Straight Barrel Mission 14

Straight Barrel Mission 14 is the smallest tile in the Straight Barrel Mission range from Ludowici Roof Tile. Its pans and covers are 14 1/4 inches long with a smooth clay surface. The tile belongs to the Legacy Collection and is also made in 16 inch and 18 3/8 inch lengths.

At 225 pieces per square, the profile matches old European pan and cover tile roofs and spreads color over many tiles in a color blended pattern. The tiles can be laid in straight rows or staggered, and the profile is one of the clay mission tile roofing options in the range.

• Weight per square: 1250 lbs
• Pieces per square: 225
• Overall size: 8 inches x 14 1/4 inches
• Exposure: 11 1/2 inches C.C. x 11 1/4 inches
• Installed barrel height off deck: 4 3/8 inches nominal
• Minimum slope: 5:12

A slope of at least 5:12 and a headlap of at least 3 inches apply to the 14 1/4 inch tile. Manual LRT-435 covers installation of the 14 1/4 inch length, and its Spanish edition is LRT-435S.

Listed fittings for the 14 1/4 inch straight barrel tile follow.

• Rolled rake: length 14 1/4 inches, exposure 11 1/4 inches, 6.3 lbs per piece
• Eave closure: length 11 1/2 inches, exposure 11 1/2 inches, 1.7 lbs per piece
• Top fixture: length 7 1/2 inches, exposure 11 1/2 inches, 1.5 lbs per piece
• Short course: length 11 1/4 inches, exposure 8 1/4 inches, 5.0 lbs per piece

Laid tight, the 14 1/4 inch tile uses short course pieces as the shorter cap tiles in the first row and as the pans in the last row at the ridge.

Two trim groups supply the hip and ridge pieces.

• 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

Straight Barrel Mission 14 has a smooth base texture. Its custom textures are battered butts, brushed butts, fine machine scoring, hand roughed, hand scraped, hand slushed, heavy machine scoring, medium machine scoring, top sand and weathered. Every standard and custom Ludowici color, mist and blend is offered on the 14 1/4 inch tile, terra cotta glazes included.

Straight Barrel Mission 14 listings: Miami-Dade NOA No. 12-0904.17 is listed, as is State of Florida Approval No. FL 13777. ASTM C1167 Grade 1 applies, with water absorption under 2% and a Class A fire rating.

• Miami-Dade NOA No. 23-0125.08 (Mission)
• IAPMO UES ER-452, also issued as evaluation report ER 0452-2026
• Texas Department of Insurance evaluation report, file rc309
• Florida Building Code evaluation report

Straight Barrel Mission 14 carries the 75-year warranty against color fading and manufacturing defects, as a tile made in the United States.

Five accessory pieces are defined at the 14 1/4 inch length.

• 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

Drawings for the 14 1/4 inch tile come in PDF and AutoCAD, with zip bundles of all details.

• 14SBM-100: Section at eave
• 14SBM-101: Section at side wall
• 14SBM-102: Section at head wall
• 14SBM-103: Section at rake edge
• 14SBM-200: Section at circular cover hip
• 14SBM-201: Section at #102 hip
• 14SBM-300: Section at circular cover ridge
• 14SBM-301: Section at circular cover vented ridge
• 14SBM-302: Section at #206 ridge
• 14SBM-303: Section at #206 vented ridge
• 14SBM-400: Section at field cut valley
• 14SBM-401: Section at cut and closed valley

Drawings 200 to 303 for the 14 1/4 inch tile double as 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D; 400 and 401 double as 7A and 7B.

• Product sheet: LRT-547 Straight Barrel Mission 14 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 14 1/4 inch length is the shortest of the three Straight Barrel Mission lengths, and each length has its own drawing set.