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Anyone ever see this roofing material before? It's like a terra cotta tile.

Looks like they were produced in Chicago and would have been installed in 1956. Anyone know of a factory that still produces these?

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Bill,

There is roofing tar on the corner seams as shown in picture. What is the detail that goes into this area to make it water tight? I didn't see any signs of leaks in the attic around this area.

Shouldn't this area have some kind of cap?

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Shouldn't this area have some kind of cap?
Manufacturers of interlocking tiles have accessories to detail transitions and terminations. There would have been a hip cap tile available. On that particular roof, it would likely have been a hip roll tile to match the ridge roll.
I didn't see any signs of leaks in the attic around this area.
Like the ridge, the hips aren't subject to collected water running down the field of the roof. A majority of hipped slate roofs don't have hip caps. The rest have sheet metal caps.
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Anyone ever see this roofing material before? It's like a terra cotta tile.

I am sure SOMEONE has seen that type of roof material before because someone had to make it.

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