Rustic Colonial

Rustic Colonial is a clay shingle tile in the Legacy Collection of the terra cotta roof tile range, listed under shingle tile. Long irregular lengths and a deep rich grooved texture give the tile the look and feel of hand split wood shakes used on Early American and Colonial buildings. A separate Colonial profile sits in the same shingle tile group.

• Weight per square: 1800 pounds
• Pieces per square: 310
• Overall size: 7 3/8 inches by 14 5/8 inches by 5/8 inch
• Exposure: 7 3/8 inches by 6 5/16 inches
• Recommended minimum slope: 5:12
• Base texture: Deep Grooved Bark

The tile is made in standard and custom matte colors, mists and blends. The base texture is Deep Grooved Bark.

The custom textures listed are these.

• Battered butts
• Brushed butts
• Hand slushed
• Hand warped
• Pin holes
• Weathered

• ASTM C1167 Grade 1 Roof Tile with water absorption less than 2%

The fittings are the long top, short top, end band, under eave and header course pieces. Actual sizes are 7 3/8 by 10 1/2 inches for the long top, 7 3/8 by 6 1/2 inches for the short top, 3 1/2 by 14 5/8 inches for the end band, 7 3/8 by 8 1/2 inches for the under eave and 7 3/8 by 14 5/8 inches for the header course.

Exposures run in the same order: 7 3/8 by 6 5/16 inches, 7 3/8 by 3 5/16 inches, 3 1/2 by 6 5/16 inches, 7 3/8 inches and 7 3/8 by 11 5/8 inches.

Weights are 4.2 pounds for the long top, 2.6 pounds for the short top, 2.9 pounds for the end band, 3.4 pounds for the under eave piece and 5.8 pounds for the header course.

Accessory pieces listed for Rustic Colonial:

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

The hip and ridge trim groups listed with Rustic Colonial are as follows.

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

An Old Style trim group is also listed for Rustic Colonial, with a Bonnet Hip Starter, Bonnet Hip Roll, Interlocking Ridge and Aries Hip Plate. On Rustic Colonial, the Bonnet pieces and the Aries Hip Plate need identical roof slope on each intersecting roof plane.

Section drawings carry the COLONIAL prefix and cover these conditions.

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

Rustic Colonial tiles are manufactured in the United States and carry a 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects.

Other shingle tile profiles in the Ludowici range are Antique, Brittany, Calais, Colonial, Cotswold, Cottage, Crude, Flat Slab, Georgian, Greenwich, Norman and Provincial.