Scandia

Scandia is a barrel tile with a wide pan and a low-profile barrel. The form is associated with clay roof tile from northern Europe. It is a terra cotta product in the family of clay and concrete tile roofing for residential buildings.

The wide pan and low barrel give a subtle roof texture suited to many architectural styles. The Spanish tiles in the same range have a higher profile and a more dramatic appearance.

Scandia has these published physical characteristics.

• Overall size: 8 3/4" x 13 1/4"
• Exposure: 7 1/2" x 10 1/4"
• Installed barrel height off deck: 3" nominal
• Pieces per square: 188
• Weight per square: 926 lbs
• Recommended minimum slope: 4:12
• Base texture: smooth

The Roof Slope Whitepaper covers slopes under the recommended minimum.

Scandia is available in all standard and custom colors, mists and blends in the Ludowici color program. Terra cotta glazes are shown on the Colors of Ludowici page. The base texture is smooth.

Custom textures include battered butt, brushed butt, heavy machine score, hand roughed, top sand and weathered. The Terra Cotta Textures page shows the texture range.

Scandia is listed as ASTM C1167 Grade 1 Roof Tile with water absorption less than 2%. All Ludowici tiles are made in the United States and carry a 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects. Ludowici has made tile in America since 1888.

The Scandia fittings are listed with actual size, exposure and weight.

• Attached rake: 13 1/4" long, 9 3/8" x 10 1/4" exposure, 7.4 lbs each piece
• Eave closure: 7 1/4" long, 7 1/2" exposure, 0.94 lbs each piece
• Decorative eave: 13 1/4" long, 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" exposure, 6.5 lbs each piece
• Top fixture: 5 11/16" long, 7 1/2" exposure, 0.86 lbs each piece

Short course tiles serve as shorter cap tiles in the first row of a laid-tight installation and as pans in the last row at the ridge.

Two hip and ridge trim groups are used with this tile.

• 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, #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 Scandia 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 Scandia 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 with eave closure (13_25_SCANDIA-100)
• Section at eave with eave closure and decorative eave (-101)
• Section at side wall (-102)
• Section at head wall (-103)
• Section at left rake edge (-104)
• Section at right rake edge (-105)
• Section at Circular Cover hip (-200)
• Section at #102 hip (-201)
• Section at Circular Cover ridge with top fixture (-300)
• Section at Circular Cover vented ridge with top fixture (-301)
• Section at #206 ridge with top fixture (-302)
• Section at #206 vented ridge with top fixture (-303)
• Section at field cut valley (-400)
• Section at cut and closed valley (-401)

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

The product datasheet is numbered LRT-529 and dated 2021.

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