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Easy tool to calculate how many shingles and accessories you would need for your roof.
Insert the roof data (length, width and roof slope) you have measured and find out the needed quantities.
Print out the document and request your offer with our IKO distributor
Need help in finding an IKO distributor in your neighbourhood? Or do you have another practical roof question, simply contact IKO.
SUPER TIP!
Do you want to easily figure out
what is your roof's angle in degrees (in °)?
5 easy steps are needed to define your roof slope:
1. Print out the roof slope estimator (see PDF beneath)
2. Cut out
3. Stand back 20 m from your roof
4. Turn card until one of the angles (in °) matches the roof slope of your roof
5. Remember or write down the matching roof slope (e.g. 35°)
Now, you are fully prepared to use the IKO Roof Calculator for your new roof project or your roof renovation with IKO Shingles!
How are roof shingles made?
Shingles are made in a continuous process:
- Large rolls of glass mat are fed into a dry looper, which serves as an accumulator.
The glass mat moves to the coater.
- At the coater, coating bitumen is applied to the top and bottom surfaces of the sheet.
Mineral stabilizers are added to the coating that improves the shingle's fire resistance and weathering characteristics.
- Next, granules are applied to the top surface of coating. Granules are ceramically coloured crushed rock;
the granules give the shingle its colour, but more importantly protect the coating from ultraviolet light.
4. Anti-block surfacing is then applied to the back of the sheet to prevent it from sticking to the machine and to other shingles when packaged.
A plastic tape is also applied to the back of the sheet to prevent the sealing strips from sticking to the next shingle in the package.
5. The granules are then pressed into the topcoating.
6. Once the sheet is cooled, sealing strips are applied. The sealing strips allow one shingle to bond to the overlying shingle on a roof and thus prevent wind uplift.
7. The roofing sheet is then measured and cut into shingles.
8. The shingles are wrapped into bundles and stored in the warehouse until they are ready to be shipped to the appropriate location.
Are you a professional and interested to see the production process with your own eyes? Contact us today for a plant visit.
Find your way to our plant in Slovakia or Belgium.
Download the printable Road Description PDF (at the bottom).
For you or your transport company.
For other practical questions, IKO is at your disposal.
Contact IKO.
