How To Install Flat Cement Roof Tiles

Repair and reinforce the roof if applicable.

How to install flat cement roof tiles.

Installing tile roofs can be a challenge. If there are roof battens nail the tiles to them. 1 position a roll of 60 or 90 pound underlay at one side of the roof perpendicular to the lower edge of the roof. Recently the national tile roofing manufacturers association ntrma changed its name to tile roofing institute.

Use roof adhesive to fix down the tiles as each one is slid into place and nail the tiles down. You should have reinforced the frame of the roof earlier before. The first section of the tiles is cut to size and attached to the roof starting at a lower edge and working up. The number one rule of thumb is to make the structure water proof before the tile is installed.

The next most impor. Installing a cement tile underlay is easier with the help of an assistant. This is how i cement roof tiles pointing the verge in with two coats of cement the cement i use has black dye mix in it to help match the roof tiles in colo. How to tile a roof if you would prefer to read how to tile a roof and see more help please visit this link unless you found this video via my website.

Position the first. I took this videos and put them together through the installation of this light weight concrete tile boral flat tile weights less than 600 lbs. Remove old roofing if applicable.