Roof Tile Mixture

Designed to set clay and cementitious roof tile.

Roof tile mixture.

Mortar mix designed for installing flat low and high profile clay and concrete tile on roofs over granular roofing paper or other approved underlayment materials approved for use in the hvhz high velocity hurricane zone exceeds the performance requirements of astm c 270 for type m mortar. Roof cement is primarily used to hold roof tiles hip tiles and ridge tiles securely in place it also keeps out rainwater. They calculated 21 tons of nitrogen oxides would be eliminated daily if tiles on one million roofs were coated with their titanium dioxide mixture. Oldcastle sakrete roof tile mortar mix is a mixture of high strength masonry cement and sand.

For a 12 5 lb 5 7 kg batch of mortar stir in about 0 125 us gal 0 47 l of the additive using a paddle mixer. Cost savings from tile roofs and their roi. A tile roof is an energy efficient money saving insulator. Broken tiles need to be professionally repaired so if you need to walk around on your tile roof learn how to do it properly.

Without it you get a stiff mixture that doesn t stick to tile. The correct mix ratio is 3 parts sand to 1 part cement this is much stronger than bricklayers use 5 1 as the cement on the roof must withstand more driving rain than a typical brick wall. They also calculated it would cost only about 5 for enough titanium dioxide to coat an average sized residential roof. The liquid latex is the secret ingredient that gives the mortar its strength.

Mix the mortar well so the additive gets evenly distributed throughout it.