1. Tile performance at a lower price: Concrete tile typically costs meaningfully less per square than clay while delivering the same ventilated batten system, the same non-combustible surface and a similar service life in the forty to seventy-five year range.

2. Profiles that imitate other materials: Because the tile is molded, it can be made flat and textured to read as slate, ridged to read as wood shake, or curved into a traditional barrel. It opens up looks that would otherwise cost several times more.

3. Strong in wind: Concrete tiles are dense and, once mechanically fixed, they stay put. Many concrete tile systems carry high wind ratings, which matters across the open country of North and Central Texas.

4. Non-combustible: Like clay, concrete carries a Class A fire rating with no treatment.

5. Widely available and easy to match: Concrete tile is manufactured at scale, so matching stock for future repairs is far easier to source than it is for an imported clay or a specific slate quarry.

Our Concrete Tile Roofing Process

Concrete tile is installed on the same principles as clay, and the same rule applies: the underlayment is the waterproofing, and the tile is the shield that protects it.

1. Structural check: Concrete tile is heavy, generally comparable to clay and sometimes heavier depending on profile. We verify your framing carries the load before anything is ordered.

2. Profile and color selection: We show you the flat, low-profile and barrel options against your elevation. Because concrete is colored through a surface treatment rather than fired through the body, we also talk candidly about how the color will weather.

3. High-temperature underlayment: As with clay, we specify a high-temperature self-adhered membrane. Under a Texas tile roof this layer does the real work and standard felt will not last.

4. Batten installation: The batten grid goes down to create the ventilation gap and set the tile exposure precisely for your pitch.

5. Tile laying and cut-in: Tiles are set, fixed and cut in at hips, valleys and rakes, with matching ridge and hip trim from the same manufacturer so the finish is consistent.

6. Inspection and spare stock: We inspect, clean the site thoroughly, and leave matching spares so a future cracked tile is a twenty-minute repair.