Morando Closed Shingle

Morando Closed Shingle is the smallest interlocking tile Ludowici makes. It belongs to the Legacy Collection and has a smooth surface with a thicker butt than the original Heritage Closed Shingle. Custom textures can be applied to it. The tile has been made in the United States for over 125 years and is part of the clay tile roof range.

On the Ludowici site it is listed with the other interlocking tiles: Americana, Classic, French, Lanai and Williamsburg.

• Weight per square: 1160 pounds
• Pieces per square: 225
• Overall size: 8 3/4 inches by 11 inches by 1 3/16 inches
• Exposure: 8 inches by 8 inches by 1 3/16 inches
• Recommended minimum slope: 3:12
• Base texture: Smooth

The installation manual sets Morando Closed Shingle length exposure at the tile length minus 3 inches of headlap, which gives an 8-inch exposure for the 11-inch tile.

The tile is made in all standard and custom matte colors, mists and blends. The base texture is smooth. Custom textures are brushed butt, battered butt, hand roughed, weathered and top sand.

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

The product page lists an Environmental Product Declaration and safety data sheets for glazed and unglazed clay tile (OSHA and China GHS, 2014), and no Miami-Dade NOA number.

The fittings are two detached gable rakes, an end band and an under eave. The rakes are 11 inches long with an 8-inch exposure and weigh 2.8 and 3.3 pounds each. The under eave is 12 inches long and weighs 2.3 pounds.

Four trim groups can be used on this profile.

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

The Morando Closed Shingle high bump pieces are the #405 High Bump 2 Hip 1 Ridge Terminal and the #406 High Bump Gable Terminal.

• 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

Morando Closed Shingle section drawings in PDF and AutoCAD cover the eave with under eave, side wall, head wall, rake edge with a detached rake, V-hip, #118 hip, V-ridge, #211 ridge, #211 vented ridge and a field-cut valley.

The drawings carry the references MORANDOCS-100 through MORANDOCS-400.

Morando Closed Shingle is manufactured in the United States and carry a 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects.