Redland Tile Roofing in Windsor & Berkshire

Redland is one of the best-known names in British roof tiles, and the Redland 49 is one of the most widely used concrete interlocking tiles in the UK. If your home was built or re-roofed in the last few decades in Windsor, Slough, Maidenhead or South West London, there is a good chance it is a Redland tile on top.

The 49 earns its place in three ways:

• It interlocks: each tile locks into the next along its edge, so the roof sheds water reliably and holds firm in wind rather than relying on overlap alone
• It looks clean: a regular, even profile that suits most suburban homes without fuss
• It is good value: a proven tile at a concrete tile price

It comes in a range of colours. On our Surbiton job the homeowner chose brown/red, which sits naturally alongside the brick and tile of the street. We help you choose a colour that matches the house and the neighbours.

Because Redland tiles are so common, a lot of the repairs we carry out are on Redland roofs: a cracked tile from a falling branch, a slipped course on an exposed slope, a run of tiles lifted in a storm. The good news is that current Redland profiles are easy to source, so a repair blends in.

The catch is age and colour. A Redland roof that has weathered for twenty or thirty years will not be quite the same shade as a new tile from the yard. On a repair in the middle of a slope we take sound tiles from a less visible spot, such as behind a chimney or on a rear slope, use those where the repair shows, and put the new tiles where they do not.

Interlocking tiles also have to be refitted in the right order, because each one locks under its neighbour. We lift the surrounding tiles, refit the course properly and fix it, so the interlock does its job again.