Recycled Tire Roof Shingles

I m going to be honest here this project overwhelmed me when i started it.

Recycled tire roof shingles.

With just a kitchen knife. 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. Most rubber roof shingles are comprised of between 75 and 95 recycled materials including the re purposed tires.

The thought of taking a used tire and cutting it apart seemed like it might possibly be one of my worst ideas. I found a company called rubbur concepts that uses a compression mould to turn used tires into replica cedar and slate 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. Yes ones that i cut myself.

As a result the recycled shingles have a similar aesthetic to the natural ones but are lighter cheaper more flexible and more durable. I also found that old tires are shredded and used in combination with asphalt to pave roads. Made from 75 recycled materials they re designed to. Rubber roof shingles are made from rubber powder which is ground from old tires.

Euroshield rubber roofing products are manufactured from recycled tire rubber environmentally friendly and virtually indestructible. In liquid form the ground rubber is poured into molds that resemble wood and slate shingles. A plastic tab is attached to the shingle to facilitate the actual nailing of the shingle to the roof. 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.