Nib Roof Tiles

Nib eaves tiles 1 14 hand manufacture ensures that each spicer tile is unique and bears subtle variations of size colour and texture of tiles that have been made in the same traditional way since the middle ages.

Nib roof tiles.

Continuous nib reclaimed continuous nib roof tiles bought and sold in sussex. Spicer fittings contribute to an olde worlde look aesthetically appealing to architects builders and planners alike. Increasingly popular with designers architects and home buyers a flat tile roof offers a crisp clean appearance that perfectly complements both traditional and modern architecture. Due to the nature of reclaimed materials please call our long marston yard for prices and availability.

Reclaimed single nib handmade roof tile x 10 4 50. Between the two world wars a tremendous number of clay tiles were imported by barge into this country from belgium and france. Make offer pan tile barco handmade new approx. Flat concrete roof tiles refer to a variety of profiles completely lacking in any barrels or rolls.

Reclaimed continuous nib tiles. Make offer reclaimed single nib handmade roof tile x 10 pan tile barco handmade new approx. We have split this section into the 2 main category s below and give a more accurate size on each product. They can be one small nib on its own two or three separate nibs or one continuous nib across the head of the tile.

We carry over 100 000 reclaimed roofing tiles and roofing stone slate at our reclamation yard in henfield west sussex. Traditional nib less peg tiles are still used mainly in conservation sensitive areas of the southeast. Nibs are the projection on the underside of a tile close to the head used to hook the tiles onto a batten or similar horizontal ledge. Handmade nib tiles come in 2 standard sizes although as with all handmade products they may vary slightly in size.

Many of these bright red clay tiles were inferior and under fired. 500 clay pan tiles 0 50p each brand new handmade old english 2nds pick up available. Modern nib tiles bright red and peg tiles hung on nails are visible in the top picture although quite a few have no fixings. Please be aware that we have given an average size that will best represent the product.

From the 17th century clay tile became the ubiquitous roofing material for large parts of the country where the raw material was close at hand mainly the southeast and east of england and the midlands. Like most things in roofing we take nibs for granted when they are a very important feature of a good tile. Long marston 01296 660260.