Recycled Tire Roof Shingles

Yes ones that i cut myself.

Recycled tire roof shingles.

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. 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.

With just a kitchen knife. In liquid form the ground rubber is poured into molds that resemble wood and slate shingles. The tread pieces are left in fairly large pieces so that the shingle benefits from the steel belting originally found in the tire. Rubber roof shingles are made from rubber powder which is ground from old tires.

Finally i wanted to know what other methods of tire recycling are out there. It is a birdhouse with recycled tire shingles. I m going to be honest here this project overwhelmed me when i started it. Euroshield rubber roofing products are manufactured from recycled tire rubber environmentally friendly and virtually indestructible.

I found a company called rubbur concepts that uses a compression mould to turn used tires into replica cedar and slate shingles. And then i just started. 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.

The thought of taking a used tire and cutting it apart seemed like it might possibly be one of my worst ideas.