Clay barrel (mission) tile
Its weight
- The table
- 1,200 lb a squareThe sources give 1,190 to 1,900 lb.
- Loose volume
- 1 cubic yards a square
- How it was chosen
- Ludowici's 16" straight barrel mission weighs 1,190 lb a square; Xactimate's tile tear-off is 1,198 lb a square; the ASCE 7 figure for Spanish clay tile is 19 psf. 1,200 lb is the figure. Volume at Seattle's 1,200 lb a cubic yard for loose ceramic tile.
Your figure
None: estimates use the table's.
Give your own figure
4 sources
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Straight Barrel Mission 16" Clay Roof Tile (LRT-546)
Ludowici Roof Tile · manufacturer spec sheet · read 2026-10-23
CHARACTERISTIC: "Weight Per Square 1190 lbs."
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Xactimate price list item RFG TILRMV
Verisk Xactimate, as Roofometry keeps it · estimating guide · read 2026-10-23
RFG TILRMV, "Tear off, haul and dispose of tile roofing." Definition: "Includes: Dump fees, hauling, disposal, and labor to remove tile roofing, furring strips, and felt." Dump fee component DMOFEE, direct_yield "1.670 SQ/TN".
A copy is kept with Roofometry.
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Tech Note GE-1: Product Weights (weights of building materials for dead loads, (c) 2021)
Boise Cascade Wood Products; rows marked (1) cite ASCE 7-16 Table C3.1-1a, sheathing rows (3) cite APA EWS TT-019 (1998) · estimating guide · read 2026-10-23
ROOF: "Spanish clay tile (1) 19" Footnote (1): "Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, ASCE 7-16, Table C3.1-1a." Values are pounds per square foot.
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General Measurement Standards and Reporting Guidelines: Volume and Weight Conversion Factors for Recyclables
City of Seattle, Seattle Public Utilities · government · read 2026-10-23
"Ceramic tile, loose 6"x6" | one cubic yard | 1200 | Tellus" Footnote 1: "Disclaimer: This table is for general guidance only. Not for contract payment."