Tires For Roofing

Only about 10 of the scrap tires are being reused or retreaded.

Tires for roofing.

Old tire roof shingles a canadian company cuts old tires into strips for use as roof shingles and has come up with a patented new process to install them. Lightweight excellent load capacitydesigned to perform like an air filled tire without the flats. Like all new products there are pros and cons of using rubber shingles in place of traditional roofing material such as slate or wood. Shingles made from recycled tires.

Moore roofs mfg inc squamish b c has been shingling roofs with tire strips for 3 years and is now setting up franchises in the u s. Instead of throwing away your old tires why not add them to your roof. From 250 to 1 000 rubber tires are used in the production of a euroshield roof for an average sized home. Heavy duty replacement rear wheel.

One way to recycle rubber tires is to convert them into rubberized asphalt. 18 x 8 50 x 8 4 bolt hub flat free tire. My friends and i used a method that we called the bend and spread as you can see below in image 4 the bend portion refers to actually bending the rubber strip to help keep the rubber from kinking while cutting. Winter or snow tires generally come with a snowflake or a mountain symbol on the sidewall and they offer drivers optimized braking and handling in snowy conditions.

I averaged 14 shingles per tire and the shingles were 5 x 8. The us department of transportation federal highway administration released a guideline on the use of rubber tires for asphalt. Powered utility carriers. The green mantra is on everyone s minds these days including those in the roofing industry.

Old tires can be converted into roofing material. In the trade a rubber roof is known as an epdm ethylene propylene diene terpolymer although manufacturers have brand names for their individual products. Years of research and development led to the creation of a unique formula containing approximately 95 recycled materials for the production of the world s finest synthetic roofing products available on the market today. Scrap material generated during the installation process can be collected and recycled again virtually eliminating environmentally harmful waste.

Leading companies such as rubbur concepts and ecostar have begun using post consumer recycled tires to manufacture roof shingles. Rubber is not a new material for roof coverings. Image 5 is showing the spread part while being cut. Most rubber roof shingles are comprised of between 75 and 95 recycled materials including the re purposed tires.