Andalusia Clay Barrel Roof Tile - Leier

Short description

Fired clay barrel roof tile in two sizes, 300 and 350 mm. Minimum pitch 18°. Sold by the square metre.

Full description

Andalusia is a barrel tile — the half-round olane of southern Europe, laid in alternating courses of channel and cover. It is the most labour-intensive roof in the range and the most distinctive; nothing else gives that rhythm of light and shadow across a slope.

Made in Sighișoara, at the only ceramic roof tile factory left in Romania, as part of the range kept for restoring churches and listed buildings.

Key benefits

• Fired clay — colour that does not fade and a surface that does not chalk
• Freeze-thaw resistant, minimum 300 cycles
• Impermeability category 1
• Two sizes, 300 and 350 mm
• Follows curved and irregular roofs without cutting
• Sold by the square metre, as a roof is measured

Technical specifications

• Product type: ceramic barrel roof tile
• Brand: Leier
• Range: Andalusia
• Material: fired clay
• Dimensions: 300 x 130 x 170 mm and 350 x 140 x 175 mm
• Coverage: 48 pieces/m² (300 mm), 38 pieces/m² (350 mm)
• Weight: 1.34 kg/piece (300 mm), 1.83 kg/piece (350 mm)
• Pallet quantity: 400 pieces (300 mm), 240 pieces (350 mm)
• Minimum pitch: 18°
• Load capacity: min. 1000 N
• Freeze-thaw resistance: level 1, method B, min. 300 cycles
• Fixing: one nail hole, 50% top and 50% bottom
• Unit of sale: square metre
• Delivery: to order, subject to supplier stock

Recommendation

A barrel roof takes more labour than any other profile here — budget for it, because the tile price is the smaller half of the cost. Check the pitch: at least 18°, and below that no amount of underlay makes it watertight. Order about 5% over the measured area, and more on a curved or broken roof, where the waste rate climbs.