The tiles are usually hung in parallel rows with each row overlapping the row below it to exclude rainwater and to cover the nails that hold the row below.
Peg tile roof.
There are also roof tiles for special positions particularly where the planes of the several pitches meet.
This requirement varied from area.
My apprentice cutting up a peg tile valley.
Tony s house video 5 laying the roof tiles rendering and taking down the scaffolding duration.
Around york peg tiles can be as large as 12 inches x 8 inches 300mm x 200mm.
Peg tiles are characterised by their warm orange red hues and varied texture that they lend to a roof.
5 1 peg tiles were generally used on steep roof pitches at around 50 degrees.
Roofs at this pitch would have required torching with mortar from the under side particularly where the roof space needed to be draughtproof.
Others in surrey for instance were 11 inches long but could be as long as 11 5 inches 290mm.
Peg tiles were hand made and the drying and firing process led to subtle distortions and.