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   FastEddie | Sep 05, 2006 06:34pm | #1

   Are you talking asbout Mission tiles or barrell tiles?  They are very heavy.  Theoretically you can get by with skip sheathing like for a wood shingle roof.  There are no real upkeep issues, as long as you don't walk on the tiles ... they are fragile.

   Is this for an existing structure?  If it was not designed for a tile roof, then the framing is probably way too light.  If you have a metal tile you like, that would be the way to go in a re-roof situation.

    

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   xosder11 | Sep 05, 2006 06:37pm | #2

   Try this site

   http://www.ludowici.com/

   Contact a rep inside their company and request information. i have found them to be helpfull.

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   FastEddie | Sep 05, 2006 08:04pm | #3

   Nice site.

   No slope less than 3/12, most have a recommended slope of at least 5/12.  Weight from 600 to 1900 lbs/sq.  Imagine toting those tiles up a ladder. 

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   laramegreene | Sep 05, 2006 08:53pm | #4

   You can look at redland clay tile as well, http://www.redlandclaytile.com/

   they have really good tiles. I'm in the process of building a mexican/mission style home using their junipero tiles. If you call them up they are pretty darn helpful.

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   timkline | Sep 05, 2006 11:41pm | #5

   in the northeast, you are looking at over $1000 per square installed, easily, assuming that the tile costs $350 per square.

   i saw a Ludowici tile that was custom made to match an old tile that was out of production recently     the material alone was $3000 to $5000 per square.

    

   carpenter in transition

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   JohnSprung | Sep 06, 2006 02:53am | #6

   I tore off a 1926 tile roof in LA.  The were over tar paper and solid sawn sheathing.  The tiles were nailed thru holes in them with galvanized 6d's. Somehow there must have been some kind of constant small movement, like from expansion and contraction, because the tar paper was worn thru where it had been in compression between the tile and the wood.  It didn't leak bad enough to drip into the house, but the wood was termite eaten on top, indicating that it had a constant moisture supply.  Everything looked good from the attic side, but it wasn't.

   Weight is a bad thing in earthquake country, and especially bad if it's up high.  So, I'd never put tile on a house here.

    

    

   -- J.S.