Construction of pantile roofs pantiles are hung on a series of regularly spaced horizontal battens attached to the rafters.
Pantile roof construction.
Gdansk great mill detail of the pantile roof of the great water mill built in 1385 by the teutonic knights in gdansk pomerania poland.
Mostly used in the uk pantile roofing adds character and attraction to any roof and is highly sought after.
Battens must be spaced evenly in single lap tiling so that each tile properly overlaps its neighbour in the row below.
This makes it harder to install them in a perfect straight line with no room for error.
Look for a flat spot on the back of the tile to prevent rocking traditional pantiles tend to rock on the batten due to their shape.
Pantile roofing is an open gauge interlocking clay tile that was designed to make a natural clay roof more affordable.
This is offset though by the long life a tile roof will enjoy.
A clay tile roof system can cost two to three times as much as an asphalt roofing system.
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A small projecting nib on the tile s reverse is used to hold it in position.