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BENEFITS
Long Lasting
Economical
Attractive appearance
Choice of shapes
Choice of colours
Easy to install
SAA fire
rating to BS 476:
Part 3: 1958
Non-rotting glass fibre base.
NOTE
Ridge & Barge.
In common with other shingle
manufacturers, Ruberoid recommend the use of shingles
cut into strips for the ridge and barge (end flashings) See
3,4, & 6 Armourshield photos above right.
SLE Cladding Ltd offer a method
that is more secure against gales with the use of Plastic
Coated Steel Ridge Sheets and Barge Boards.
The standard ones are 3 metres long x 400mm
girth and are available in the standard range of Plastisol
colours. They can also be made to any girth width and made more
attractive to bespoke designs. See Shadow Line Barge on
the Flashings page.
This page together with the
fixing instruction page (as per above) incorporate the
complete manufacturer's instruction booklet.
To see Flashings
Page.
To See Plastisol Colour Charts.
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WARNING
It is not SLE Cladding
Ltd's policy to knock competitor's products, but we do
from time to time
issue warnings when we feel it is necessary.
SHINGLES.
Certain DIY chains
are
marketing as own brand lightweight shingles aimed at the DIY market at a very low price.
The quality of this product is not comparable with the
quality of the shingles offered on this page, which is
the top quality product that the professional builders
use.
When purchasing
shingles, some of which may be in roll form
Note the quality, thickness, quantity in pack
and size and also note if there is any grit detached from the
face of the
shingles lying on the floor area surrounding the packs.
We never say don't buy
this product, but first to ask yourself if the quality meets your
requirements
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Armour Glass & Armour Shield. Roofing
Shingles.
The complete manufacturer's brochure and
fixing instructions are reproduced below.
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ArmourGlass Square
Butt Shingles |
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ArmourShield Hexagonal
Shingles |
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General
In the UK Shingles
are found on the roofs of single story timber framed and other buildings, such as
bus shelters, stables, sports pavilions,
beach huts, chalets, summer houses etc.
Across the
Atlantic to the United States. There in a country that is
subject to extremes of temperature as well as tornadoes, the
majority of residential housing and commercial premises are roofed with a similar types
of shingle.
Roofing shingles are suitable for use on any building,
temporary or permanent, domestic or commercial, with a roof
pitch of 20 degrees to vertical.
The Product
Roofing shingle consist of a heavyweight inert glass fibre
base, coated with oxidised bitumen and surfaced with coloured
mineral granules. Roofing Shingles are
factory cut into strip form and are available in two shapes,
Square Butt or Hexagonal.
To improve adhesion
of the tiles, the Square Butt Shingles have a heat sensitive
bituminous strip on the top side, on the reverse side there is
a polyethylene strip to prevent sticking in the pack during
transit, this strip does not need to be removed. The Hexagonal
products have an adhesive surface on the reverse of each tab,
protected with a removable film.
When applied in
accordance with the fixing instructions, Roofing Shingles are
easily installed and will provide a long lasting, highly
decorative , weather proof roof finish in a variety of pitched
roof situations.
Product Data
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Type |
Roof Area per carton |
Weight per Carton |
Strip Length |
Strip Depth |
Strips per Carton |
Tabs per Strip |
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Square Butt |
3.0m2 |
32.4 kg |
1m |
336 mm |
21 |
4 |
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Hexagonal |
3.0m2 |
28.5 kg |
1m |
318 mm |
22 |
3 |
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Colours.
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Armourglass |
Square Butt |
Black |
Forest Green |
Dual Brown |
Tile Red |
Slate Grey |
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Armourshield |
Hexagonal |
Forest Green |
Dual Brown |
Tile Red |
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For the manufacturer's full fixing
instructions
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A shingle roof under assembly |
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