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US 4,426,823 AGranted
Apparatus and method for mounting roofing tile
OwnerThomas R. Kobeinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for mounting associated roofing tile which in one form of the invention includes a grid of wires which comprises a plurality of first wires disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second wires disposed in a second direction. The second direction is generally perpendicular to the first direction. A first hook cooperates with each tile and one of the first wires.
Claims6
The method of installing tiles on a roof which comprises:
- installing a water impervious membrane over the surface to be covered;
- providing a grid of wires having a plurality of first wires disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second wires disposed in a second direction, said second direction being generally perpendicular to said first direction;
- positioning the grid of wires over the roof to be covered with said grid extending over the ridge of the associated roof and down to the eaves on each side thereof, one of said first wires being disposed in substantially parallel closely spaced relationship with the ridge of the associated roof securing said grid to said roof;
- and
- fastening a plurality of tiles to said wires extending in said first direction by means of a plurality of hooks.
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