Tile roofing on a round roof.

Hey Rocky, here are some more pictures for you. We started back hard at on Monday. More bad wood decking and we are getting started on one of the dome roofs. We should be installing some of the fancy tiles tomorrow. We have them on the scaffold but I have to get some copper base flashing first. I was going to use lead, but this will look better.

https://picasaweb.google.com/crookston.john4/TheTearOffFromHell?authkey=Gv1sRgCJykleirjtyz4AE#5727684313169715762

OS, you almost make me want to put my bags back on and come work for you. You certainly have your hands full on this one, and it looks like they chose the right man for the job. My hats off to you, chap.

Woody, the Tiger Paw and the Deck Armor are the best I've ever tried for traction. Not a big fan of GAF in general, but those two products I like.

Frank, were you working with that grey, puffy, prototype or the blue sheet? I haven't had that issue you are describing. I do know that scuffing compromises any underlayment.

Tile and scuffing kind of go together, tile being about as physical as any product I deal with, (excluding hot-mopping of course) so I prefer a thick sheet in a two-ply system for it. I've used synthetics under tile several times and had no problems that I know of, but no matter how careful I am, it ends up being way too slippery for my comfort. Except for SA products, none of the synthetics offer any appreciable function as fastener gasket.

Miami/Dade is the strangest zone for specs. Apparently they don't approve DA under tile, or even as what they call an "anchor sheet" in a tile system and they won't allow it to be exposed for more than 14 days. Not sure if they allow any polypropylene sheets at all; thankfully I don't work anywhere near that zone. That would be too stressful for my constitution.

Egg, I haven't tried Deck Armor yet. My suppliers that are easy to access (traffic wise) don't carry it.

Egg, be patient! I am going to have my brother make up some of the curved gutter. He wants to do it to make a pattern for more of the same, and also to see how it works with that heavy of a gutter. It will be sweet when it is done. It is a hydralic stretch former, and it has enough oomph in it to tear the metal right apart. Kind of neat to watch.

I will probably be installing some of the curved radiused tile tomorrow, as we just finished some of the tear-off today and dried it in. We also found more bad wood and rafters to fix. More pictures every day, and I will post them periodically as we go along to keep everyone in the loop.

Woody, nothing is guessed on this job. We lay it all out, strike our lines and then fight for fractions of an inch to keep it straight. The work we uncover as we tear it apart brings tears to my eyes. Crap over crap and you could see how they cut corners every chance they got. It will be done right this time.

The 'cloth' feeling deck armor? I used it on a porch. Left it for two days in the rain. No leaks showed on the porch ceiling. I lifted it up to peek, then peeled it back and let the plywood dry out for two days before trying again. Every scuff from a foot or anything else removed the water resistant invisible coating on it's top layer. I still have a roll or two in the shop.

I do know you like it. I've had some bad slips on the T. For traction, nothing beats 30#, but it's organic. T doesn't breathe at all and it's not nearly as tough as DA, although it is substantially cheaper. Of all the SA HT sheets I've seen, Grace Ultra is the least slippery I think. Oh well, to each his own. Have you tried Deck Armor yet?

The Titanium is the best walking surface for slip resistance that I have found. The HT can be slippery when wet, I like the combination OS picked.

I'm a little surprised considering the magnitude of the demo and reconstruction, especially considering it's going to be decades before that roof gets touched again, that OS doesn't ditch that segmented gutter with all the caulked joints and get his relative to make up a curved one while they're there.

Except for the Titanium, I'm totally impressed with the workmanship and the product. If this isn't the place for Deck Armor, I don't know what is. Either that or two layers of TG2. imho, of course.

You've got pictures of guys dressed for the Arctic and then half nekked. Looks like a three season job. Did you just guess on your kerf cut spacing or did you figure it after a bunch of head scratching?

One of the attributes I like most about CT WG HT, is that even after it has been stuck down, you can still lift it to lap under it if you have subsequent underlayments.

I love those fun ones. I almost miss the days of have learge crews and tackling anything. Almost, but not quite. :)