You also see it sometimes on the central point of thatched roofs where it also is just there to hold everything in place.
Purpose of tires on roof.
I suspect that mobile homes need the tires to weight the roof from being blown loose in a high wind.
If you have a flat roof and want a more attractive option it is possible to apply rubber shingles on top of the rolled rubber roof.
It s definitely safer than drilling a hole in the roof.
Rubberis also one of the greenest choices that a homeowner can make.
Rubber is fire resistant.
And the roof is 100 recyclable at the end of its long life.
Because the skinning is not fastened across the top of the roof it tends to.
The rolls are applied to a completely cleaned stripped roof deck that has been coated in adhesive.
The mystery of why they put tires on trailer roofs is actually for very pragmatic reasons.
If the roof skinning was fastened to each truss across the top of the roof you d eventually have leaks roof galore.
Which is perhaps the reason that mr.
Tires can be melted into asphalt for road coverings sports courts and playgrounds.
And the same may hold true for other structures with metal roofs especially older buildings homes where the roofing nails may no longer be firmly embedded in the wood rafters.
The rubber itself takes less energy to produce than most other roofing materials and is often made from recycled materials to begin with.
The person whose tire lands the farthest away wins.
It s a cheap and easy solution.
Secondly they reportedly prevent the roof from being blown clean in the event of strong winds.
They prevent the roof from making that rumbling sound when the sun is at its zenith.
One such innovative product is recycled rubber roofing shingles designed to impersonate those haughty lords of cladding materials natural slate and cedar wood shakes.
The rolls are cut to fit then unrolled across the roof and smoothed out to avoid air bubbles.
What you do is you put your name on the tires the more the better then put them on the roof and when the twister comes it picks up the tires and throws them.
As tire recycling grows more sophisticated more refined consumer products have emerged.
Ah with his patented strips of roofing.