Concrete Tile Roofing in Windsor & Berkshire

Look along almost any street of post-war semis and detached homes in Slough, Maidenhead, Bracknell or Ascot and most of the roofs are concrete tile. There are good reasons for that. Concrete tiles are hard wearing, take frost well, come in a wide range of profiles and colours, and cost less to supply and lay than clay or slate.

Most concrete tiles on these homes are interlocking: each tile has channels along the side that lock into its neighbour, so the roof sheds water reliably with a single lap. That makes them quicker to lay and lighter on the timbers than a double-lapped plain tile.

The profiles you will see most:

• Double Roman and similar: the rolled profile with a raised roll down each tile
• Flat or slate-profile: a clean, modern line that suits newer homes and extensions
• Plain concrete tiles: small, double-lapped tiles that give the look of a plain tile roof for less

We match the profile and colour to your existing roof for repairs, or to the neighbouring houses for a full re-roof, so the new roof sits right on the street.

Concrete tiles themselves are tough. The things that shorten the life of a concrete roof are the parts that get rushed: undersized battens that sag, nails left out on an exposed slope, verges and ridges bedded in mortar that cracks within a decade.

On every concrete tile roof we build, the battens are new, treated and fixed to gauge, the tiles are fixed to the current British Standard for tiling and slating, and the ridge and hips go on a dry system that is clipped and screwed rather than bedded. On gable ends we fit a dry verge, so the edge tiles are held by a mechanical cap instead of a strip of mortar.

Our Hampton re-roof is a good example: new interlocking concrete tiles in a brown-red finish, a dry ridge and hip system, and a flat garage roof rebuilt in the same visit under one scaffold.