Using Old Tire Rubber For Roofing
Typical roofing materials include steel asphalt shingles stone and wood all in various forms.
Using old tire rubber for roofing. Old tires can be converted into roofing material. A composite roof shake offers a superior formulation which includes recycled tire rubber. By the mother earth news editors september october 1976 converting old tires into roofing material is an eco friendly construction technique. These materials require varying degrees of materials and have differing levels of durability.
The rubber fragments are then scraped clean of any steel and nylon threads. Passenger car tires are 55 to 45 per cent light truck tires are 50 to 50 per cent race tires are 65 to 35 per cent and off highway tires 20 to 80 per cent.