Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Roof Tiles 2Oct 18, 2010 7:18 pm Hi prisden, we are building with Mcdonald Jones in sydney's north west. When we did our tile selection we wanted a glossy look on a flat profile. I originally chose the boral shingle style in the terracotta from a brochure. We visited the boral display centre and had a look at this tile first hand. Our saleswoman was fantastic she pointed out that roof tilers hate to lay these tiles beacause they are flat and hard to walk on. She also advised me that these tiles were the most expensive in the range. ( extra $7,500.00 quoted at colour selection). After digesting all her information and advice we opted for the contour profile with colour right through ( meaning that when the tiles are cut for the valleys, etc you don't see the ugly grey cement colour you still see the top colour. These were also substantially cheaper. regards Wayne6666 Do you have solar on the roof, because if its not a laying defect it looks almost like someone has been walking all over the roof in the mid section of the tile (weakest… 2 1238 Thank you Pulse, I thought we did the right things; external shutters on all windows down all day, west side of the house nearly completely in the shadow of the large two… 6 25123 2 7939 |