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Natural look - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Natural clay tiles from Lafarge Roofing's Rosemary Craftsman range are available in different lengths, dimensional variations and twist characteristics. It is offered in colours such as the Hawkhurst Blend and is produced from selected clays with coarse, textured surfaces.

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Redland range - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Expansion to Lafarge Roofing's Redland Range has included the Cathedral, a large-format interlocking pantile which is available in an engobed black option or rich terracotta. The 411mm by 265mm pantile is manufactured using the company's precision technology. It has a full range of matching accessories and fittings .

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Slate with some hispanic soul - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Sourced from quarries in Spain and Argentina, Lafarge Roofing has added a natural slate to the Redlands range. It is offered in two colours, Del Carmen and Riverstone. The dressed-edge gre/green Riverstone option is mined from Argentina's La Florida region. DEl Carmen is a hand-split riven slate option quarried from north-western Spain. It is characterised by a blue/black colouring and a longitudinal grain. Both slates have matching ridge, valley, verge and ventilation accessories and fixings for the whole roof.

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Play safe on pitched roofs - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Launched just over a month after the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) began its 'Height Aware' campaign, Lafarge Roofing has introduced the Redland safety hook system. Combining a fall-arrest anchor, ladder hook and crawling board clamp, the Redland system can be used as a structural anchorage point for safety belts and harnesses, as well as to safely attach roof ladders and support-work platforms. A body harness is simply clicked in to safely arrest and accidental falls at the eaves, verges or over the ridge. Laboratory tests have ensured the system is capable of taking a single 2.6kN static load with an EN355 energy-absorber harness. It is manufactured from galvanised steel and secured by stainless steel fixings. The Redland safety hook system is supplied as a five-component kit to fit directly within pitched roofing rafters by 100mm wide rafter brackets, connected by a fixing rail. It is compatible with a wide range of slates and tiles from the Redland range.

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Roof tiles come in handy - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Expanding its range of handcrafted tiles, Lafarge Roofing has added the Craftsman range to its 160 year old Rosemary clay tile collection, which meets modern performance standards. The new product has warm, rustic colours, with natural textures to create roofing in the handcrafted tradition. Close up, it has variable hanging length, dimensional variation and twist characteristics. It is handcrafted from selected clays with coarse textured surfaces and natural colours.

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Matter of detail - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Complex detailing with Rosemary natural clay plain tiles, from the Redland range by Lafarge Roofing, was a factor in its specification for two new boarding house blocks at Wellington College. Ridges, bonnets, valleys and verticals match the Light Mixed Brindle tiles over a combined 1700m? roofscape.

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Restoring to the Victorian - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Meeting low maintenance needs, two Victorian pavilions in Gateshead have been restored with Lafarge Roofing's Redland Rosemary natural clay tiles. Working from original drawings, 50m? of the product was supplied with matching ornamental fishtail tiles and bonnet hips. The stripped tiles were concretes from previous repairs and the 2500 new tiles, at a 35? angle, were specified with Heritage Lottery funds

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Creating an attachment - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Plastic headed fascia pins and nails by Top-Cap are designed for attaching u-pvc fascia boards and other cladding materials to buildings. They are also suitable for mounting outdoor displays to wooden batten supports. An austenitic marine grade 316/A4 stainless steel with 12% Nickel content is used for the nail and pin shanks. uv stabilised, glass reinforced nylon with an easy clean finish encases the stepped head shank. The head sizes of 6.6mm and 11.9mm provides large contact areas which are resistant to deformation or damage. Compatible with use in the food industry, four head colours are available with others supplied on request. Pins are supplied in lengths of 25, 30 and 40mm with nails in 40, 50 or 65mm lengths.

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Slowly eroded - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Expanding the Lafarge Roofing Redland Landmark range of products, a new Terracotta Brindle colour and Double Roman profile have been introduced. Their manufacturing is designed to process prevents premature erosion and allows the colours to mellow and age gradually over time.

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Single lap interlocking double tile - Lafarge Roofing Limited

As well as improving the speed of builds and cost efficiencies, the DuoPlain single-lap interlocking double Plain tile from Lafarge Roofing's Redland range also provides an aesthetical appeal. These features meant that the product was specified for two housing developments by Redrow Homes in Staffordshire, England. As a double Plain tile, the product means contractors need to fit a third of the tiles to achieve the look of a traditional double-lapped plain tile roof. A full range of matching fittings is available such as tile-and-a-half, left-hand and right-hand verge tiles, and a DuoPlain RedLine Vent tile for low profile roof space ventilation.

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Pitching for solar benefits - Lafarge Roofing Limited

Photovoltaic solar power is being provided to over 60 new houses on a Martin Grant Homes development in rural Bedfordshire. The photovoltaic system chosen was taken Lafarge Roofing's Redland range. The PV800 system integrates directly with the traditional pitched roofing, and will generate over 30% of the future household's annual electricity needs, the company states. The house roof is tiled in Mini Stonewolds, also from the Redland range.

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