Old Tire Roof Shingles

Old Tire Roof Shingles FARM HOME Building Techniques 18-1-3 A Canadian company cuts old tires into strips for use as roof shingles and has come up with a patented new process to install them. Moore Roofs Mfg., Inc., Squamish, B.C., has been shingling roofs with tire strips for 3 years and is now setting up franchises in the U.S. The company cuts out the tire beads and sidewalls, resulting in 36-in. long strips that are 12 to 17 in. wide, depending on the tire used. The strips are then arranged in rows and alternated so that one row of strips is face up, the next row face down, etc. The strips are overlapped and screwed down along their edges for a tight seal. "The main advantage of tire shingles is that they last much longer than conventional roofing materials," says inventor Richard Moore. "We guarantee them for 50 years and the warranty is transferrable to the next owner. It costs about $1.50 per sq. ft. to shingle a roof with tires. That's a little more expensive than asphalt shingles, but asphalt shingles last only about 10 to 20 years before you have to replace them. Tire shingles are very tough. If you try to chop into them with an axe, the axe will just bounce off. Tire shingles are also more wind resistant than asphalt shingles because they're heavy and attached more securely to the roof. The building will blow away be-fore the roof will blow off."They seal extremely well, allowing us to use them on roofs with minimal slope. Snow easily slides off them. They're so slippery that when we install them we have to use spiked logging boots to keep from slipping. Tire shingles also insulate much better than asphalt shingles because the black tires absorb heat, although we can paint them in a variety of colors." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Moore, Moore Roofs Mfg., Inc., Box 1459, Squamish, B.C., Canada VON 3G0 (ph 604 898-5683).

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