Peg tiles were hand made and the drying and firing process led to subtle distortions and.
Peg tile roof.
Kent peg tiles are usually 9 5 inches 240mm in length.
Sussex peg tiles are more likely to be 10 inches 250mm in length.
Roofs at this pitch would have required torching with mortar from the under side particularly where the roof space needed to be draughtproof.
The tiles are usually hung in parallel rows with each row overlapping the row below it to exclude rainwater and to cover the nails that hold the row below.
There are also roof tiles for special positions particularly where the planes of the several pitches meet.
Roof tiles are hung from the framework of a roof by fixing them with nails.
This requirement varied from area.
My apprentice cutting up a peg tile valley.
Tony s house video 5 laying the roof tiles rendering and taking down the scaffolding duration.
5 1 peg tiles were generally used on steep roof pitches at around 50 degrees.