Roofing With Old Tires

I also found that old tires are shredded and used in combination with asphalt to pave roads.

Roofing with old tires.

Since 1988 phoenix already used up 15 million old tires and 4 2 million tons of asphalt rubber to reconstruct roads. Manufacturers purchase massive quantities of old tires an average roof requires anywhere from 250 to 1000 tires and dissect the hard rubber rings into small chunks which are fed into a granulating process. I found a company called rubbur concepts that uses a compression mould to turn used tires into replica cedar and slate shingles. Some 200 miles of highways and roads have been reinforced for an average of 1 750 old tires for every lane mile.

Using an old kitchen steak knife this one has been in my junk drawer for so many years that i couldn t even tell you where it came from i punctured the sidewall by carefully pushing the knife to the hilt. So let me show you how i made my tire shingles. The rubber fragments are then scraped clean of any steel and nylon threads. Old tires are one of the most significant and highly visible sources of waste material generated today and g e m.

I found a company called rubbur concepts that uses a compression mould to turn used tires into replica cedar and slate shingles. By the mother earth news editors september october 1976 converting old tires into roofing material is an eco friendly construction technique. I also found that old tires are shredded and used in combination with asphalt to pave roads. These materials require varying degrees of materials and have differing levels of durability.

In liquid form the ground rubber is poured into molds that resemble wood and slate shingles. It cut surprisingly easy and i cut the entire sidewall off of the tire. Old tires can be converted into roofing material. For an average sized home between 600 1000 rubber tires are used to create a rubber shingle roof.

A composite roof shake offers a superior formulation which includes recycled tire rubber. Typical roofing materials include steel asphalt shingles stone and wood all in various forms. As a result the recycled shingles have a similar aesthetic to the natural ones but are lighter cheaper more flexible and more durable. It looks like traditional cedar shakes but is more durable and keeps scrap tires from being buried in a landfill.