Vintage blend

A characterful blend of reds and browns

The Vintage blend of plain clay roof tiles creates a wonderfully textured roof with a mix of 3 tile colours.

The Vintage blend is supplied with the right proportions of quantities and colours on separate pallets, ready to be mixed onsite although it is also available pre-mixed on request. It is offered in machinemade smooth or sandfaced finishes, or as rustic handcrafted or handmade rooftiles.

Available in machinemade smooth/sandfaced/rustic/handmade

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Case Studies

Heritage Roofscape Transformed for Luxury Homes

Staffordshire Blue and Dark Heather handmade tiles

Home Farm Alrewas Home Farm Arewas 2

Home Farm in Alrewas has been transformed into seven luxury homes by reroofing three historic buildings, including a Grade II listed structure, with a carefully mixed blend of Dreadnought Staffordshire blue and dark heather tiles. The varied tones were chosen to echo authentic 19th‑century colour variation, creating a lively, characterful roofscape that complements their original multi‑level forms and original brickwork. Full details

A blend of mixed blue handmade tiles on a selfbuild in Oxfordshire

Staffordshire Blue and Dark Heather handmade tiles

mixed blue Aston Rowant 1

Selfbuilder Bernice Cuthbert had been looking for handmade clay roof tiles for some time but had been disappointed by the samples she had received which she felt were too stark and harsh to blend in with the old buildings in the surrounding conservation area. She found Dreadnought's natural clay colours were just what she had been looking for. They have a mellow and characterful look and they blend well with the blue shades in the handmade bricks. 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 web Freeze 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

Download our third party verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
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.

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Tile Blends Sample Request Form

Please complete this form to let us know which samples you would like. Due to the high courier cost in sending them out, we cannot supply them free of charge in all cases.

Important: The natural colour of our clay tiles means that no 2 tiles are exactly the same and this is what gives a Dreadnought roof its beauty and character. Within a single Dreadnought colour, there can be a number of different tones and we will include more than one tile sample to show you the range of tones you can expect.

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