Colonial

Ludowici Colonial is a shingle tile in the Legacy Collection. It is a terra cotta residential roof tile with long irregular lengths and a grooved texture that give the look and feel of the hand split wood shake used on Early American and Colonial buildings. Made in America for over 130 years is printed on the Colonial sheet.

• Weight per square: 1800 pounds
• Pieces per square: 310
• Overall size: 7 3/8 inches by 14 5/8 inches by 5/8 inch
• Exposure: 7 3/8 inches by 6 5/16 inches
• Minimum slope: 5:12
• Base texture: Grooved

The base texture of Colonial is Grooved. A number of custom textures can replace it. A deeper, more pronounced hand split wood shake texture is offered in the related Rustic Colonial tile.

The custom texture list for Colonial has six entries: Battered Butts, Brushed Butts, Hand Slushed, Hand Warped, Pin Holes and Weathered.

Colonial shingles are made in all standard and custom matte colors, mists and blends offered by Ludowici.

Terra cotta glazes and terra cotta textures each have their own browser on the Colonial product page.

• Miami-Dade NOA No: 12-0904.14
• 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
• Miami-Dade NOA No: 23-0125.07 (Interlocking and Shingle)
• IAPMO Evaluation Report: IAPMO-UES ER 0452-2026
• Florida Building Code Evaluation Report

The Colonial fitting pieces are listed with actual size, exposure and weight per piece.

• Long top: actual size 7 3/8 inches by 10 1/2 inches, exposure 7 3/8 inches by 6 5/16 inches, 4.2 pounds
• Short top: actual size 7 3/8 inches by 6 1/2 inches, exposure 7 3/8 inches by 3 5/16 inches, 2.6 pounds
• End band: actual size 3 1/2 inches by 14 5/8 inches, exposure 3 1/2 inches by 6 5/16 inches, 2.9 pounds
• Under eave: actual size 7 3/8 inches by 8 1/2 inches, exposure 7 3/8 inches, 3.4 pounds
• Header course: actual size 7 3/8 inches by 14 5/8 inches, exposure 7 3/8 inches by 11 5/8 inches, 5.8 pounds

For hips and ridges, Colonial is paired with four trim groups.

• V-Hip and Ridge group: V-Hip Starter, V-Hip, V-Ridge, V-Closed Ridge End and V-2 Hip 1 Ridge Terminal
• #118/#211 group: #168 Hip Starter, #118 Hip Roll, #211 Ridge, #211 Closed Ridge End and #118/#211 2 Hip 1 Ridge Terminal
• Circular Cover group: CC-Hip Starter, CC-Hip, CC-Ridge, CC-Closed Ridge End, CC-2 Hip 1 Ridge Terminal and CC-Low Bump terminal
• #102/#206 group: #152 Hip Starter, #102 Hip Roll, #206 Ridge, #206 Closed Ridge End, #102/#206 2 Hip 1 Ridge Terminal, #405 High Bump terminal and #406 High Bump Gable Terminal

The Old Style group listed for Colonial adds a Bonnet Hip Starter, Bonnet Hip Roll, Interlocking Ridge and Aries Hip Plate. The Bonnet Hip Starter, Bonnet Hip Roll and Aries Hip Plate carry an asterisk: the roof slope on each intersecting roof plane must be identical to use those pieces on Colonial.

The Colonial page defines five accessory types for hips and ridges.

• Terminal: a tile installed at the intersection of hip(s) and ridge(s)
• Ridge tile: shaped to cover the uppermost horizontal part of the roof
• Hip starter: installed at the bottom of the hip, also known as a bullnose
• Closed ridge end: a closed-end tile installed at the gable end of the ridge
• Hip tile: shaped to cover the external angle where two sloped planes intersect

The Colonial drawing set runs from COLONIAL-100 at the eave to COLONIAL-400 at the field cut valley, in PDF and AutoCAD formats.

• -100: Section at eave
• -101: Section at side wall
• -102: Section at head wall
• -103: Section at closed rake edge
• -104: Section at open rake edge
• -200: Section at V-hip
• -201: Section at #118 hip
• -202: Section at bonnet hip
• -300: Section at V-ridge
• -301: Section at #211 ridge
• -302: Section at #211 vented ridge
• -303: Section at rounded interlocking ridge
• -400: Section at field cut valley

The Colonial page lists these other shingle tiles: Antique, Brittany, Calais, Cotswold, Cottage, Crude, Flat Slab, Georgian, Greenwich, Norman, Provincial and Rustic Colonial. Rustic Colonial has a deeper, more pronounced hand split wood shake texture.

Colonial is manufactured in the United States and carries the Ludowici 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects.