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Clay Tile Roof Installation and Factory Tour

Bob goes over the roof installation including the 90-pound rolled roof to seal the roof from moisture and the boards laid out over the hips. The clay barrel tile roof on the Malibu beach house will outlast many other roof types and will extend the Spanish style to the roof. Bo then tours the Redland Clay Tile Company with Jorge Cortez.
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" You've done all the preliminary roofing prior to putting down the slate tile right what is the white stuff -- it but -- ninety pound rolled roofing down there it that's to protect that house waterproof it. In this stages before we actually -- the tile on the cancel never -- today look at. And then at the one question I have is you've got a -- roughly laid out all these two by six's that outlined the tip of the roof. "

" Well beyond what he's doing they provide backing for the hip and ridge caps when you lay a tile roof. We've got a similar pieces here while we're going to be using it may want -- like this is what's called a key piece of tile roof. They're laid like. Like so yet in and -- a cap that goes on the top like this. And wind of ordering this this will be -- mortars so that's why you need -- signatures and raise that -- the -- someplace to -- it and then you really just -- mortar in here this is still active mortar that's correct and that's how you get it to stay in as well this will be nailed as the supreme punch -- Very tight space could be a nice group Internet."

" OK well have you count them gap. You're all afternoon I've actually -- about 20% extra. Magazines -- random -- that we're looking forward to how many how many square brood about it you know we're at point three square here look at what they look back -- And made towels they are explained it runs through it through the they're really beautiful -- and it was the other -- just watch you went to Mexico."

" George I'd done that already laid out with made out of red flag that created by a box in the eyes accompanies him clay and granite and what we do -- That they were there which is called the -- play on the green yeah out of being that we use the local -- About Ron wood end and around yeah and some granite what we feel it -- you know then that thing around here. Not -- it's about sixty miles from here."

" It probably does makes it up on the ground admit this that's I'm just not enough that it is indeed all of all of them it is. Brownish red line. And life. What we do -- once they have -- Wanted mixers and well. -- is that proper. The grinding rock. Evening again breaking down minor. Minor -- area every -- job. What it's. We it's we get pieces we'll I got harder. On stuff it."

" This is the first step -- and it happened. Don't look at the other end. Yeah that's the bottom."

" Good -- you. Now what happens veneers OK what's happening here Bob is. -- quite positive light and we'll we'll be brought Britain's proper. Let me in the water. Who back in here public -- you know what I'm just yeah."

" this is the vacuum -- its -- every parent in the field equipment and yet they have this quite old well yes. Good crop -- that whitewashed not a prudent and his point I. We have negative can be eased slightly to -- you've got to achieve I would think it would Obama meet him. It's time for lightweight and it violence in Gaza. There have been driven us yeah. Empire and nice atmosphere of the -- the end us yeah mixing bucket of bricks that. Air word they Ghali put him on black yeah I would put everything in -- and -- on the way to try to do. Let's go they don't want it."

" The design -- these kills Israeli centuries old isn't it. Yes it is Bob is something very neat about Redmont they -- cannot attribute that started on on but the that we did. We the colonial I don't have -- yeah now this is pretty. And usual I wouldn't have expected to see them stacked vertically now. Yet that we support that is because that way and also -- party kills the body and then keep it quiet I think they get so hot -- argument that -- going there. A lot of -- for how long does it take to make about the trial like this -- usually takes about a -- day to load up McKeon and have a few days. Thirty out to -- the -- on and two days to -- I have to -- it back down yes so it really takes a week to make a batch of we're up about maybe thirty feet just about yeah comic -- bigger and they're there -- would you put about 24000 -- here pots amazed. And then can we see them being taken out there I had -- yeah figuring it's very. George you're in charge of quality control here what do you mean it concerns. -- might make us that I would be strong enough. They'll waterproof yes and I would be days uniqueness of while we're collars that the -- play that's right they're not needed thousand --"

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