Italia

Italia is a 16 inch pan and cover terra cotta tile in the Legacy Collection. It combines straight barrel caps with flat pans, and its look and character match centuries-old Italian roofs. It is a two-piece system, with separate dimensions for the cover and the pan.

The Italia tile is made in the United States and carries a 75-year material warranty. It is one of the Italian style clay tile roofing profiles in the line.

The cover is 8 inches by 16 inches and the pan is 9 3/4 inches by 16 inches. Both are laid at an exposure of 15 inches center to center by 13 inches.

• Weight per square: 950 lbs
• Pieces per square: 148
• Overall size: cover 8" x 16", pan 9 3/4" x 16"
• Exposure: 15" C.C. x 13"
• Installed barrel height off deck: 4 3/8" nominal
• Minimum slope: 5:12
• Base texture: smooth

Four fittings are listed.

• Rolled rake: length 16", exposure 13", 7.0 lbs per piece
• Eave closure: length 14 3/4", exposure 15", 1.7 lbs per piece
• Top fixture: length 11 1/8", exposure 15", 1.7 lbs per piece
• Short course: length 13", exposure 10", 5.1 lbs per piece

In a laid-tight method installation, short course pieces are the shorter cap tiles in the first row and the pans in the last row at the ridge.

Two trim groups provide the hip and ridge pieces.

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

The accessory guide on the Italia page defines five trim pieces.

• Terminal: a tile installed where hips and ridges intersect.
• Ridge tile: a tile shaped to cover the uppermost horizontal part of the roof.
• Hip starter: a tile 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: a tile shaped to cover the external angle formed where two sloped planes meet.

The base texture is smooth. Custom textures include brushed butt, battered butt, hand roughed, hand slushed, top sand and weathered.

The Italia tile is available in all standard and custom colors, mists and blends of the Ludowici color program, shown in the Colors of Ludowici brochure.

Italia is listed as an ASTM C1167 Grade 1 roof tile with water absorption less than 2%.

The Italia tile is manufactured in the United States and carries the 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects.

The Italia page offers section drawings in PDF and AutoCAD formats, with a bulk download of all technical details. The set covers these conditions.

• Section at eave (ITALIA-100)
• Section at side wall (ITALIA-101)
• Section at head wall (ITALIA-102)
• Section at rake edge (ITALIA-103)
• Section at Circular Cover hip (ITALIA-200)
• Section at #102 hip (ITALIA-201)
• Section at Circular Cover ridge (ITALIA-300)
• Section at Circular Cover vented ridge (ITALIA-301)
• Section at #206 ridge (ITALIA-302)
• Section at #206 vented ridge (ITALIA-303)
• Section at field cut valley (ITALIA-400)
• Section at cut and closed valley (ITALIA-401)

The Italia page links the LRT-435 Ludowici Barrel Tile Installation Manual, with a Spanish-language edition numbered LRT-435S.

The product sheet is numbered LRT-528.

The Italia page links an Environmental Product Declaration for clay tiles and fittings. Safety Data Sheets for the Italia tile come in an OSHA GHS version and a China GHS version, both dated 2014.