Bistrița Clay Swallowtail Roof Tile - Leier

Short description

Fired clay scale roof tile with a swallowtail bottom edge, 36 pieces per square metre. Sold by the square metre.

Full description

Bistrița is the swallowtail scale, and it was drawn for one roof: the Evangelical Church in the centre of Bistrița. The shape did not exist in the range before that restoration — it was cut to match the historic tile, and it stayed in production because other churches, and then private houses, started asking for it.

This model is part of the restoration range and the manufacturer does not publish a full data sheet for it. The weight shown is our estimate, taken from the same tile body, and is there so shipping can be calculated — ask us for the manufacturer's data before you specify it on a listed building.

Key benefits

• Fired clay — colour that does not fade and a surface that does not chalk
• Swallowtail cut, drawn from a historic tile
• Freeze-thaw resistant, minimum 300 cycles
• Follows curved and broken roofs without cutting
• Same tile body as Bavaria, in a different cut
• Sold by the square metre, as a roof is measured

Technical specifications

• Product type: ceramic scale roof tile
• Brand: Leier
• Range: Bistrița, restoration range
• Material: fired clay
• Coverage: 36 pieces/m²
• Weight: approx. 63 kg/m² — our estimate, see note above
• Made in: Sighișoara
• Unit of sale: square metre
• Delivery: to order, subject to supplier stock

Recommendation

Ask us for the manufacturer's data sheet before specifying this on a listed building — conservation officers will want the published figures, not ours. A scale roof takes far more labour than a large-format one: 36 pieces per square metre against ten. Order about 5% over the measured area, and more where the roof curves.