We've just had some velux window in the roof as part of a loft
conversion.

The roofer has had to use some new rosemary tiles round one of the
Velux windows and they stick out like a sore thumb. Yes we should have
got them to use salvaged tiles etc, but it's really a question of
making it look better now.

There are only about 4 tiles down each side of the velux that are
bright coloured, though they are placed every other tile, to there's a
striped look to that small area of the roof. A little detail to some
maybe, but a big issue for me, as they spoil the look of the velux
IMO.

So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Anyone tried this ? Does any specific product exist for this that I
can use ?

I know about this type of roof needing to breath, but were literally
talking 8 tiles here.

Thanks for any advice.

CF

On 28/02/2013 09:42, cf-leeds wrote:
We've just had some velux window in the roof as part of a loft
conversion.

The roofer has had to use some new rosemary tiles round one of the
Velux windows and they stick out like a sore thumb. Yes we should have
got them to use salvaged tiles etc, but it's really a question of
making it look better now.

There are only about 4 tiles down each side of the velux that are
bright coloured, though they are placed every other tile, to there's a
striped look to that small area of the roof. A little detail to some
maybe, but a big issue for me, as they spoil the look of the velux
IMO.

So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Anyone tried this ? Does any specific product exist for this that I
can use ?

I know about this type of roof needing to breath, but were literally
talking 8 tiles here.

Thanks for any advice.


Isn't this the sort of thing that is normally solved by painting with
yoghurt to encourage mould growth?

cf-leeds used his keyboard to write :
We've just had some velux window in the roof as part of a loft
conversion.

The roofer has had to use some new rosemary tiles round one of the
Velux windows and they stick out like a sore thumb. Yes we should have
got them to use salvaged tiles etc, but it's really a question of
making it look better now.

There are only about 4 tiles down each side of the velux that are
bright coloured, though they are placed every other tile, to there's a
striped look to that small area of the roof. A little detail to some
maybe, but a big issue for me, as they spoil the look of the velux
IMO.

So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Anyone tried this ? Does any specific product exist for this that I
can use ?

I know about this type of roof needing to breath, but were literally
talking 8 tiles here.

Live yogurt painted on will soak in and given a few weeks, start to
make them grow some moss to help match them in.

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On 28/02/2013 09:42, cf-leeds wrote:
So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Imagine 5 years down the line. Your paint has faded to a different
colour to the rest of the roof, and is now flaking off in patches
exposing the fresh tile colour underneath...

Yoghurt or ... err ... animal wastes ... I understand are the
traditional ways to make something blend.

Andy

On 28/02/2013 09:42, cf-leeds wrote:
We've just had some velux window in the roof as part of a loft
conversion.

The roofer has had to use some new rosemary tiles round one of the
Velux windows and they stick out like a sore thumb. Yes we should have
got them to use salvaged tiles etc, but it's really a question of
making it look better now.

There are only about 4 tiles down each side of the velux that are
bright coloured, though they are placed every other tile, to there's a
striped look to that small area of the roof. A little detail to some
maybe, but a big issue for me, as they spoil the look of the velux
IMO.

So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Soot, soil, yoghurt and dung in an appropriate mix to get the right
match shade of dirtiness and encourage lichens and moss to take hold.

Anyone tried this ? Does any specific product exist for this that I
can use ?

I know about this type of roof needing to breath, but were literally
talking 8 tiles here.

Thanks for any advice.

Any paint you apply will make it look a real mess in the future.

If you are in a real fire non-smokeless zone you should not have to wait
too long before they blend in though accumulated grot.


--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:42:29 -0800 (PST), cf-leeds
wrote:


So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Natural Yogurt or several pints of full cream milk which have been
allowed to mature for a week in the warm mixed with twice the weight
of fresh (mish) cattle dung. It is best done in slightly warmer and
drier weather as in these temperatures and rainfall it will sometimes
wash off before getting going.

On 28/02/2013 20:16, Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:42:29 -0800 (PST), cf-leeds
wrote:


So, how about spraying the bright tiles with a spray paint or
something, just a brownish colour, that blends them in a little ?

Natural Yogurt or several pints of full cream milk which have been
allowed to mature for a week in the warm mixed with twice the weight
of fresh (mish) cattle dung. It is best done in slightly warmer and
drier weather as in these temperatures and rainfall it will sometimes
wash off before getting going.


Can you get tiles where this has already been done?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:32:42 +0000, GB
wrote:

Can you get tiles where this has already been done?

Prebiotically coated? I doubt it, but there are firms which
specialise in the subject as it is often a condition of planning
permission in country areas that the surface of whatever is erected be
"aged". I once knew someone who bought rotten milk by the tanker load
and made many a farmer happy by taking away the contents of their
slurry pit. The mixture was dispensed using high pressure versions of
a Saniflo and left my friend happy and rich and his customers
satisfied and nauseous. Much like a Saniflo in more ways than one.

On 28/02/2013 21:00, Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:32:42 +0000, GB
wrote:

Can you get tiles where this has already been done?

Prebiotically coated? I doubt it, but there are firms which
specialise in the subject as it is often a condition of planning
permission in country areas that the surface of whatever is erected be
"aged". I once knew someone who bought rotten milk by the tanker load
and made many a farmer happy by taking away the contents of their
slurry pit. The mixture was dispensed using high pressure versions of
a Saniflo and left my friend happy and rich and his customers
satisfied and nauseous. Much like a Saniflo in more ways than one.



It really makes much more sense to do this job well away from human
habitation, so age the tiles before putting them up, and charge for
doing that.

On 28/02/2013 21:25, GB wrote:
It really makes much more sense to do this job well away from human
habitation, so age the tiles before putting them up, and charge for
doing that.

How much extra would the roofer charge?

Andy

On 28/02/2013 21:56, Andy Champ wrote:
On 28/02/2013 21:25, GB wrote:
It really makes much more sense to do this job well away from human
habitation, so age the tiles before putting them up, and charge for
doing that.

How much extra would the roofer charge?

Andy

If the alternative is to pressure spray a mixture of rancid milk and
manure on your new roof then pray that it doesn't rain, how much extra
would you pay?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:55:01 +0000, GB
wrote:


If the alternative is to pressure spray a mixture of rancid milk and
manure on your new roof then pray that it doesn't rain, how much extra
would you pay?

Most pay for the roof to be sprayed with a wholly organic certified
eco friendly entirely natural English Nature and National Trust
approved treatment to encourage natural moss growth and save the
planet from global warming.

Many customers are bankers or solicitors and wouldn't know a pig from
a cow while both were still breathing.

It isn't usually described to the customers minced pig**** and rotten
milk.

On 01/03/2013 10:25, Peter Parry wrote:

Most pay for the roof to be sprayed with a wholly organic certified
eco friendly entirely natural English Nature and National Trust
approved treatment to encourage natural moss growth and save the
planet from global warming.

While the rest of us are looking for ways to stop moss growing on our roofs.

On 01/03/2013 10:25, Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:55:01 +0000, GB
wrote:


If the alternative is to pressure spray a mixture of rancid milk and
manure on your new roof then pray that it doesn't rain, how much extra
would you pay?

Most pay for the roof to be sprayed with a wholly organic certified
eco friendly entirely natural English Nature and National Trust
approved treatment to encourage natural moss growth and save the
planet from global warming.

Many customers are bankers or solicitors and wouldn't know a pig from
a cow while both were still breathing.

I think you have a good point there. Most people round here try to piece
up their roof for as long as possible using old tiles scavenged from the
buildings that have already been reroofed. The old handmade clay
pantiles are a devil to match exactly so most old roofs here have a
patchwork of slightly different coloured tiles. Nobody minds at all.

I can't imagine paying to encourage moss and lichen to grow on my roof!

It isn't usually described to the customers minced pig**** and rotten
milk.


Shame! It might put them off faffing about with it.

A new roof loses its newness edge in a couple of years but if you have a
nice rectangular patch of even slightly different tiles the eye can
still pick out the difference decades later.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:55:01 +0000, GB
wrote:


If the alternative is to pressure spray a mixture of rancid milk and
manure on your new roof then pray that it doesn't rain, how much extra
would you pay?

Most pay for the roof to be sprayed with a wholly organic certified
eco friendly entirely natural English Nature and National Trust
approved treatment to encourage natural moss growth and save the
planet from global warming.

Many customers are bankers or solicitors and wouldn't know a pig from
a cow while both were still breathing.

It isn't usually described to the customers minced pig**** and rotten
milk.

I can't understand the desire to spray a roof with milk & ****e. I had a
barn built a few years back, oak frame with clay tiles. The tiles are
covered in lichen now and there's a continual supply of bird **** to
provide nutrients.

A bit of patience is all that's required.

--
€¢DarWin|
_/ _/

On 01/03/2013 10:38, Andrew May wrote:
While the rest of us are looking for ways to stop moss growing on our
roofs.

Copper wire or strip along the ridge.

Andy