Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Did anyone upgrade to Terracotta roof tiles? 13Aug 08, 2009 7:33 pm Is it true that terracotta tiles are HEAVIER than concrete roof tiles? Re: Did anyone upgrade to Terracotta roof tiles? 15Aug 11, 2009 12:06 pm sparkycarla Hi we building and for 40 2m we were charged $5000 but we got glazed too. Also this time we including sarking. Its a protection under the roof line of tiles, like foil stuff. Good luck Terracotta tiles by memory have a 50 year g'tee, check the concrete ones. sparkycarla, are your terracotta glazed tiles flat profile or not? I am finding it hard to find flat terracotta fully glazed Have only managed to find semi glazed Re: Did anyone upgrade to Terracotta roof tiles? 16Aug 11, 2009 5:18 pm we got Terracotta, one thing you shouldn't forget is to add sarking. as Terracotta cracks more easily than others. with sarking it will help with any leaking problem in case of crack tiles. when ABC Seamless sent their inexperience yound guys to install our leaf guards, they cracked our beautiful tiles by stepping on the wrong place! I got this post on my blog if you need further info about sarking: http://building-our-first-house.blogspo ... nding.html Hi everyone I have a terracotta tiles roof When I climb inside the roof cavity I can feel that there is a draft inside the roof as the wind goes through the roof which is… 0 4972 We're looking at replacing the roof of a heritage listed home so it needs to be terracotta tiles, wondering if anyone has any recommendations, hints or… 0 1713 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 2145 |