Lightweight Concrete Roofing

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Lightweight concrete roofing.

Ballast paver is the easiest lightweight concrete paver to install and is designed to interlock with one another forming a ballast system that effectively secures single ply roofing membranes. Sakrete lightweight concrete mix is ideal for setting footings pouring slabs and anchoring posts and poles. How difficult is it to maintain concrete roof tiles. With customers spanning 11 states in the mid atlantic and northeast region of the u s joseph miorelli co inc.

This combination creates a durable roof system that also has excellent wind uplift values. With standard structural concrete the aggregate used is sand and stone. Sakrete light weight concrete mix is a general purpose concrete mix manufactured using light weight aggregates. Has been installing lightweight insulating concrete applications for both new construction and reroofing projects for 50 years.

Ballast paver can be used as a walkway perimeter ballast or can fully cover a roof for ultimate protection from wind and uv damage. With structural lightweight concrete a mix of shale slate slag and clay are used and with this mix the aggregate is fully saturated prior to mixing. Lightweight concrete tiles are also available in some regions of the country for re roofing applications where the roof structure is insufficient to support standard weight concrete tiles. This mix comes in strong poly lined bags to enable easy transportation.

Lightweight concrete tiles in 10 series including cedarlite 600 espana 600 saxony 600 slate and villa 600 all less than 600 pounds per square. Our sub six profiles and our flat lightweight 720 lbs. Lightweight concrete roof tile eaglelite is our lightweight fire safe roof tile that is available in some of our most established profiles and colors. Profiles are a fraction of the weight of our conventional roof tiles and are perfect for re roof projects.

Structural lightweight concrete has an in place density unit weight on the order of 90 to 115 lb ft 1440 to 1840 kg m. A yearly visual inspection of a concrete roof can help protect against accumulation of leaf debris in. Impact resistant concrete roof tiles with class 4 impact rating that withstand successive 2 ice balls at 70 mph in series including saxony slate impact and barcelona impact. Lightweight concrete mixture is made with a lightweight coarse aggregate and sometimes a portion or entire fine aggregates may be lightweight instead of normal aggregates.

It provides a very effective and efficient method of insulating the concrete base from intense heat and for creating drainage slopes screeds which facilitate quick surface water runoff as well as eliminate any chances of ponding or stagnation.