Roman

Roman is a pan and cover terra cotta tile in the Legacy Collection of Ludowici Roof Tile. The system is made of round caps and flat pans, patterned from the ancient monumental buildings of Rome. It is one of the barrel clay tile roof styles in the line, and it is made as a two-piece cover and pan assembly.

Roman belongs to the line that carries the mark Made in America for over 125 years.

The field tile measures 12 inches by 12 3/4 inches overall and is laid at 12 inches center to center by 10 inches of exposure.

• Weight per square: 1415 lbs
• Pieces per square: 240
• Overall size: 12 inches x 12 3/4 inches
• Exposure: 12 inches C.C. x 10 inches
• Installed barrel height off deck: 3 1/4 inches nominal
• Minimum slope: 5:12

Three fittings are listed for Roman.

• Rake: length 12 3/4 inches, exposure 10 inches, 2.5 lbs per piece
• Eave closure: length 11 11/16 inches, exposure 12 inches, 2.0 lbs per piece
• Top fixture: length 12 7/16 inches, exposure 12 inches, 2.0 lbs per piece

Hip and ridge pieces for Roman come in two trim groups.

• Circular Cover hip and ridge 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 hip and ridge 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 base texture is smooth. Custom textures: battered butts, brushed butts, hand roughed, hand slushed, top sand and weathered. Roman comes in all standard and custom colors, mists and blends of the Ludowici color program, which includes terra cotta glazes.

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

The 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects covers Roman, made in the United States.

Roman has five defined accessory pieces.

• Terminal: installed where hips and ridges intersect
• Ridge tile: covers the uppermost horizontal part of the roof
• Hip starter (also called bullnose): installed at the bottom of the hip
• Closed ridge end: closed-end tile installed at the gable end of the ridge
• Hip tile: covers the external angle where two sloped planes meet

The Roman drawing set is issued in PDF and AutoCAD formats, with bundles of all PDF and all AutoCAD files.

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

• Product sheet: LRT-544 Roman Pan and Cover Clay Roof Tile
• Installation manual: LRT-435 Ludowici Barrel Tile Installation Manual (English), LRT-435S (Spanish)
• Environmental Product Declaration for clay tiles and fittings
• Safety data sheets for glazed and unglazed clay roofing tile: OSHA GHS SDS 2014 and China GHS SDS 2014

The profile is patterned after the ancient monumental buildings of Rome and sits in the Ludowici barrel line beside Scandia, Spanish, Cubana, Greek, Italia and the mission profiles.