Century Shake

Century Shake is a thick-profile interlocking terra cotta tile with a rugged texture and an uneven surface. It has pressed grooves and a lightly scratched hand-split texture that mirrors the appearance of real wood shakes. It belongs to the clay tile roofing range and sits with LudoShake in the shake tile section of the Ludowici site.

Century Shake Premier is the same tile offered in three widths, which gives a random-width appearance.

• Weight per square: 663 pounds (Century Shake), 679 pounds (Premier)
• Pieces per square: 125 (Century Shake), 141 (Premier: 100 full, 28 two-thirds, 13 half)
• Overall size, Century Shake: 10 1/2 inches by 14 1/2 inches by 1 inch
• Overall size, Premier: widths of 5 1/2, 7 3/16 and 10 1/2 inches, each 14 1/2 inches long by 1 inch
• Exposure, Century Shake: 10 inches by 11 1/2 inches
• Exposure, Premier: widths of 5, 6 11/16 and 10 inches, each 11 1/2 inches
• Recommended minimum slope: 3:12
• Base texture: Scratched shake

The Premier sizes are not pre-blended on pallets. Each size is packaged individually and is blended in the field by the installer.

The installation manual sets Century Shake length exposure at the tile length minus 3 inches of headlap, which gives an 11 1/2-inch exposure for the 14 1/2-inch tile.

The standard color blends are Aged Cedar, Earth Gray, Ebony Mist, Golden Red Cedar, Sienna, Western Cedar and White Cedar. The tile is also made in all standard and custom colors. The base texture is scratched shake, and custom textures such as weathered are available.

• Miami-Dade NOA No: 13-0820.03
• State of Florida Approval No: FL 13777
• ASTM C1167 Grade 1 Roof Tile with water absorption less than 2%
• Class A fire rated
• IAPMO UES ER-452
• Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) approved

The product page lists Miami-Dade NOA No. 23-0125.09 for the tile, Texas Department of Insurance evaluation report RC309, IAPMO evaluation report ER 0452-2026 and a Florida Building Code evaluation report. It also lists safety data sheets (OSHA and China GHS, 2014) and an Environmental Product Declaration.

• Terminal: set where hips and ridges meet
• Ridge tile: covers the uppermost horizontal part of the roof
• Hip starter (bullnose): sits at the bottom of the hip
• Closed ridge end: finishes the ridge at the gable end
• Hip tile: covers the external angle where two sloped planes meet

Century Shake section drawings in PDF and AutoCAD cover the eave with cant strip (CSHAKE-100), side wall (CSHAKE-101), head wall (CSHAKE-102), rake edge with rake flashing (CSHAKE-103), rake edge with a 90 degree rake (CSHAKE-104), hip (CSHAKE-200), ridge (CSHAKE-300) and field-cut valley (CSHAKE-400).

Century Shake is manufactured in the United States and carry a 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects.