Roof tiles

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Glazed tiles

Glazed tiles are available in many different colors and dimensions. Basically, two types can be distinguished:

Wall tiles, which in technical language are called stoneware tiles, and floor tiles, which may be manufactured from stoneware or porcelain stoneware. What they all have in common is a glazed, closed surface, which is very durable and easy to clean.

Roof tiles are designed mainly to keep out rain, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as clay or slate. Modern materials such as concrete and plastic are also used and some clay tiles have a waterproof glaze. Fired roof tiles are found as early as the 3rd millennium BC in Greece .

Roof fragment of Roman bath Roofs with "beaver tail" tiles