Mangalore Tiles
Mangalore Tiles
Mangalore tiles are of flat pattern and they are provided with appropriate projections so that they interlock with each other, when they are placed in position. Mangalore tiles are red in colour and made of double channelled Basel Mission Mangalore pattern. The special Mangalore tiles are available for hip, ridge and valley portions of the roof. The Mangalore tiles that are required for covering one square metre of roof area is 15 no’s.
The mangalore tiles are manufactured on large scale in South India especially at Mangalore, Cochin and Calicut. This industry was established in the early 19th Century by German Missionaries. The first unit manufacturing Mangalore pattern tiles was started at Morvi, Saurashtra in 1951 and at present, more than 200 units are working in this area. Thus, Morvi has become the Bangaluru of Gujarat State and some other units, about 30 or more, are also located in Bulsar and Surat districts of the Gujarat State.
These type of roof tiles are more common in rural and semi-urban areas and mainly they are used by middle and low income group of people because of numerous reasons such as architectural effect, scarcity and rising prices of other materials, growth of population, etc. The life of the mangalore tiles is estimated as about 25 years with replacement of about 5% per year.
According to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS): 654-1962, the Mangalore pattern tiles are divided into two classes, namely, Class AA and Class A.
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