Selling or Scrapping Old Roof Tiles?

paperclap

Hi all,

We'll soon hopefully be having our roof reroofed. £6,000 for new membrane and battens... but for a mere £1,500 more, new tiles. So, we're going to get new tiles.

This of course means we'll have a roof-load of old roof tiles. They're Redland 49s. Do we...

A – Have the roofer have his skip in (and obviously charge for it), and scrap the lot.
B – Perhaps exclude the skip from the quote, save a few hundred quid. Plus, put the old tiles aside, and hope to sell them either online or to a reclamation yard?

New Redland 49's are only about £1-£1.20 these days, so obviously won't get lots for old ones. But, might end up being a few hundred, at say £0.30/tile?

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

diystarter7

Not sure about those but it's supply and demand. However, not sure what the tiles are called about 30+ years ago I had the roof redone and the roofer told me he was going to sell the tiles and gave me a discount. They were those thick, oblong red type tiles about 7 inches by 5 inches. you often see these on hoses built from about 1900's to 1940 these house are often of the better quilty semi types, detached or rows of 4/5 terraces and those tiles are still in demand as they look elegant and well made.


Cehck ebay etc and recent sales of used that will give you an idea but there is an element of luck and how good your tiles are.

FreeBear

Give your local reclamation yards a call first - If there is a market for second hand Redlands, they will let you know. Sticking them on ebay/gumtree/freecycle, you could be waiting years for a buyer.

Being a concrete tile, they will go through a crusher quite easily, so can be recycled as hardcore. That would avoid having to pay for landfill charges/taxes.

stuart45

You might get lucky, but I can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of a re-roof using old tiles that were stripped from an old roof because they were at the end of their days.
They are normally useful when there is one or two that need replacing.

plumb1_2

If you remove the skip where will the old felt and batterns go ?

paperclap

plumb1_2 said:

If you remove the skip where will the old felt and batterns go ?

Felt – Nothing, and I mean nothing of our old felt is left! All deteriorated.
Battens – I could certainly find a use for old battens around the garden.

Ectophile

stuart45 said:

You might get lucky, but I can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of a re-roof using old tiles that were stripped from an old roof because they were at the end of their days.
They are normally useful when there is one or two that need replacing.

There is definitely a market for second-hand roof tiles, even relatively modern ones.  When I had my roof re-laid, the roofer bought in a couple of palettes full of reclaimed Redland tiles.  The original builders had skimped on tiles and not overlapped them enough.  He added a load more to increase the overlap.

Anybody who has a roof repaired is going to need tiles to do it.

My dad used to work for Redland.  He told me that the life expectancy of their concrete tiles was about 100 years.

theoretica

Also, how carefully will your roofer remove them?  Carry them down, or let them fall?  Would you need to pay extra to have them saleable and stacked?

stuart45

Ectophile said:

stuart45 said:

You might get lucky, but I can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of a re-roof using old tiles that were stripped from an old roof because they were at the end of their days.
They are normally useful when there is one or two that need replacing.

There is definitely a market for second-hand roof tiles, even relatively modern ones.  When I had my roof re-laid, the roofer bought in a couple of palettes full of reclaimed Redland tiles.  The original builders had skimped on tiles and not overlapped them enough.  He added a load more to increase the overlap.

Anybody who has a roof repaired is going to need tiles to do it.

My dad used to work for Redland.  He told me that the life expectancy of their concrete tiles was about 100 years.

If you look at the price of new Redland 49's, it's not worth buying tiles that have come off a roof that was leaking. Old tiles will work on a re-roof for a while because a new breather membrane will stop any moisture getting through to the roof space. Once the membrane fails it could leak again.
There are plenty of roofs with concrete tiles less than 100 years old that are leaking.

scottishblondie

Check if a local reclamation yard would buy them from you before you decide.  If you try and sell them to “end users” yourself it would likely take a long time as reclaimed tiles really have a niche appeal - mainly when small repairs are needed and they don’t want new tiles to stick out like a sore thumb. 

stuart45

scottishblondie said:

Check if a local reclamation yard would buy them from you before you decide.  If you try and sell them to “end users” yourself it would likely take a long time as reclaimed tiles really have a niche appeal - mainly when small repairs are needed and they don’t want new tiles to stick out like a sore thumb. 

This is true. If you look on ebay there's loads of them for sale, and no bids on any, even the ones ending soon. Most 49's have come off the roof because they were at the end of their days.  The first ones were made in 1949, so their lifespan isn't like a Welsh slate. 
A yard might buy them, but would be interesting to see what they will offer.