Recycled Tire Roof Shingles

As a result the recycled shingles have a similar aesthetic to the natural ones but are lighter cheaper more flexible and more durable.

Recycled tire roof shingles.

Made from 75 recycled materials they re designed to. I found a company called rubbur concepts that uses a compression mould to turn used tires into replica cedar and slate shingles. It is a birdhouse with recycled tire shingles. These recycled rubber roof shingles from euroshield are an economic as well as environmentally responsible green building material.

In the trade a rubber roof is known as an epdm ethylene propylene diene terpolymer although manufacturers have brand names for their individual products. Euroshield rubber roofing products are manufactured from recycled tire rubber environmentally friendly and virtually indestructible. I m going to be honest here this project overwhelmed me when i started it. Most rubber roof shingles are comprised of between 75 and 95 recycled materials including the re purposed tires.

I also found that old tires are shredded and used in combination with asphalt to pave roads. A plastic tab is attached to the shingle to facilitate the actual nailing of the shingle to the roof. Other rubber or synthetic shingles are made of recycled materials heated and injected into high pressure molds. Rubber roof shingles are made from rubber powder which is ground from old tires.

The tread pieces are left in fairly large pieces so that the shingle benefits from the steel belting originally found in the tire. And then i just started. Yes ones that i cut myself. With just a kitchen knife.

In liquid form the ground rubber is poured into molds that resemble wood and slate shingles.