Slate a more expensive and durable roofing material was also used for high class homes.
Victorian roofing materials.
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Wood clay and the beginning of the victorian era when the architectural design choices that have grown to be known as the victorian style emerged wood and clay tiles were the roofing materials of choice.
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Victorian roofing has been operating for over 40 years in all types of roof tiling concrete and terracotta tiles.
Apart from the differences in roofing materials people of the 19th century also used different roofing designs.
Of the inorganic roofing materials used on historic buildings the most common are perhaps the sheet metals.
For higher end buildings clay was typically used whereas wood was sought as a less expensive alternative.
The roofing material was typically composed of multiple layers of coal and tar over tongue and groove planking.
Wood is cost effective and visually appealing but it is not a long lasting material.
Victorian architecture was primarily constructed with brick and mortar.
This is because wood is susceptible to rot insect problems and damage.
While in warmer parts of the country people tended to use wood roofing in colder regions people often used slate or metal.
To the design materials and skills used on traditional roofs even though few would fully comply with modern practice.
As well as the contribution that a historic roof makes to an individual building equally important are the distinctive roofscapes of tile slate stone or thatch which are so vital to the unique character of many english regions.
Wood roofing was used primarily for early victorian homes.
The biggest manufactured roofing innovation of the mid 19th century was the introduction of shingles and rolls of material composed of asphalt felt and a granular coating which came into wide use in the early 20th century because of their low cost fire resistance and ease of installation.
Lead copper zinc tin plate terne plate and galvanized iron.
Imported from wales to colonial america for fire proof roofs in boston philadelphia and new york it was still slow to catch on for houses.
Since this time period however wood roofing has evolved and is now made to be more resistant.
Second only to wood as a natural traditional roofing material slateis a fine grained sedimentary rock that has topped castles and large buildings for centuries in europe.
