History Red Metal Roofs

Asphalt shingles were developed in america in the 1920s.

History red metal roofs.

Copper has played a significant role in architecture for thousands of years see. Tin shingles commonly embossed to imitate wod or tile or with a decorative design were popular as an inexpensive textured roofing material. The romans used copper as roof covering for the pantheon in 27 b c. The mint was thereby fireproofed with a 20 gauge galvanized corrugated iron roof on iron trusses.

Many pantiles s curved tiles as well as flat roofing tiles were used in jamestown virginia. Mint in new orleans. Davis suggested in a color to imitate the green patina of copper. European settlers used clay tile for roofing as early as the mid 17th century.

Sloping roofs come in many different varieties. Centuries later copper and its alloys were integral in european medieval architecture. Copper in architecture in the 3rd century b c copper roof shingles were installed atop the lovamahapaya temple in sri lanka. First techniques in western culture copper and lead roofing originated in ancient rome and was used in europe through the middle ages.

Tin roofs were painted as additional rust protection usually with an iron oxide red paint or sometimes a pale green to imitate weathered copper. Certigrade handbook of red cedar shingles red cedar shingle bureau 1957. Terne plate differed from tin plate in that the iron was dipped in an alloy of lead and tin giving it a duller finish. Cedar shingles commonly topped residential structures through the 19th century but were supplanted in popularity in the 20th century by asphalt.

The material which originated in the 19th century remains widely used today. Or as the architect a. Tiles have spread to manycountries as the number of styles and colors expanded and homeowners learned of their durability and weather resistant qualities. Historic roofing materials in america.

By the early 1900s concrete tiles painted red were being used as a lower cost alternative. Metal roofing 25 30 in. Tin roofs were kept wellpainted usually red. In some cities such as new york and boston clay was popularly used as a precaution against such fire as those that engulfed london in 1666 and scorched boston in 1679.