Conservation Roof Tiles in Buckinghamshire
Conservation Roof Tiles
Conservation roof tiles in a weathered finish
The conservation roof tiles in a weathered finish offer you a natural warm tone, achieving an instant mellow and settled look.
The naturally weathered finish that is present in our weathered finish conservation roof tiles appeals to people who own the more period properties.
We manufacture our conservation roof tiles to have a weathered appearance when new; this is to speed up the natural weathering process that may take many years. This way, you can enjoy the perfect, weathered look right from the very start, so your property will never look out of place.
What is weathering and why is it important?
Weathering simply refers to the natural process by which anything is broken down over time. Anything that is left exposed to the elements for long enough will eventually disappear completely. The speed at which weathering occurs depends on the durability of the item in question. Our conservation roof tiles are incredibly durable building materials, but they are still susceptible to natural weathering, we just gave nature a helping hand so that you can enjoy a gorgeous, natural weathered finish when you choose conservation roof tiles in a weathered finish.
There are three main types of weathering that can affect roof tiles. There is chemical weathering, physical weathering and biological weathering.
Chemical weathering will change the composition of the roof tile, often transforming them when water interacts with various minerals to create different chemical reactions. Chemical weathering is a very gradual and constant process as the minerals of the roof tile adjusts to the surface environment. Eventually, other minerals develop from the original minerals of the roof tile. In this the processes of oxidation and hydrolysis are most important.
Physical weathering is the process that causes the disintegration of materials, just without chemical change. The primary process in physical weathering is abrasion. However, chemical and physical weathering often goes hand in hand. Physical weathering can occur due to adverse temperature, pressure or frost. For example, cracks exploited by physical weathering will increase the surface area exposed to chemical action. Also, the chemical action of minerals in cracks can aid the disintegration process in roof tiles or indeed anything left exposed to the elements. Physical weathering is also called mechanical weathering or disaggregation.
Biological weathering of roof tiles is caused by the activities of living organisms. Instances such as the growth of lichen, moss or the burrowing of invertebrates. Burrowing insects are probably the most common cause of biological weathering. Insects that can burrow away at the sandy texture of the roof tile can speed up the weathering process.
Our conservation roof tiles are incredibly durable and we are confident that the amount of weathering they will endure throughout their serviceable life will be coped with admirably. With a fifty year guarantee, our conservation roof tiles are going to offer many years of service to your property.
A little information about Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire
The Buckinghamshire town once had a Roman villa which has been excavated three times, most recently in 1954. Mosaics and a bathhouse were unearthed at the site on what is now the Rye parkland. The name Wycombe would appear to come from the river Wye and the old English word for a wooded valley, "combe", but according to the Oxford English Dictionary of Place-Names the name, which was first recorded in 799-802 as "Wichama", is more likely to be Old English "wic" and the plural of Old English "ham", and probably means "dwellings"; the name of the river was a late back-formation. Wycombe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was noted for having six mills.
The existence of a settlement at High Wycombe was first recorded as 'Wicumun' in 970. The parish church was consecrated by Wulfstan, the visiting Bishop of Worcester, in 1086. The town was described as a borough from at least the 1180s, and built its first moot hall in 1226, with a market hall being built later in 1476.
Buckinghamshire mill trade was strong in High Wycombe
The Buckinghamshire town remained a mill town through Medieval and Tudor times, manufacturing lace and linen cloth. It was also a stopping point on the way from Oxford to London, with many travellers staying in the town's taverns and inns. The journey would have been fraught with danger, as footpads and other villains carried out their illegal activities along this busy route
The paper industry was notable in 17th and 18th century High Wycombe. The Wye's waters were rich in chalk, and therefore ideal for bleaching paper pulp. The paper industry was soon to be overtaken by the cloth industry.
The Buckinghamshire town's most famous industry was furniture, with particularly attention going to the Windsor chairs that were built in the town. Many terraced workers' houses were built to the east and west of town to accommodate those working in the furniture factories. In 1875, it was estimated that there were nearly five thousand chairs made per day in High Wycombe. When Queen Victoria visited the Buckinghamshire town in 1877, the council organised an arch of chairs to be erected over the High Street, with the words "Long live the Queen" printed boldly across the arch for the Queen to pass under. Wycombe Museum includes many examples of locally made chairs and information on the local furniture and lace industries.
The Buckinghamshire town takes an downturn
By the 1920s, many of the housing areas of Wycombe had aged badly and decayed into slums. A clearance scheme was initiated by Buckinghamshire council in 1932, whereby many areas were completely demolished and the residents rehoused in new estates that were situated above the town on the valley slopes. Some of the districts that were demolished were in a very poor state of repair, with one such area being Newland, where most of the houses were condemned as unfit for human habitation. However, some areas such as St. Mary's Street contained beautiful old buildings with fine examples of 18th and 19th century architecture. The new houses lifted the area and made it desirable to live in once again.
The RAF in Buckinghamshire
From 1940 to 1968 High Wycombe was the seat of the RAF Bomber Command. Moreover, during the Second World War, from May 1942 to July 1945, the U.S. Army Air Force's 8th Air Force Bomber Command, codenamed "Pinetree", was based at a former girls' school at High Wycombe. This formally became Headquarters, 8th Air Force, on 22 February 1944.
In the 1960s the Buckinghamshire town centre was redeveloped. This involved culverting the River Wye under concrete and demolishing most of the old buildings in Wycombe's town centre. Two shopping centres were built along with many new multi-storey car parks, office blocks, flyovers and roundabouts. To this day however, the hill that leads down into the Buckinghamshire town of High Wycombe remains incredibly steep and has led to some of the more faint hearted motorists refusing to drive down to the centre of town.
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