The mystery of why they put tires on trailer roofs is actually for very pragmatic reasons.
Purpose of tires on roof.
They prevent the roof from making that rumbling sound when the sun is at its zenith.
Which is perhaps the reason that mr.
Because the skinning is not fastened across the top of the roof it tends to.
The rolls are applied to a completely cleaned stripped roof deck that has been coated in adhesive.
If you have a flat roof and want a more attractive option it is possible to apply rubber shingles on top of the rolled rubber roof.
And the roof is 100 recyclable at the end of its long life.
Kerkhof has already shingled a number of new homes in his part of germany with his rubber tires.
It s a cheap and easy solution.
Many people who don t have roof shingles and use tin roofs or where they aren t properly installed use the tires to hold it down in the case of strong winds etc.
What you do is you put your name on the tires the more the better then put them on the roof and when the twister comes it picks up the tires and throws them.
And the same may hold true for other structures with metal roofs especially older buildings homes where the roofing nails may no longer be firmly embedded in the wood rafters.
If the roof skinning was fastened to each truss across the top of the roof you d eventually have leaks roof galore.
One such innovative product is recycled rubber roofing shingles designed to impersonate those haughty lords of cladding materials natural slate and cedar wood shakes.
It is called red neck shot put.
Secondly they reportedly prevent the roof from being blown clean in the event of strong winds.
Rubberis also one of the greenest choices that a homeowner can make.
The rolls are cut to fit then unrolled across the roof and smoothed out to avoid air bubbles.
You also see it sometimes on the central point of thatched roofs where it also is just there to hold everything in place.
As tire recycling grows more sophisticated more refined consumer products have emerged.
Tires can be melted into asphalt for road coverings sports courts and playgrounds.
The person whose tire lands the farthest away wins.
It s definitely safer than drilling a hole in the roof.
Ah with his patented strips of roofing.