Onal Kothari
Architect
Text: Onal Kothari
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If you reside in coastal India, colouring would never be that hard for you in comparison to the struggle for deciding the beautiful and durable tile roofing material for your home. Architect Onal Kothari lists the different factors to keep in mind to help you buy the correct roofing solution for your home.

  1. Material: There are a number of options available for tiles such as clay tiles, concrete tiles, metal tile, slate tiles and many more in an array of colours and styles. These are useful to match various interior styles like European, contemporary, colonial or historical style of roofing. Opt for tiles that complement your home decor.
  2. Shape: Roofing tiles are available in curved, flat among other shapes. Go for shapes that will be suitable to your home. Clay tiles are usually barrel shaped and red in colour and concrete and metal ones can take on different style and personalities.
  3. Cost and durability: Tiles roofs are probably the most expensive and durable roofing solution that increases with its installation and labour cost. Make a checklist that includes level of fire safety, insect repellence, thermal insulation level and maintenance.
  4. Design for load: Roofing structures are essentially designed as per the weight of tile roofing where a concrete tile roof weighs around 950 pounds per 100 square foot and is heavier compared to tile roofing options. Consider the load of your structure before you finalise your purchase.
  5. Climatic condition: Tile roofing is used to beautify home exteriors. Check the exposure of tiles with respect to salt water, high winds, snow or freezing, rain or thawing cycles and select the ones that can withstand your home environment.
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Onal Kothari
Architect

Onal Kothari started her design career with commercial interior designing. She is an architect, blogger, traveller , urban sketcher and imaginator. She interned with Laurie Baker architects and worked for Avnish Singh Design before venturing out on her independent working. Started working on interior architecture projects quite early in her career, she believes that all the designers have the perfect project in their mind and they follow it in every step of their career.

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