LEADING UK ROOF TILE SUPPLIERS

Click here for an easy-to-use listing of leading UK suppliers of roof tiles, provided by Archbone.

Roof tiles are made from similar clay to bricks, such as Etruria marl, but for both hand and machine made roof tiles, the raw materials have to be screened to a finer grade than for brick manufacture. Traditional red, brown, buff, brindled or 'antique' ceramic roof tiles are unglazed with a plain or sanded finish.

While most interlocking clay roof tiles can be used to a minimum pitch of 22.5 degrees, one imported product with a double side interlock and a triple head/tail interlock may be used down to only 10 degrees. Where bright colours are required in roof tiles, high and low gloss pantiles are available in a range of strong colours, or to individual specification. For plain roof tiles, a range of standard roof tile fittings is available for hips, valleys, eaves, ridges, verges, and internal and external angles. Roof tiles are usually shrink-wrapped for protection and ease of handling on site.

Other useful links relevant to roof tiles and roof tile suppliers:

Clay Roof Tile Council
National Federation of Roofing Contractors

DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON ROOF TILES

We recommend the following websites, with building product information including manufacturers' specs, standard specifications, and CAD details: Barbour Compendium, RIBA Product Selector Plus, ASC Bricsnet, Building Products Index, British Board of Agrément, British Standards Online.