Francia Clay Roof Tile - Leier

Short description

Fired clay roof tile, 10 pieces per square metre. Minimum pitch 18°. Sold by the square metre.

Full description

Francia is the large-format tile in the range: at 9.9 pieces per square metre it covers a roof with a third fewer pieces than a classic profile, which shows up as fewer hours on the roof and a lighter batten structure. The flat, wide face reads as an ordered surface rather than a texture.

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
• Interlocking profile, nailed to the battens
• Matching ridge, verge and ventilation pieces
• Sold by the square metre, as a roof is measured

Technical specifications

• Product type: ceramic roof tile
• Brand: Leier
• Range: Francia
• Material: fired clay
• Dimensions: 492 x 295 mm
• Coverage: 10.0 pieces/m²
• Weight: 4.34 kg/piece, approx. 43.4 kg/m²
• Pallet quantity: 240 pieces
• Minimum pitch: 18°
• Batten spacing: 41 cm
• Load capacity: min. 1300 N
• Freeze-thaw resistance: level 1, method B, min. 300 cycles
• Unit of sale: square metre
• Delivery: to order, subject to supplier stock

Recommendation

Check the pitch before you choose: this tile needs at least 18°, and below that no amount of underlay makes it watertight. Order about 5% over the measured area — hips, valleys and eaves all cost tiles, and a batch bought later rarely matches the first exactly. Set the batten spacing from the technical sheet, not by eye: it fixes the overlap, and the overlap is what keeps the roof dry.