Roof Made From Old Tires

Unfortunately more than 290 million tires are dumped or tossed into landfills.

Roof made from old tires. Some 200 miles of highways and roads have been reinforced for an average of 1 750 old tires for every lane mile. As a result the recycled shingles have a similar aesthetic to the natural ones but are lighter cheaper more flexible and more durable. It went rather smoothly but it did take two people and still took about 45 minutes to make 12 to 14 shingles. Manufacturers purchase massive quantities of old tires an average roof requires anywhere from 250 to 1000 tires and dissect the hard rubber rings into small chunks which are fed into a granulating process.

Euroshield took this into account with the design of their rubber tiles which prolong the tires lifecycle. In liquid form the ground rubber is poured into molds that resemble wood and slate shingles. Strong and durable the rubber used to make tires has many uses long after the tires are no longer fit for the road. Penfolds roofing installs eco friendly roofing in the vancouver bc area using with ecoroof rubber roof shakes.

Old car tires are a tremendous source of waste material today. The major ingredient in rundle slate ranchlands shake vermont sl. Rubber roof shingles are made from rubber powder which is ground from old tires. June 25 2019 one day i saw a bunch of old tires used as a retaining wall and that got me thinking about what other uses old tires are good for.

The rubber fragments are then scraped clean of any steel and nylon threads. And then using as many sections of tread as he needs to cover a roof. I drilled a hole in the tread and used a key hole saw to start cutting. I knew these were the type of tires i needed but i needed a lot of them it turns out the guy at the local tire dealer knew someone who had a ton of old racing tires.

The top of the roof was 4 high and the lower portion was only 3 high. Kerkhof has now patented a method of cutting the sidewalls away from the tread portion of an old tire. For more information visit http www penfold.