Recycled Tire Roof Shingles

A plastic tab is attached to the shingle to facilitate the actual nailing of the shingle to the roof.

Recycled tire roof shingles. In the trade a rubber roof is known as an epdm ethylene propylene diene terpolymer although manufacturers have brand names for their individual products. Finally i wanted to know what other methods of tire recycling are out there. The thought of taking a used tire and cutting it apart seemed like it might possibly be one of my worst ideas. I also found that old tires are shredded and used in combination with asphalt to pave roads.

It is a birdhouse with recycled tire shingles. Euroshield rubber roofing products are manufactured from recycled tire rubber environmentally friendly and virtually indestructible. As a result the recycled shingles have a similar aesthetic to the natural ones but are lighter cheaper more flexible and more durable. Other rubber or synthetic shingles are made of recycled materials heated and injected into high pressure molds.

Most rubber roof shingles are comprised of between 75 and 95 recycled materials including the re purposed tires. Euroshield s rubber roofing materials are cost efficient hail resistant and will never split or crack a permanent roofing solution with a 50 year transferable warranty. These recycled rubber roof shingles from euroshield are an economic as well as environmentally responsible green building material. With just a kitchen knife.

I found a company called rubbur concepts that uses a compression mould to turn used tires into replica cedar and slate shingles. Yes ones that i cut myself. In liquid form the ground rubber is poured into molds that resemble wood and slate shingles. Rubber roof shingles are made from rubber powder which is ground from old tires.

Made from 75 recycled materials they re designed to.