Lightweight roof tiles - advantages

Decra

Traditional Roof Tiling                     Why does this make any sense?

At Decra, we produce lightweight roof tiles that are approximately one-seventh of the weight of concrete tiles and one-quarter of the weight of man-made slate.
This has many positive implications for housing developers, as our lightweight roof tiles can save you time and money.

There are also environmental benefits compared with other materials.
The Decra system means the dead load of the roof is dramatically reduced. This allows clients to design projects with performance in mind, while cutting down on materials.
For example, a timber truss roof using conventional roofing materials needs centres spaced around 600mm apart. By using our lightweight roof tiles, centres are typically spaced at 1200mm. The reduction in materials needed and the environmental impact of this over a whole development is obvious to see.

Materials can be used more efficiently and intelligently in your developments by introducing Decra tiles.

Other advantages of lightweight roof tiles

Aside from the reduction in costs and materials, there are other advantages of choosing lightweight roof tiles from Decra over more traditional products.
The reduction in dead load means savings can be made in foundation design. Using our tiles also means the roof can be manufactured in modular form. This offers:

• Dramatic reductions in construction times.
• Improvements in the predictability of projects.
• Potential cost savings.
• Higher quality and fewer defects.
• Improvements in health and safety.
• Reduction in waste.
• Reduction in theft from site.
• Large reductions in on site installation time, consequently reducing disruption to surrounding tenants and homeowners.
• Improvements in design and functionality of building, for example it is practical to design the roof structure to allow the loft space at a future date to be converted at minimal cost into an additional bedroom, so reducing the need for tenants or home owners to relocate when their families expand in size.

 

By choosing lightweight roof tiles from Decra, you can ensure your development is as logistically simple as possible.

We also make sure that ordering our tiles is quick and easy, as we recognise the importance of prompt customer service in the time-critical construction industry.