Spanish clay tiles for example won t be a good match for a victorian period home.
Victorian roof shingles.
Victorian shingle has not been tested in florida.
Victorian shingle can be installed on slopes as low as 4 12 and is designed for installation on solid deck applications.
These architects took simple pieces of wood albeit ones handsomely cut across their butt ends and placed them in rows to form distinctive patterns that managed to draw the eyes of observers as effectively as a wolf whistle turns heads on a crowded street.
Architects cherish its grand informality colonial revivalists appreciate its simple forms and classical allusions and neo victorians exult in its embrace of islamic and japanese forms alongside georgian.
The advantages mentioned above also count for armourglass plus rectangular shaped and diamant plus triangular shaped 2 iko roof shingles that offer the same quality as the rounded victorian plus the biggest advantages of these 3 types of iko plus shingles are uv protection.
At times you will see only one style on a house but many times different shingles styles will alternate in rows.
Victorian architects managed to use common cedar shingles to wildly decorative effect.
This versatile product can be used in residential or commercial applications over solid wood sheathing on both roofs and walls making it ideal for restoration projects or new construction requiring a historic victorian or classical traditional feel.
On the right you see the many fancy cut decorative shingle styles to choose from.
It is as vincent scully put it the architecture of the american summer.
The berridge victorian and classic shingles create a traditional design look.
While asphalt roofs weren t used during the victorian period they can be made to resemble victorian style roofing such as wood shakes or slate.
Flexibility at low temperature and app modified bitumen.
Asphalt shingles can also come in varying shapes and sizes for added victorian appeal and durability.