New Construction in Bel Air, Roofed in Concrete Tile
New house construction in Bel Air under a concrete tile roof on a Class A assembly, with bird stops at the eaves and listed vents to keep embers out.
Concrete tile over a Class A rated assembly is the roof we put on a new Bel Air house. The tile will not burn, which counts because fire hazard maps take in sections of Bel Air. Its weak spots are the openings: the curved ends at the eaves and the vents near the ridge. Metal bird stops close those ends, and vents listed for ember resistance let the attic breathe without drawing sparks in.
Layers under the tile
A Class A rating belongs to the whole roof, so the layers beneath the tile count as much as the tile. Over the sheathing we lay a mineral-surfaced cap sheet, then battens, then the tile fastened on the pattern its listing shows. Valleys are lined with wide metal that runs over the cap sheet. At each eave a metal bird stop fills the gap under the first course and keeps embers, leaves and nesting birds out. The structural engineer sizes the rafters for the weight, which runs well above that of a shingle roof.
Checks and care later
LADBS checks the roof listing, the rafter sizes and the vent products at plan check. In the field, the inspector sees the cap sheet before tile goes on and the bird stops and vents at the end. Concrete tile lasts a long time, though the layer under it ages first, so we record its product name for whoever reroofs the house someday. Metal guards keep leaves out of the gutters. Tile cracks under careless feet, so the closeout papers show where a roofer can walk safely.
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Useful at the outset: the survey, any soils report, the zoning limits and the parcel's fire hazard status. The pitch of a tile roof adds height, so the height limit shapes the roof early. Tell us the look you want, since the tile profile and the roof shape change the framing and where vents can go.
An approvals agreement comes first: design coordination, structural engineering and the LADBS permit. After the plans are approved we estimate the build stage by stage, from grading and foundation through framing, roofing, rough trades and finishes. The roof line names the tile, cap sheet and vents, so any substitute can be priced against it.
Coordination sits with us. The soils engineer drills from the boundary survey, and the structural engineer frames the roof and walls from both reports. We gather the listing sheets for the tile and the vents, keep one current set of drawings for your designer, and pass every plan check note to whoever drew that sheet.
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