Norman

Norman is a terra cotta shingle tile in the Ludowici Legacy Collection. It is a clay residential roof tile with a cratered surface, a black-sanded finish and a rough bottom edge, with the look of centuries-old roof tiles from the Normandy region of France.

• Weight per square: 1600 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: Dimpled and Hand Sanded
• Installed barrel height off deck: not applicable

A Norman 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 1600 lb. The header course fitting is the heaviest at 5.0 lb, and the end band weighs 2.5 lb.

The standard color blend is Santiago Rose with Black Sand, a Santiago Rose glaze with black sand weathering. Other standard and custom matte colors developed by Ludowici are also available. The base texture is Dimpled and Hand Sanded. Custom textures are Battered Butts and Brushed Butts.

• 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
• IAPMO-UES ER 0452-2026 evaluation report
• Florida Building Code evaluation report

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

• Long top: actual size 7 by 10 1/2 inches, exposure 7 by 6 1/2 inches, 4.2 lb
• Short top: actual size 7 by 6 1/2 inches, exposure 7 by 4 1/2 inches, 2.6 lb
• End band: actual size 3 1/2 by 15 inches, exposure 3 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches, 2.5 lb
• Under eave: actual size 7 by 8 1/2 inches, exposure 7 inches, 3.4 lb
• Header course: actual size 7 by 15 inches, exposure 7 by 12 inches, 5.0 lb

Hip and ridge pieces for Norman 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 2 Hip 1 Ridge Terminal
• #102/#206 group: #152 Hip Starter, #102 Hip Roll, #206 Ridge, #206 Closed Ridge End and #102/#206 2 Hip 1 Ridge 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 Norman.

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

Five accessory tile types are described for Norman, 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 Norman 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 NORM-100 to NORM-104 for eave, wall and rake sections, NORM-200 to NORM-202 for hips, NORM-300 to NORM-303 for ridges and NORM-400 for the field cut valley. The NORM set is published in PDF and AutoCAD formats, and the full NORM set is also published as zip files.

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

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

Norman is manufactured in the United States and carries the Ludowici 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects. Product sheet LRT-533 covers the Norman clay roof tile shingle.