The roof coverings we install most often, compared with indicative values: they help you get your bearings, the right advice depends on the building. Tap a criterion and the best covering for that point lights up; the buttons open our projects.
BestClay tiles and Ardogres tiles
The tiled roof: traditional clay or porcelain stoneware
- Lifespan
- 50+ years
- Lightness
- medium (Ardogres lighter)
- Value
- medium-high
- Speed of laying
- medium
- Low maintenance
- low
When it makes senseHouses, villas and apartment blocks. Clay tiles where the traditional look matters and in historic centres; Ardogres for modern roofs and frosty areas: it does not absorb water, weighs less and is quicker to lay. Both last for decades.
BestCorrugated sheet metal
Also insulated sandwich panels
- Lifespan
- 30–40 years
- Lightness
- very light
- Value
- low
- Speed of laying
- fast
- Low maintenance
- low
When it makes senseIndustrial buildings, canopies and large surfaces, asbestos removal: light, fast and, with insulated panels, also well insulated.
How to read the comparison
- Clay tiles: the traditional Piedmont roof, beautiful and durable, but heavy and slow to lay. In historic centres it is often mandatory.
- Ardogres tiles: slate-look porcelain stoneware. It does not absorb water, is frost-proof, weighs less than clay tiles and is quicker to lay. For modern roofs and cold areas.
- Corrugated sheet metal: very light and very fast, the choice for industrial buildings, canopies and for replacing asbestos cement; with sandwich panels it is also insulated.
How long the job takes and what happens day by day is in our guide Re-roofing; if the roof still has asbestos cement, here is the removal procedure.
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