Roofing system and method

A method of installing shingles or tiles on a roof, which comprises:

• providing a sheet material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener;
• securing the lower surface of the sheet material to a roof deck;
• providing a plurality of roofing tiles, each tile having a length extending from an upper edge to a lower edge and a back face with opposing side-edge portions, wherein hook and loop fasteners are adhered to and cover a portion of the back face of each tile including a portion of the opposing side-edge portions;
• providing a plurality of rain diverting devices, each device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions,
• positioning each rain diverting device between, extending along at least the entire length of two adjacent tiles, and releasably attaching each device to the hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of the adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material, thereby releasably attaching the tiles to each other and to the upper surface of the sheet material,
• wherein each rain diverting device serves to direct rain and snowmelt away from a separation between adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material and down onto tiles one or more rows below the separation between adjacent tiles.

A system of pitched roofing, which comprises:

• a sheet material for adhering to a roof deck, which has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener;
• a plurality of roofing tiles each having a front face and a back face and a length extending at least from an upper edge to a lower edge, wherein the back face of each tile has opposing side-edge portions;
• hook and loop fasteners adhered to and covering a portion of the back face of each tile including a portion of the opposing side-edge portions;
• a plurality of rain diverting devices, each device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions,
• wherein each rain diverting device is positioned between, extending along at least the entire length of two adjacent tiles, and releasably attached to the hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of the adjacent tiles and the sheet material, thereby releasably attaching the tiles to each other and to the upper surface of the underlying sheet material,
• wherein each rain diverting device serves to direct rain and snowmelt away from a separation between adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material and down onto tiles one or more rows below the separation between adjacent tiles,
• wherein the roofing tiles are selected from the group of slate, slate substitute and rubber slate tiles.

A method of installing shingles or tiles on a roof, which comprises:

• providing a sheet material having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener;
• securing the lower surface of the sheet material to a roof deck;
• providing a plurality of roofing tiles, each tile having a length extending from at least an upper edge to a lower edge and a back face with opposing side-edge portions, wherein hook and loop fasteners are adhered to and cover a portion of the back face of each tile including a portion of the opposing side-edge portions;
• providing a plurality of rain diverting devices, each device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions,
• positioning each rain diverting device between, extending along at least the entire length of two adjacent tiles, and releasably attaching each device to the hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of the adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material, thereby releasably attaching the tiles to each other and to the upper surface of the sheet material,
• wherein each rain diverting device serves to direct rain and snowmelt away from a separation between adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material and down onto tiles one or more rows below the separation between adjacent tiles,
• wherein the roofing tiles are selected from the group of slate, slate substitute and rubber slate tiles.

A system of pitched roofing, which comprises:

• a sheet material for adhering to a roof deck, which has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface including a hook and loop fastener;
• a plurality of roofing tiles each having a front face and a back face and a length extending from an upper edge to a lower edge, wherein the back face of each tile has opposing side-edge portions;
• hook and loop fasteners adhered to and covering a portion of the back face of each tile including a portion of the opposing side-edge portions;
• a plurality of rain diverting devices, each device having one surface made up of a plurality of hook portions and an opposing surface made up of a plurality of portions complementary to the hook portions,
• wherein each rain diverting device is positioned between, extending along at least the entire length of two adjacent tiles, and releasably attached to the hook and loop fasteners located on a side-edge portion of the adjacent tiles and the sheet material, thereby releasably attaching the tiles to each other and to the upper surface of the underlying sheet material,
• wherein each rain diverting device serves to direct rain and snowmelt away from a separation between adjacent tiles and the underlying sheet material and down onto tiles one or more rows below the separation between adjacent tiles,
• wherein the roofing tiles are selected from the group of slate, slate substitute and rubber slate tiles, and
• wherein the roofing tiles are single lapped with exposed portions of the front face of each tile ranging from about 71 to about 93% of the total area of the front face.