Peg Tile Roof

Kent peg tiles are usually 9 5 inches 240mm in length.
Peg tile roof. There are also roof tiles for special positions particularly where the planes of the several pitches meet. Others in surrey for instance were 11 inches long but could be as long as 11 5 inches 290mm. Roof tiles are hung from the framework of a roof by fixing them with nails. Roofs at this pitch would have required torching with mortar from the under side particularly where the roof space needed to be draughtproof.
Peg tiles are characterised by their warm orange red hues and varied texture that they lend to a roof. Sussex peg tiles are more likely to be 10 inches 250mm in length. Around york peg tiles can be as large as 12 inches x 8 inches 300mm x 200mm. This requirement varied from area.
My apprentice cutting up a peg tile valley. Peg tiles were hand made and the drying and firing process led to subtle distortions and.