Redevelopment of St James Church

Brown Antique Plain Clay Roof Tiles

The redevelopment of a derelict Gothic Grade II starred listed church building into twelve luxury apartments.

The challenge was to retain and restore the original features of the church and provide a series of modern spaces in a contemporary style to complement the original elements.

The original roofing specification was to strip and reuse as many tiles as possible and make up with second hand.  The impossibility of finding matching second hand ornamental tiles and fittings in such quantities was evident to Lewis Roofing who requested Dreadnought to offer new tile alternatives.  Full Details

Cropthorne autonomous house - one of the most energy efficient homes in the UK

Brown Antique Plain Clay Roof Tiles

Mike Coe, a self builder from Worcestershire, set out to build himself one of the most energy efficient buildings in the UK.

Mike wanted to build a house that would be beautiful as well as ultra energy efficient and the roof, being the most prominent feature of the house from the road, was to play a major part of the aesthetics.  He therefore decided that a clay roof would best satisfy his objectives and he found that Dreadnought provided the widest range of natural colours to choose from.

While he had considered the benefits of using reclaimed tiles in onrder to minimise the embodied energy of the building,  he found that as the amount of embodied energy needs to be offset against the lifetime of the product, new Dreadnought tiles that could last over 100 years would provide the greenest solution.  Full Details

Vale Royal Abbey Estate  - WINNER - BEST NEW BUILD CLAY ROOF - HOUSING

Brown Antique Plain Clay Roof Tiles

Dreadnought Brown Antique Sandfaced Plain Clay Tiles were used to bring quality, colour, variety and interest to the roof tops of these luxury homes.  Full Details

RSPCA Educational Building

Highly Commended - Best New Build Clay Roof - Commercial

Brown Antique Plain Clay Roof Tiles

Designing curved roofs requires a product where roofers are not required to hand select tiles as this would add considerable time to the roofing process.  Dreadnought tiles were selected for their consistent quality control and dimensional stability not present in handmade tiles.  This consistency ensured the same degree of curvature to both ends of the building.  Full Details

Dreadnought Tiles conform to BS EN 1304:2013 and should be fixed in accordance with BS 5534 "Slating and Tiling" part 1 & 2 and BS 8000 Part 6.
Freeze Thaw Standards require plain clay tiles for use in the U.K. to withstand at least 150 freeze / thaw cycles under method E of European Standard EN 539-2:2013.   At Dreadnought Tiles we regard this as too low for our climate and we therefore test our tiles to withstand in excess of 400 cycles. 

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Place of Manufacture: Brierley Hill, UK
Environmental Management:       ISO 14001        Download Certificate 
Quality Management:                    ISO   9001       Download Certificate  
Life Cycle: BRE 'A+' rating
Freeze Thaw Testing to in excess of 400 cycles  Download Freeze Thaw Test Certificate >>
Energy: Fired in gas kilns to 1130 degrees
Raw materials: Etruria Marl Clay from our local quarry in Brierley Hill, sand
Lifespan: > 60 years. Second hand tiles that have been on roofs in excess of 100 years often sell for more than new tiles on the 2nd hand market
Recyclability: Can be crushed and used as aggregate and/or as an inert bulk fill
Packaging: We keep packaging to a minimum using wooden pallets. We do not shrink wrap or use plastic straps.

Find out more about Dreadnought Tiles approach to sustainability

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We work with a small number of key stockists.  The following roofing merchants carry stock of our Brown Antique tiles

Cheshire

Lagan Building Solutions
NLH
Newcastle Road
Chorlton
Crewe
CW2 5NG   https://www.lbsproducts.com/clay-roof-tiles/plain-clay-tiles/dreadnought-tiles   0800 096 7612

Lagan also carry stock of our Staffordshire Blue Smooth,  Brown Heather Sandfaced and Country Brown Sandfaced tiles as well as some commercial tiles

Staffordshire

Capital Roofing Centre
Unit 1 Salem Street
Stoke-On-Trent
ST1 5PR   https://capitalroofingcentre.co.uk/    01782 287515

Capital Roofing also carry stock of our Staffordshire Blue Smooth and Sandfaced, Dark Heather and Blue Brindle tiles

West Midlands

Chandlers Building Supplies
91 Mucklow Hill
Halesowen
B62 8DR    0121 314 1333

Chanders also carry stock of our Staffordshire Blue Smooth tiles

Worcestershire

Willis Westcott
The Millside
Gregory`s Mill Street
Worcestershire
WR3 8BA    01905 611701

Willis Westcott also carry stock of our Red Blue Smooth, Brown Brindle, Country Brown and Brown Heather tiles