Clay tile roofing has been in existence for more than 10,000 years. Many buildings in ancient China, Egypt, Babylonia, Rome, and Greece were roofed with clay tiles. Production and installation methods which were used thousands of years ago have evolved little, and many similar techniques are used today. In America, European settlers brought this ancient craft with them, and evidence of clay tile roofs have been found in early settlements at Roanoke, Jamestown, St. Augustine, and New Orleans. By the mid-seventeenth century, clay tile manufacturing had migrated to America in a big way, encouraged by building and fire codes in urban areas that encouraged clay tile use due to their fireproof qualities.

Today, Durable Slate installs and restores all types of clay tile roofs. However, our specialty is restoration which requires tiles to be relaid with new underlayments and flashings. The repair and restoration of old clay tile roofs should only be done by a roofing contractor with such expertise. Much of this type of clay tile restoration today is being carried out by contractors who lack in-depth knowledge and skill in this area resulting in many ruined clay tile roofs. Many of the potential deficiencies listed for slate roofs also apply to clay tile roofs.

Durable Slate also carries one of the largest inventories of reclaimed clay tiles in the country and can match many types, sizes, and colors of old clay tiles no longer manufactured. Whether the need is repair due to storm or fire damage, or leakage due to worn out felts and flashings, or a new addition that needs to match existing clay tile, Durable Slate is a premier contractor in clay tile roofing.

	Broadway United Methodist Church, Paducah, Kentucky Restoration of Ludowici Green Provincial shingle tile roof with new copper flashings.
	Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House, Springfield, Ohio New Ludowici custom red flat slab shingle tile roof with terne coated stainless steel flashings and flat roofs.
	Hope Haven, New Orleans, Louisiana Restored tile roofs on many of the buildings by picking up and relaying the tile with new felts and flashings. The various roofs were comprised of Ludowici Spanish red tile, B. Mifflin Hood straight barrel mission tile, and tapered red brown tapered barrel mission tile. Extensive structural repairs were required including the complete rebuilding of the roof structure of the tower.
	St. Joseph Catholic Church, Gretna, Louisiana Restoration of tile roofs by picking up and relaying the Ludowici red Spanish tile.
	Dennison Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio Extensive repair of Ludowici Mediterranean blue spanish tile and all new copper roofs.
	Uptown Residence, St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana Restoration of Mound City French tile roof.