Greenwich

Greenwich is a terra cotta shingle tile in the Ludowici Legacy Collection. It is a clay residential roof tile made as a flat slab, 1/2 inch thick, with a battered surface and a rounded distressed bottom edge. It is a historic tile with an aged appearance. Made in America for over 125 years is printed on the Greenwich sheet.

• Weight per square: 1575 lb
• Pieces per square: 317
• Overall size: 7 inches by 15 inches by 1/2 inch
• Exposure: 7 inches by 6 1/2 inches
• Recommended minimum slope: 5:12
• Base texture: Pitted
• Installed barrel height off deck: not applicable

A Greenwich tile is 7 inches wide, 15 inches long and 1/2 inch thick, with a 7-inch by 6 1/2-inch exposure. A square takes 317 pieces and weighs 1575 lb. The header course fitting weighs 4.9 lb and the end band weighs 2.0 lb.

The base texture is Pitted. The tile is also available with a top sand texture. The battered surface combines with a rounded, distressed bottom edge, so the lower edge of each tile is not square. Custom textures are Battered Butts and Brushed Butts.

Greenwich is available in all standard and custom matte colors, mists and blends developed by Ludowici.

• ASTM C1167 Grade 1 Roof Tile with water absorption less than 2%
• Class A fire rated

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

• Long top: actual size 7 inches by 10 1/2 inches, exposure 7 inches by 6 1/2 inches, 4.2 lb
• Short top: actual size 7 inches by 6 1/2 inches, exposure 7 inches by 4 1/2 inches, 2.6 lb
• End band: actual size 3 1/2 inches by 15 inches, exposure 3 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches, 2.0 lb
• Under eave: actual size 7 inches by 8 1/2 inches, exposure 7 inches, 3.4 lb
• Header course: actual size 7 inches by 15 inches, exposure 7 inches by 12 inches, 4.9 lb

Hip and ridge pieces for Greenwich come in four trim groups, plus an Old Style group.

• 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
• Old Style group: 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 Greenwich.

Five accessory tile types are described for Greenwich, each finishing a different part of the roof.

• Terminal: a tile installed where hips and ridges intersect
• 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 meet

The Greenwich section drawings cover the eave, side wall, head wall, closed rake edge, open rake edge, V-hip, #118 hip, bonnet hip, V-ridge, #211 ridge, #211 vented ridge, rounded interlocking ridge and field cut valley. The drawing numbers run GW-100 to GW-104 for eave, wall and rake sections, GW-200 to GW-202 for hips, GW-300 to GW-303 for ridges and GW-400 for the field cut valley. The GW set is published in PDF and AutoCAD formats, and the full GW set is also published as zip files.

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

The Ludowici shingle tile range also includes Antique, Brittany, Calais, Colonial, Cotswold, Cottage, Crude, Flat Slab, Georgian, Norman, Provincial, Rustic Colonial.

Greenwich is manufactured in the United States and carries the Ludowici 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects. Product sheet LRT-538 covers the Greenwich clay roof tile shingle.