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Red blue blend

Dreadnought Redblue blend smoothfaced plain clay tilesRedblue blend sandfaced plain clay tilesThis colour is achieved through skilled control of the burning process to produce the traditional naturally occuring random hues of authentic multi-coloured clay roof tiles; colours that cannot be replicated artifically with stains and pigments.   The colours within this blend are rich and varied with purples & blues merging with reds and vibrant terracottas.   It is this random varied quality in the firing of this blend which results in some purply blue tiles, some terracotta red tiles and some tiles which are both red and blue.

Available as Smoothfaced/Sandfaced

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Case Studies

Argent Centre, Birmingham

Winner of 2021 Victorian Society Birmingham & West Midlands Group Conservation Award

Red blue blend plain and ornamental club tiles

Argent 3Argent 4

The restoration and recreation of 2 turrets at the Argent Centre, funded by Jewellery Quarter Townscape Heritage, has been  celebrated by the Victorian Society.  Oliver Architecture used old Victorian engravings from 1863, the year the centre was built, to reconstruct the turrets at the entrance to Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter and bring back the prominance and stature of the building.  Dreadnought tiles were found to provide the most authentic match to the tiles in the original drawings and their natural clay colours best represent the subtle colour variation that tiles in the 19th century would have had.  Full details

Bletchingdon School

64 000 Red Blue Blend tiles, arris hips, valleys and half round ridges

Bletchingdon School 1Bletchingdon School 2

Built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, the plans for this £3.5 million School and Community Centre needed approval from the Duchy as well as the Parish and District councils.  Dreadnought’s Red Blue tiles were selected for their rich natural colour.  “Other red/blue tiles we considered were more uniform with a very similar grading of red to blue in each tile which looks artificial on a large area.  We chose Dreadnought tiles as we were looking for a product which had a natural colour generated by the firing." Sam Cook, Director at Coleman Hicks Partnership.  Full details

Nocton Church

3600 Staffordshire Blue Bullnose, 3600 Red/Blue Blend Bullnose and 7600 Red/Blue Blend Plain tiles

Red Blue Blend  tiles at Nocton ChurchNocton Church 1

This English Heritage funded reroofing project used Staffordshire Blue bullnose ornamentals and re/blue plain tiles to recreate the old polychromatic roof with a diaper pattern.  Dreadnought is the only UK roofing tile manufacturer that does not use stains or surface pigments to colour its products, ­ colour is instead achieved by control of the kiln atmosphere. Its Red/Blue tiles, as used on All Saints, probably more than any other, exhibit the characteristics of naturally coloured tiles. The benefits of this approach include a softer, more natural colour that will not fade over time.  Full Details

Abbotts Brook, Quantum Homes

Shortlisted for CRTC Awards 2008 "Housing New Build"

Red Blue Blend Plain Clay Roof Tiles

Dreadnought Red Blue Blend clay roof tiles at Abbotts BrookA Quantum homes development with Red Blue Blend roof tiles

A development of 11 exemplar and innovative family homes on the fringes of a conservation area.  Full Details

Moseley Hall Hospital

Red/Blue Blend Plain Clay Roof Tiles

Dreadnought red blue blend clay tiles at Moseley HospitalRed Blue Blend roof tiles and cloaked verges at Moseley Hospital

“We felt we needed to use a domestic traditional roofing material to blend in with the surrounding architecture” explains Richard Ali from the Design Buro “and the planners liked Dreadnought’s red/blue colour as it fitted in well with the surrounding buildings.   Practical considerations required that the roof contain a number of air intake louvres which were cloaked to blend in with the roofline.  Dreadnought were able to supply all the fittings that we needed and we are very pleased with the result.”  Full Details

Technical Info

Dreadnought Tiles conform to BS EN 1304:2013 and should be fixed in accordance with BS 5534 "Slating and Tiling" part 1 & 2 and BS 8000 Part 6.
Frozen-Icon2 webFreeze Thaw Standards require plain clay tiles for use in the U.K. to withstand at least 150 freeze / thaw cycles under method E of European Standard EN 539-2:2013.   At Dreadnought Tiles we regard this as too low for our climate and we therefore test our tiles to withstand in excess of 400 cycles. 

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  Tiles Eaves Gable
Size 265x 165 mm 215x 165 mm 265 x 248 mm
Weight 1.19 kg 0.95 kg 1.8 kg
Pattern Traditional Single Camber    
Material Etruria Marl Etruria Marl Etruria Marl

 

  Pitched Roofs Vertical
Minimum Lap 65 mm 32 mm
Maximum Gauge 100 mm 115 mm
Minimum Gauge 88mm 88mm
Approx Weight at
Maximum Gauge
71 kg/m2 63 kg/m2
Nails 38 x 2.65 mm alloy 38 x 2.65 mm alloy
Battens 38 x 25 mm 38 x 25 mm
Minimum Pitch 35 degree  

Quantity Guide

Tiles @ 100mm Gauge 60m2
115mm Gauge 53m2
Eaves/Tops 6/lineal metre
Gable (Tile and Half) 5/lineal metre of verge
Hips and Valleys 10/lineal metre of main rafter
Ridges Supplied in 300 mm and 450 mm lengths

Relevant Fixing Standards

BS 5534 2014 Code of Practice for Slating and Tiling
BS 8000-6.2013 Workmanship on Building Sites
BS EN 1991-1-4:2005+A1:2010 UK National Annex to Eurocode 1 -Actions on Structures - Part 1-4: General actions - wind actions

Environmental Info

Place of Manufacture: Brierley Hill, UK
Environmental Management:       ISO 14001        Download Certificate 
Quality Management:                    ISO   9001         Download Certificate  
Life Cycle: BRE 'A+' rating
Freeze Thaw Testing to in excess of 400 cycles  Download Freeze Thaw Test Certificate >>
Energy: Fired in gas kilns to 1130 degrees
Raw materials: Etruria Marl Clay from our local quarry in Brierley Hill, sand
Lifespan: > 60 years. Second hand tiles that have been on roofs in excess of 100 years often sell for more than new tiles on the 2nd hand market
Recyclability: Can be crushed and used as aggregate and/or as an inert bulk fill
Packaging: We keep packaging to a minimum using wooden pallets. We do not shrink wrap or use plastic straps.

Find out more about Dreadnought Tiles approach to sustainability

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Roof Components

BIM

Dreadnought BIM Objects

We have one Revit model file (.rvt) that contains all the available Dreadnought Roof Tile Revit Family types in Revit 2016 format.  

Please complete the following details to access the Dreadnought Tile Revit File.

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Key Stockists

We work with a small number of key stockists.  The following roofing merchants stock our Red Blue Blend tiles

Dorset

Roofing Gear
Unit O & P
Lion Works
543 Wallisdown Road
Poole
BH12 5AD     01202 143940

Other colours stocked - Country Brown Smooth

Oxfordshire

Country Roofing Supplies
Timbers Farm
Timbers Lane
Henley on Thames
RG9 5SY     https://www.countryroofingsupplies.co.uk/    01491 641024

 Other colours stocked - Country Brown Sanded

Worcestershire

Willis Westcott
The Millside
Gregory`s Mill Street
Worcestershire
WR3 8BA

 Other colours stocked - Red Blue Smooth, Brown Brindle, Country Brown, Brown Heather and Brown Antique