Clay tile roofs | Thornbury Slate & Copper

Materials

Four materials, chosen for the house, not the catalog.

Material	Suits	Typical life	Lb / square	Lead time	Sample / square
Vermont slateQuarried, split by hand, laid in courses with copper nails.	Tudor, Georgian, French Normandy	75–125	800–1,100	10–16 wk	$3,400–5,200
Clay barrel tileTwo-piece pan and cover, laid in mortar or on battens.	Mediterranean, Spanish Colonial	50–100	1,000–1,200	8–14 wk	$2,600–3,800
Clay flat tileInterlocking French-pattern tile, kiln-fired, hung on battens.	French Country, Provençal, Italianate	50–100	800–1,000	8–14 wk	$2,800–4,200
Standing-seam copper16 oz copper, seams folded on site; bright, then brown, then green.	Bays, turrets, dormers and entry roofs	60–100	125–150	4–6 wk	$3,800–5,600

Sample figures for a fictional firm. A square is 100 sq ft of roof. A typical shingle roof weighs about 250 lb a square.