Around york peg tiles can be as large as 12 inches x 8 inches 300mm x 200mm.
Peg tile roof.
There are also roof tiles for special positions particularly where the planes of the several pitches meet.
5 1 peg tiles were generally used on steep roof pitches at around 50 degrees.
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Peg tiles were hand made and the drying and firing process led to subtle distortions and.
Peg tiles are characterised by their warm orange red hues and varied texture that they lend to a roof.
This requirement varied from area.
Roofs at this pitch would have required torching with mortar from the under side particularly where the roof space needed to be draughtproof.
Roof tiles are hung from the framework of a roof by fixing them with nails.
The tiles are usually hung in parallel rows with each row overlapping the row below it to exclude rainwater and to cover the nails that hold the row below.
Others in surrey for instance were 11 inches long but could be as long as 11 5 inches 290mm.