EP4045731A1 - Système et procédé de couverture - Google Patents

Système et procédé de couverture

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EP4045731A1
EP4045731A1 EP19824052.5A EP19824052A EP4045731A1 EP 4045731 A1 EP4045731 A1 EP 4045731A1 EP 19824052 A EP19824052 A EP 19824052A EP 4045731 A1 EP4045731 A1 EP 4045731A1
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hook
roofing
tiles
sheet material
tile
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Frederick W. Whitridge, Jr.
Philip C. Prehoda
Thomas J. Collard
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Millennium Slate LLC
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/36—Devices for sealing the spaces or joints between roof-covering elements
    • E04D1/365—Sealing strips between lateral sides of roof-covering elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D12/00—Non-structural supports for roofing materials, e.g. battens, boards
    • E04D12/002—Sheets of flexible material, e.g. roofing tile underlay
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    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/3408—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastener type or material
    • E04D2001/3429—Press-studs elements or hook and loop elements
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    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
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    • E04D2001/3408—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastener type or material
    • E04D2001/3432—Strips covering the gap between the roof covering elements
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    • E04D2001/3408—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastener type or material
    • E04D2001/3438—Fasteners comprising several coacting elements
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    • E04D2001/3408—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastener type or material
    • E04D2001/3441—Series of easily separable fasteners
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    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/3444—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the roof covering or structure with integral or premounted fastening means
    • E04D2001/3447—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the roof covering or structure with integral or premounted fastening means the fastening means being integral or premounted to the roof covering
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
    • E04D1/00—Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small roofing elements
    • E04D1/34—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements
    • E04D2001/3444—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the roof covering or structure with integral or premounted fastening means
    • E04D2001/345—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the roof covering or structure with integral or premounted fastening means the fastening means being integral or premounted to the roof structure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04D2001/3452—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the location of the fastening means
    • E04D2001/3455—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the location of the fastening means on the internal surface of the roof covering elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04D—ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS
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    • E04D2001/347—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastening pattern
    • E04D2001/3473—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the fastening pattern fastening single roof elements to the roof structure with or without indirect clamping of neighbouring roof covering elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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    • E04D2001/3488—Fastenings for attaching roof-covering elements to the supporting elements characterised by the type of roof covering elements being fastened

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  • types of roofing tiles include, but are not limited to, asphalt, wood, cement, fiber-cement mixtures, concrete, clay or ceramic material, natural stone such as slate, slate substitutes, rubber slate, other hardwearing materials and metal.
  • Existing systems for affixing, for example, slate roofing tiles to buildings are expensive in terms of both materials and labor.
  • the current systems include nailing or screwing slate to the roof, using cumbersome hook and rail systems, or using a clamping type track system. Each of these traditional systems are expensive in terms of material and require a considerable amount of labor.
  • nailed and screwed applications can be "over nailed” or “under nailed” referring to the height of the head of the fastener in relation to the face of the slate.
  • Under nailed slate with heads that protrude above the face of the slate, may break the pieces of slate which overlap them.
  • Hook and rail systems can be troublesome if the nailing eye of the hook is missed. Hooks can typically only be applied in a rigidly preset pattern and do not adapt easily to varying field conditions or design changes which may become desirable during installations. Tracked and clamping systems are also very rigid in terms of layout and don't allow variations in the natural material.
  • the present invention overcomes these drawbacks by providing a lighter, more cost-effective roofing system, which includes a rain diverting feature for directing rainwater and snowmelt away from an underlying sheet material and roof deck.
  • the system of roofing comprises: a sheet material for adhering to a roof deck, which has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener; a plurality of roofing tiles each having a back face with opposing side-edge portions; hook and loop fasteners adhered to and covering a portion of the back face of each tile including a portion of the opposing side-edge portions; a plurality of rain diverting devices, each device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions, wherein each rain diverting device is positioned between and releasably attached to the hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of two adjacent tiles and the sheet
  • side-edge portions means those portions of the back face of each tile which extend from a line parallel to and on either side of a tile’s lengthwise midline to a side-edge, each side-edge portion occupying less than 50 percent (%), preferably from about 15 to about 35 %, of the total surface area of the back face of each tile.
  • An advantage of this embodiment is that the hook and loop fastener on the roofing tiles that is covered by the rain diverting device is covered by another layer of hook and loop fastener, so that the strength of the bond between each tile and the underlying sheet material is not reduced.
  • tile refers to slabs or shingles made from asphalt (i.e., fiberglass sandwiched between asphalt and ceramic granules), wood, cement, fiber-cement mixtures, concrete, clay or ceramic material, natural stone such as slate, slate substitutes, rubber slate, and other hardwearing materials and metal (e.g., steel, aluminum, copper, alloy strips) including stone-coated steel.
  • asphalt i.e., fiberglass sandwiched between asphalt and ceramic granules
  • wood, cement, fiber-cement mixtures i.e., wood, cement, fiber-cement mixtures, concrete, clay or ceramic material, natural stone such as slate, slate substitutes, rubber slate, and other hardwearing materials and metal (e.g., steel, aluminum, copper, alloy strips) including stone-coated steel.
  • a method of installing tiles on a roof comprises: providing a sheet material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener; securing the lower surface of the sheet material to a roof deck; providing a plurality of roofing tiles, each tile having a back face with opposing side- edge portions, wherein hook and loop fasteners are adhered to and cover a portion of the back face of each tile including a portion of the opposing side-edge portions; providing a plurality of rain diverting devices, each device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions, positioning each rain diverting device between and releasably adhering each device to the hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of two adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material, thereby releasably attaching the tiles to each other and to the upper surface of the sheet material.
  • the present invention further provides a method of using a device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions to direct rainwater and snowmelt away from an underlying sheet material on a roof deck, which comprises: positioning the device between and releasably adhering the device to hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of two adjacent roofing tiles and an underlying sheet material, thereby releasably attaching the tiles to each other and to the upper surface of the sheet material.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a partial installation of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of a tile of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG.3 is a bottom perspective view of a tile of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG.4 is a section view of the present invention taken along line 4-4 in FIG.1
  • FIG.5 is a detail section view of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a method of installing tiles of an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG.7 is a side view of tiles in accordance with the present invention stacked for storage and shipping; [0023] FIG.
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention in which two tiles are interlocked by a rain diverting device, an expanded view of a portion of one surface of the rain diverting device also shown in this view;
  • FIG. 9 is a top perspective view of an exemplary embodiment in which two rows of tiles, including those tiles shown in FIG.8, are shown interlocked with adjoining tiles by the rain diverting devices, an expanded view of a portion of an opposing side of the rain diverting device also shown in this view;
  • FIG.10 is a bottom perspective view of three (3) tiles, each interconnected to adjacent tiles with the rain diverting device of the present invention and each employing a Z- shaped spring positioned horizontally across the exposed back face of each tile;
  • the present invention includes a system and method of roofing.
  • a sheet material is positioned on and adhered to a bare roof or roof deck.
  • This sheet material which has an upper surface that includes a hook and loop fastener, is both a moisture barrier and serves as one half of the mechanical fastening hook and loop system.
  • Hook and loop fasteners e.g., in the form of tapes or patches are adhered to a back face of individual roofing tiles.
  • a strip-like, rain diverting device having a width is applied over and pressed down upon the hook and loop fasteners on each tile so that approximately one-half of the width of the device extends beyond the edge (a right side-edge portion) of the tile.
  • Each tile with appended rain diverting device is then applied next to a previously installed tile and pressed onto both the exposed rain diverting device of that tile and the underlying sheet material on the roof deck (both with complimentary hook and loop fasteners).
  • the tiles are applied in succession to complete each course or row on the roof deck, with each applied tile releasably attached to each adjacent tile.
  • the hook and loop system and method of the present invention removes the variable quality and expensive field labor of traditional installation methods. Individual tiles may be easily pressed together in patterns which may be dictated by field conditions. Beneficially, changing an individual tile because of improper color or placement is easily solved by the detachable and replaceable nature of the hook and loop fastening system and the rain diverting devices. [0032] As noted above, a further advantage of the above-described exemplary embodiment is that the hook and loop fastener on the roofing tiles that is covered by the rain diverting device is covered by another layer of hook and loop fastener, so that the strength of the bond between each tile and the underlying sheet material is not reduced.
  • hook and loop fastener refers to either portion of a fastener comprising two portions, namely a hook portion (e.g., J hook, palm tree hook, mushroom hook) and a portion complementary to the hook portion for example a loop portion such that the two portions are releasably interconnected when brought into contact with each other.
  • a hook portion e.g., J hook, palm tree hook, mushroom hook
  • a portion complementary to the hook portion for example a loop portion such that the two portions are releasably interconnected when brought into contact with each other.
  • Such fasteners are sold, for example, under the trade designations VELCRO and 3M DUAL-LOCK.
  • the hook and loop fastener is prepared from low surface energy resinous or plastic materials.
  • the hook fasteners are polypropylene hook fasteners and the complimentary fasteners are nylon loop fasteners.
  • the hook and loop fastener has a preferred combined thickness of less than or equal to about 3 millimeters (mm), more preferably, from about 1 to about 3 mm, and most preferably, from about 1.5 to about 2.5 mm.
  • the degree of adhesion achieved by the hook and loop fastener is dependent upon such variables as the density of the hook and loop components, the height of the loops, the length of the hook stems and the weight of the roofing tile.
  • the hook and loop fasteners are adhered to and preferably cover less than about 35% of the back face of each tile. In a more preferred embodiment, the hook and loop fasteners are adhered to and cover from about 20 to about 35 % of the back face and from about 10 to about 20 % of the front face of each tile.
  • the hook and loop fasteners may be applied in strip, band or patch forms, and are preferably applied in strip form, with each strip measuring greater than about 2.54 centimeters (cm) in width, preferably from about 3.8 to about 6.4 cm, and most preferably, about 5.1 cm.
  • at least two (2) strips e.g., “loop” tape
  • at least one (1) strip is applied across substantially the entire width of a top edge of the front face of the tile.
  • Suitable adhesives for adhering these hook and loop fasteners to roofing tiles such as slate or a slate substitute have been identified by the present inventors to include acrylic, epoxy, rubber-based and urethane adhesives, and the like.
  • the adhesive can be used alone or in combination with other adhesives either as an admixture or in layers.
  • the adhesive can have additives such as foaming agents, fillers, thickeners, or other additives commonly added to adhesives to change or enhance their physical properties.
  • the adhesive may be applied by brushing, rolling, spraying, or other means to distribute an even coat of adhesive to the target surface.
  • the hook and loop fastener Prior to application of the adhesive, the hook and loop fastener may be subjected to a discharge treatment, or other surface treatment.
  • the discharge treatment may be based on corona treatment or plasma treatment.
  • the corona discharge or arc discharge is ejected by a gas stream and the plasma discharge is a plasma torch treatment in which the plasma discharge is ejected with a gas stream.
  • Opposing surfaces of the tiles may also be treated prior to the application of the adhesive.
  • the rain diverting device of the present invention preferably in the form of a strip, has opposing surfaces, with one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions.
  • the rain diverting device is releasably adherable to both the upper surface of the sheet material and to the hook and loop fastener on the back face of adjacent roofing tiles.
  • the inventive rain diverting device is applied to the hook and loop fastener located on the right and left side-edge portions of adjacent roofing tiles and serves the dual purpose of diverting rainwater and snowmelt away from the underlying substrate (i.e., sheet material) while securing the adjacent tiles to each other and to the underlying sheet material.
  • the device diverts rainwater and snowmelt away from the underlying sheet material by preventing rainwater and snowmelt from going into the separation between adjacent roofing tiles and from flowing sideways underneath the tiles.
  • the rain diverting device may be formed from an elongated polymeric sheet material that is cut into finite length pieces.
  • the thickness of the device is preferably less than or equal to about 3 millimeters (mm), more preferably from about 1 mm to about 3 mm, while the length of the device is preferably greater than or equal to the length of adjacent tiles, and more preferably ranges from about 100% to about 120 % of the average length of the adjacent tiles.
  • the width of the rain diverting device preferably ranges from about 5.1 centimeters (cm) to about 15.2 cm, more preferably from about 7.6 cm to about 10.2 cm.
  • the color of the rain diverting device will match or blend with the color of the roofing tiles. In a preferred embodiment, the color of the rain diverting device is either gray or black.
  • Suitable rain diverting devices are available from: Fastech of Jacksonville, Inc., 960 Rogero Rd. #7 Riverside, FL 32211, under the trade designation DURAGRIP back to back hook and loop fastening tape; Speedtech International Inc., P.O. BOX 246, Racine, WI 53401, under the trade designation SPEEDWRAP back to back hook and loop fastening tape; and Halco Fasteners, Inc., 20269 Mack Street, Hayward, CA 94545, under the trade designation HALCO back 2 back hook and loop fastening tape.
  • the rain diverting device is preferably first adhered over the hook and loop fasteners on the back face of each tile.
  • the rain diverting device with one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions is applied to extend along the length of the side-edge portion of each tile and over two or more strips of hook and loop fastener (e.g., “loop” tapes) that extend across the back face of the roofing tile at or near the top and bottom edges of the tile.
  • the “hook” surface of the rain diverting device is applied over the “loop” tapes so that approximately one-half of the width of the device extends beyond the edge (the right side-edge portion) of the tile.
  • Each tile with appended rain diverting device is then applied next to a previously installed tile and onto both the exposed rain diverting device of that tile and the underlying sheet material on the roof deck (both with complimentary hook and loop fasteners).
  • the tiles are applied in succession to complete each course or row on the roof deck, with each applied tile releasably attached to each adjacent tile.
  • the rain diverting device may also be first applied to the sheet material on the roof deck, and then a tile may be placed on the rain diverting device on the roof. Due to the uneven nature of some roofing tiles, however, placing the rain diverting device on the roof first and then applying the tile over the device may form pockets along the edge of the tile where water could flow sideways. To avoid this from occurring, it is preferred to apply the rain diverting device to the back face of the tile first to ensure that no pockets are formed.
  • the sheet material for adhering to a roof deck is a continuous material having an upper surface and a lower surface.
  • the upper surface includes a hook and loop fastener and the lower surface is configured to be attached to a roof deck.
  • the sheet material is used to seal and protect the roof deck from the environment. Suitable sheet materials are available from Velcro USA, Inc., 95 Sundial Avenue, Manchester, NH 03103, under part number h847 (ultra-low profile hook sheet material).
  • An insulation board or cover-board may be positioned between the sheet material and the roof deck, protecting against wind uplift and pull-out and providing a cushion against impact and a durable substrate for adhesion.
  • the insulation board may be composed of a closed-cell polyisocyanurate foam core bonded on opposing sides to fiber-reinforced paper facers.
  • the sheet material may be adhered to the insulation board using any suitable adhesive or adhesive composition.
  • a sheet material/insulation board assembly is available from Carlisle SynTec Incorporated, 1285 Ritner Highway, Carlisle, PA 17013 under the trade designation RAPIDLOCK roofing system.
  • Such assemblies may be mechanically fastened to a clean roof deck or may be secured using an adhesive or adhesive composition.
  • two-part polyurethane adhesives which are made up of an isocyanate blend and a polyol blend that when mixed react or crosslink to form the polyurethane adhesive, may be used. The two parts may be mixed by an applicator just prior to being applied on the surface of the roof deck.
  • the insulation board assembly would then be laid onto and adhered to the roof deck surface.
  • the bond between: (a) the sheet material and roof deck, or between the sheet material, an insulation board or cover-board and the roof deck; and (b) the hook and loop fasteners and each individual roofing tile, must each exhibit a bond strength that will withstand severe environmental conditions, including high winds and hail.
  • the term “withstand”, as used herein, means that the bond does not crack, break or collapse, thereby causing catastrophic failure of bonded structures in service.
  • the resulting bond must be vibration-resistant, withstand high uplift forces, withstand temperatures ranging from about - 40o to about 200oF, and demonstrate little or no “creep” at temperatures exceeding 200 oF.
  • the tiles may be installed on the roof deck with a single lap (i.e., the upper tiles only extend over the tiles one layer down) with the tile overlap ranging from about 2.54 to about 8.9 cm, preferably from about 3.8 to about 7.6 cm, more preferably, from about 5.1 to about 6.4 cm.
  • an exposure i.e., the non-overlapped or exposed portion of the front face of an installed tile
  • an exposure i.e., the non-overlapped or exposed portion of the front face of an installed tile
  • an exposure of from about 329 to about 426 square centimeters in the case of a 30.5 cm x 15.2 cm tile
  • an exposure of from about 406 to about 503 square centimeters for a 35.6 cm x 15.2 cm tile which are fairly large exposures as compared to, for example, traditionally laid slate.
  • contemplated exposures range from about 71 to about 93%, preferably from about 75 to about 89%, more preferably from about 79 to about 86%, of the total area of the front face of the tile.
  • Exposures for traditionally laid slate range from about 37.5 % to about 41.6 % of the total area of the front face of each tile.
  • the current invention includes the following steps of use.
  • the front and back faces of roofing slate tiles are thoroughly cleaned via water, brush, and detergent or solvent as necessary to allow gluing of the hook and loop fastener tape.
  • the roof deck is thoroughly cleaned with water, brush, and detergent or solvent as necessary to allow proper adhesion of the glued sheet material or sheet material/insulation board assembly.
  • a primer may be applied if required by the adhesive system.
  • Two pieces of hook and loop fastener tape are applied horizontally across the top and bottom of the back face of the individual slate tiles.
  • One piece of hook and loop tape is applied horizontally across the top of the front face of the individual slate tile.
  • Patterned slate for example with diamond or rounded butts or lower edges, may require different orientation and coverage of hook and loop fastener material.
  • Hip, ridge, valley, and starter slate requires different hook and loop fastener layouts.
  • a rain diverting device may be applied to each tile either before shipment or just prior to installation. As noted above, the rain diverting device is applied so that approximately one-half of the width of the device extends beyond the edge (the right side-edge portion) of each tile. [0058] For shipment, slates with tapes attached are stacked vertically on pallets with hook facing hook, and loop facing loop.
  • both sides of the hook and loop fastener system may be treated with a two part or thermoset adhesive.
  • a Z-shaped spring may be used.
  • the Z-shaped spring may be made from a metal or metal-like material. Due to its spring-like nature, it can be pressed or pulled but returns to its former shape once the applied force is released. The bottom face of the Z-shaped spring is adhered (e.g., via adhesive or hook and loop fastener) to the back face of the tile.
  • a hook and loop fastener tape is adhered to the exposed top face of the Z-shaped spring.
  • the expanding spring quality of the Z-shaped spring serves a dual purpose of supporting an overlying tile while pressing together the hook and loop fasteners of the top face of the Z-shaped spring and the upper face of the sheet material.
  • the Z-shaped spring may run horizontally across the width or vertically along the length of the back face of each tile. In one contemplated embodiment, the Z-shaped spring is positioned horizontally along the back face of each tile between the rain diverter devices.
  • the Z shaped spring is positioned vertically along the length of the back face of each tile, either stopping short of, or overlapping hook and loop fastener strips located on the back face at or near the uppermost and lowermost edges of each tile.
  • individual pieces of slate are positioned next to a previously applied tile and pressed onto the exposed rain diverting device of the previously applied tile and onto the hook and loop fastener on an upper surface of the underlying sheet material, which has been previously applied to the roof.
  • the rain diverting device releasably adheres the adjacent tiles to one another and assists in adhering them to the underlying sheet material.
  • the slate tiles are overlapped by about 5.1 centimeters at the top and bottom.
  • the hook and loop fastener tape applied to the bottom of the back face of a piece of slate connects with the hook and loop fastener tape applied across the top of the front face of another slate.
  • the adhesive is tacky or set up, the detachable, re-attachable nature of the hook and loop system remains available for changes during installation.
  • a traditionally laid slate roof is typically triple overlapped with a 7.6 cm headlap.
  • a 30.5 cm long piece of traditionally laid slate would have 11.4 cm exposure, 11.4 cm of triple lapped covered or unexposed slate, and 7.6 cm of headlap.
  • the present invention includes a system and method of roofing.
  • the present invention includes a sheet material 30 having an upper surface and a lower surface.
  • the upper surface includes one of a hook and loop fastener 28 and the lower surface is configured to be attached to a roof deck 34.
  • the present invention further includes a plurality of tiles 10 each having an upper edge, a lower edge, a top surface 12, and a back face 14. Hook and loop fastener 16 is applied to top surface 12 of each tile 10. [0065] The other of the hook and loop fastener 18, 20 is attached to the back face 14 of each of the tiles 10. [0066]
  • the one of the hook and loop fastener 16, 28 may be either the hook or the loop portion of the hook and loop fastener.
  • the other of the hook and loop fastener 18, 20 is complimentary and releasably connects to hook and loop fastener 16, 28.
  • the sheet material 30 includes an upper surface and the lower surface.
  • An adhesive layer 32 may be disposed on the lower surface of the sheet material 30 and one of the hook and loop fasteners 28 is disposed on its upper surface. In such embodiments, the adhesive layer 32 secures the sheet material 30 to the roof deck 34.
  • the sheet material 30 may include printed or etched lines in a grid pattern to provide a reference for orientation of the individual slate tiles 10 pressed down upon it.
  • Each of the plurality of tiles 10 may further include a first strip 18 including the hook and loop fastener attached to the back face 14 at the upper edge, a second strip 20 including the hook and loop fastener attached to the back face 14 at the lower edge, and a third strip 16 having the hook and loop fastener attached to the top surface 12 at the upper edge.
  • the tiles 10 are releasably secured to the upper surface of the sheet material 30 by: installing a first row or starter course of tiles on the sheet material positioned on the roof deck; releasably securing the first strips 18 of the tiles 10 in subsequent rows to the upper surface of the sheet material 30; overlapping the tiles 10 with one another; and releasably securing the second strips 20 of the tiles to the third strips 16 of overlying tiles.
  • Each of the plurality of tiles 10 may further include a support 22 disposed in between the upper edge and the lower edge and extending from the back face 14 of the tiles 10.
  • the support 22 includes a Z-shaped spring having an upper arm adhered to the back face of the tile 10, and a lower arm.
  • the lower arm includes a fourth strip 24 of hook and loop fastener that releasably connects with the hook and loop fastener 28 of the sheet material 30.
  • An exemplary embodiment of the rain diverting device of the present invention is shown in FIG. 8 and marked with reference number 36.
  • the rain diverting device 36 is positioned over the hook and loop fasteners located on side-edge portions of adjacent tiles 38, 40 interlocking with portions of first strips 18a,b and second strips 20a,b on the adjacent tiles.
  • the surface 42 of device 36 which is shown in the expanded portion of FIG.8 as “loop” fasteners, interlocks with the sheet material (not shown).
  • FIG.9 depicts two rows or courses of tiles on a roof deck, with adjacent tiles interconnected with rain diverting devices 36a-h.
  • the rain diverting devices 36a-h serve to direct rainwater and snowmelt away from the underlying sheet material (not shown).
  • FIG. 10 depicts three adjacent tiles 46, 48, 50, which are interconnected by way of rain diverting devices 36a-c. Each of these tiles have the added feature of a support or Z-shaped spring 22a-c, positioned horizontally across the exposed back face 52a-c of each tile. A hook and loop fastener tape 54a-c is adhered to the exposed top face of the Z- shaped spring. As noted above, the Z-shaped spring serves to support each tile and to press the hook and loop fastener tape 54a-c on its exposed top face to the hook and loop fastener of the underlying sheet material (not shown).
  • the Z-shaped springs 22a-c may also extend vertically along a midline on the back face 52a-c of each tile, just short of the first strips 18a,b,c and the second strips 20a,b,c.
  • the Z-shaped spring may be adhered to the exposed back face 52a-c of each tile using, for example, an adhesive.
  • the Z-shaped springs 22a-c are shown extending vertically along a midline on the back face 52a-c of each tile and over the first strip 18a,b,c and the second strip 20a,b,c of each tile.
  • a hook and loop fastener tape is adhered to both the top and bottom faces of each Z-shaped spring, the bottom face of each Z-shaped spring being releasably engaged with the first and second strips.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé de couverture plus légère, plus rentable, qui comprend un élément de déflexion de pluie servant à diriger l'eau de pluie et la neige fondue à l'opposé d'un matériau en feuille sous-jacent et d'un platelage de toit. L'invention comprend un matériau en feuille ayant une surface supérieure et une surface inférieure. La surface supérieure comprend l'un parmi un élément de fixation à crochets et un élément de fixation à boucles et la surface inférieure est configurée pour être fixée au platelage de toit. La présente invention comprend en outre une pluralité de tuiles de toiture, chaque tuile ayant des éléments de fixation à crochets et boucles adhérant à une face arrière qui s'étendent le long de la largeur de la tuile au niveau ou à proximité des bords supérieur et inférieur. Chaque élément de déflexion de pluie, qui est un dispositif de type bande ayant une surface constituée d'une pluralité de parties de crochet et une surface opposée constituée d'une pluralité de parties complémentaires des parties de crochet, est positionné entre les, et fixé de manière amovible aux, éléments de fixation à crochets et à boucles situés sur une partie de bord latéral de deux tuiles adjacentes et le matériau en feuille sous-jacent, pour ainsi fixer de manière amovible les tuiles les unes par rapport autres et à la surface supérieure du matériau en feuille sous-jacent. L'utilisation de dispositifs de déflexion de pluie servant à diriger l'eau de pluie et la neige fondue à l'opposé du matériau en feuille sous-jacent et du platelage de toit permet de réaliser une couverture en tuiles à recouvrement unique et donc moins de poids sur le platelage de toit. Il permet également d'utiliser des tuiles plus courtes, ce qui permet une économie de coût du matériau.
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