Definitely say which is the birthplace of the tile - it is impossible, as well as to answer the question, where for the first time people began to use pottery. The simplest form of roofing tiles aged several thousand years archaeologists have found in China, India, ancient Babylon and Egypt. The most ancient civilizations that are known to us, was used for the roof burnt tiles grooved or flat shape.

One can say with certainty that in Europe tiles came from the Mediterranean.

The inherited from the Romans stone the roof is ideal for stone dwellings. Tiled roof crowned by a formidable and family castle of the Crusaders descendants, and spacious houses of merchants, as well as small but cozy house craftsmen. The walls are made of stone or brick can stand for a century, and the durability of ceramic tile they are not inferior: its lifetime - for hundreds of years

All this time it protects the house from moisture, retains heat in winter and in summer - cool. It does not give noise to penetrate into the house. It is not surprising that Europeans love this roofing material does not weaken, and after a hundred years.

Roof tiles have traditionally been associated with Europe. Indeed, it is the most popular is the Europeans at the moment. For example, in Germany on the tile accounts for about 80%of the market of roofing materials. What are the traits of the German character can explain such a popularity of ceramics? Of course, it is, above all, commitment to reliability and solidity, the desire to live "like a stone wall».

In Europe the tradition of ceramic tiles production of several centuries, and the efforts of German technology made tiles higher quality, durable and diverse in form and color. That German technology developed engobing tile technology - special coating, which gives the tile a different color. Engobe is applied to the wet preform before baking, so engobed tile does not fade and fade under exposure to solar radiation. For the production of a greater variety of tile colors used glazing technology

The technology of production of glazed tile allows you to make tiles, almost any shade

Here are the main advantages of ceramic tiles:.!

durable material - excavations archaeological confirm this,

comfortable material, having unique operating characteristics - dampens sound of rain, smoothes changes in temperature without cracking during heating or cooling under the influence of weather factors,

reliable material - due to its weight and fine-grained tile roof can withstand even hurricane, does not fade and does not fade lifetime,

< p> beautiful stuff - with a large variety of colors and shapes, ceramic tiles help make any design project, and most importantly, the roof of a hundred years will have the same appearance as the new,

economical material - due to the small size of shingles during installation waste to trimming range from 0 to 3%, depending on the complexity of the roof,

environmentally friendly material - for the manufacture of only used clay, and coloring occurs only with the use of engobe based on natural oxides of metals or glazes - this technology is used for the production of tableware

with the advantages of tile, we figured out, and what her weaknesses are constantly asking our skeptics.?

it is believed that the lack of a ceramic tile is its weight. However, the own weight of tile is not significant proportion to the estimated load on truss structure as compared with the snow and wind loads. Solution of the problem lies in a slight increase in cross-section trusses. The calculation of the foundation mass of tile roofing is only 2-3%of the total mass of the walls

At the tiles there is another "flaw":. Its installation can be trusted only to professionals. Shingles for roofs of any configuration, but to mount a tiled roof, which will bring to their owners only joy, can be entrusted only to professional roofers.

Currently, the roofing market in Ukraine is offered tiles of many manufacturers, in various shapes and colors, different price categories.

How to make the right choice of tile to roof reliably serve for many years?

The first step is to pay attention to the climatic region, where the tile is made. Not recommended for our roof shingles, which is made for the southern regions, where there are no winters in Ukraine - it is primarily the Bulgarian and Serbian factories. Although the price - this is the cheapest tiles in our market and many buyers it attracts the lowest price of the tile

Not all manufacturers in Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, check their shingles on frost

French concern TERREAL has strict delineation of the use of its tiles for different climate zones. Therefore, in the Ukraine are shipped only those kinds of tiles, which have passed tests for frost resistance

Among the Italian manufacturers would like to mention the plant SERENI concern S.ANSELMO, where the tile, produced in the North, put a special mark -. Snowflake, which means that the tiles can be used in regions with harsh winters.

in Portugal, the only company MARGON produces shingles, which is recommended to apply in countries with cold climates. This company produces unique types of tiles with water absorption less than 1%. This clinker tiles on its hardiness superior to all the European manufacturers!

Absolutely all tiles German manufacturers recommended for the device roofs in our climate zone. The largest and most already well-known in our country:.

NELSKAMP, BRAAS, CREATON, JACOBI-WALTHER, KORAMIC, MEYER-HOLSEN, ROBEN

There is a consumer question: if all of these producers produce high-quality tiles, why price for similar models different? But the fact that different manufacturers use different tolerances standard of quality control and rejection of products. During firing tiles there is a change of its dimensions and may appear slight curvature in the plane of the tile. Now, different manufacturers dimensional tolerances and curvature is different, although they comply with harmonized European Norms. Thus, the larger the tile after firing is rejected, the higher it goes. But it does not mean that cheap tiles will be less expensive than. Cheap tile is expensive at installation time

A great influence on the price of the tile has a kind of coverage:.. Genuine, engobed or glazed

Natural - this tiles produced without any coloring clay preform. Has traditional terracotta color, which differs from vendor to vendor due to the color of clay used. This is the most inexpensive type of tile

engobed -. This tiles painted special engobe. Engobes come in various shades of red, brown, gray and black. At a cost of such kind of tiles a little more expensive than natural

Glazed -. This tiles with applied glaze of various shades. This is the most expensive type of tile. The cost of the different colors of glazed tiles is different, too, because production of glazes of different colors have different cost. The most expensive -. It is black, blue, yellow and green glaze

However, the reliability of the tile does not depend on its cover and natural tile will serve you just as much, and glazed. The choice depends only on the aesthetic appearance of the roof, which do you like more

So, choosing a tile for your home you have to choose:.

  1. Form tile , which can be "Mediterranean" vysokovolnovaya traditional medium wave, dvuhzhelobchataya or flat
  2. Color roof tile -. shades of engobes and glazes from different manufacturers different
  3. The size of the tile -. can be coarse-grained at a rate of 5-10 pieces per m2, at a rate of 11 srednemodulnaya 14 pcs per m2, a fine-grained with a flow rate of 18-70 pieces per m2.

When you have decided on these options, you can choose a manufacturer that can provide you with shingles, satisfying all your needs.

The company "Modern house" has a decade of experience working with various manufacturers of ceramic tiles. Our experts will help you make the right choice of tiles that will best meet your requirements and preferences. Company "Modern House" is the All-Ukrainian Union of Roofers and our roofers professionally execute load-bearing structure Roof and correctly assemble the tiles that will reliably serve for many years to you, your children, grandchildren and grandchildren of your grandchildren!

easy to build - to live comfortably

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