Coating roofs with soft shingles nowadays is a completely justified step, due to the high quality of workmanship, such shingles will serve for a long time and reliably, and the properties of flexibility can be useful for covering non-standard roofs. Coating for roofs made of flexible shingles has several names – these are roofing tiles and shinglas and just a soft roof.
Shinglas soft roof can have almost any sheet shape: diamond-shaped, square, rounded. In this case, the forms vary based on the wishes of the customer and the manufacturer..
Roofing device made of soft tiles
- To cover roofs made of flexible tiles, a multi-layer material based on glass fiber is used. The material has properties of increased strength, on top it is additionally covered with two layers of modified bitumen.
- By arranging a roof made of soft tiles, you can update the entire design of the house due to the color scheme of the coating. Microgranules covering the top layer of the shinglas soft roof at the same time allow painting the surface in any color and making the material as durable as possible. At the moment, there are more than 25 color options.
- The bottom layer of bitumen is applied “glue”- bitumen-polymer mass, it has a self-adhesive function, the silicone film protects the layer until it is glued. At the time of installation of flexible shingles, the film is removed and the sheets are glued overlapping each other, the sheets are nailed to the base with roofing nails.
Benefits of shingles
- Bituminous shingles – provides roof sealing using modern materials production technologies.
- You do not need to use special equipment for roofing from soft tiles.
- Shinglas soft roof is also suitable for roof installation in new buildings and for roof repair in old houses
- Thanks to the simple installation scheme, the roofing material is consumed economically without a lot of waste.
- A shingle roof is not subject to major “diseases” traditional coatings: rust, corrosion, decay.
- Excellent performance properties allow you to use the coating from thirty to fifty years.
- Finally, the price-quality ratio is most typical for this particular material..
Layered coating structure
- The outer layer – basalt granulate or mineral chips – provides color appearance and additional protection.
- The second layer – modified bitumen – seals the coating.
- The third layer – fiberglass – due to the reinforcement allows the coating to maintain its original shape;
- The fourth layer – bitumen is used again – to increase the sealing properties.
- The fifth layer is a frost-resistant self-adhesive bitumen-polymer mass;
- The last layer is silicone, protective.
