method is with the use of lugs or nibs which project out from the roof. Just to clarify the tiles have 1 16 lugs on all sides two on the long sides one on the short sides.

As is recommended for the installation of other roof covering materials it s important that the manufacturers recommendations be followed for installing both concrete and clay tiles. Roofing battens or battening also called roofing lath are used to provide the fixing point for roofing materials such as shingles or tiles. So when the tiles are staggered which is normal for subway tiles the lugs do not meet on the top and bottom and you get 1 16 spacing.