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Tile roof construction level

Common roofing construction levels are: structural layer, leveling layer, slope layer, vapor barrier, insulation layer, waterproofing layer, isolation layer, and protection layer.

The roofing system of a house can be roughly divided into two systems: sloped roofing and flat roofing. The history of sloped roofing system can be traced back to ancient times, China has its own historical records to the end of the Qing Dynasty, almost all of the house building is sloped roofing. Foreign countries are also roughly the same, but more distinctive and diverse, such as a variety of pointed roofs, bulbous roofs and so on.

The flat roof system actually evolved from the ancient castle structure, along with the development of modern concrete components, in many high-rise buildings have been widely adopted. Roof tiles are basically used for sloping roofs.

Concrete tiles

Concrete tiles are a collective term for roof tiles and accessory tiles made from concrete. Concrete roof tile is made of concrete, laid on the slope of the roof to complete the tile roof function of the building components. It is cement, sand or inorganic hard fine aggregate as the main raw material, after batching, mixing, molding, maintenance made in accordance with the provisions of the national standard GB8001-87, the standard size of 400mm × 240mm; 385mm × 235mm two.

Colorful concrete tile, commonly known as cement color tile, in Europe and the United States has a history of more than 100 years, in the late 1980s began to introduce into the country. Concrete tiles have the advantages of good durability and low cost, but they are self-important and are mainly used for civil buildings and rural buildings with sloping roofs.