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Historic and Obsolete Roofing Tile The primary purpose of Vincent Hobson's Historic and Obsolete Roofing Tile: Preserving the history of roofing tiles is to identify tile, but it also provides some brief but interesting information and history on some of the largest and better known tile manufacturers throughout the United States. If one had only the photo section and the tile-identifying chart, a vast number of tiles could be recognized. This book would be a valuable asset to a designer, contractor, or historian who is striving to preserve the architectural and historical dignity of a building covered by a tile roof system. * Published by Remai Publishing Company, Inc. of Evergreen, Colorado in 2001. * Contains 254 pages, of which 118 pages are dedicated to color pictures of clay and concrete field tiles, taken alongside a scaled measuring device for size reference, along with various ridges, closures, terminals, finials, valleys and other special tile shapes. * Charts that are referenced to the photographs, giving such information as tile name, length, width, average pieces per square, and average weight per square. About the Authors For over twenty years, author Vincent Hobson has been researching, collecting, and inventorying historic and obsolete roofing tiles, and installing tile-roofing systems. Hobson is Custom Tile Roofing, Inc., in the Denver area, offers tile restoration and repair, technical assistance, roof system design, and consulting services throughout the United States. Hobson instructs continuing education classes which include identification, damage assessment, and reparability of clay and concrete tile roofs. Associate author Melvin Mann and his son, Adam, operate TileSearch, Inc. in Roanoke, Texas, which provides both sellers and buyers a marketplace for historic and obsolete tile. Mr. Mann is active in the identification and specification of historic and reproduction tiles and was the pioneer in computerizing a national database for historic tile. Both authors have a strong commitment to maintaining and preserving both the architectural and historical integrity of old tile roofs and both have been professionally involved in structures that have historical designations. |
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