Used Tire Roof

When discount tire reached out to me for a fresh take on how to repurpose a used tire the gears started turning.

Used tire roof.

To the right is the sketch for the new roof and it required 2 8 2 x4 and 3 4 x8 plywood sheets. Pretty soon they would find themselves without a roof. A used tire is a cost effective way to hold the tin sheets down. Image 7 image 8.

Passenger car tires are 55 to 45 per cent light truck tires are 50 to 50 per cent race tires are 65 to 35 per cent and off highway tires 20 to 80 per cent. In the south thunderstorms typically precipitate strong winds. Next i wanted to know what other environmental problems tires cause other than those related to their composition. Kerkhof decided he d both 1 do the environment a good deed by disposing of surplus used tires and 2 cut down on the consumption of roofing materials.

Used tires are naturally weather resistant so they make great building walls. By as you ve probably guessed. Why tires on trailer roofs. Diy home builds rarely use old tires but for an outdoor structure for weird architecture art mash ups they re the perfect.

When one tin sheet will blow off it will typically bring with it another panel or two. I did a dry fit first to make sure. This is a project that i honestly never would have thought of had i not been asked to think outside the box. I had a few thoughts about what to make but i liked the idea of tire shingles the best.

Then using a mixture of hot glue and superglue i attached the shingles to the roof. You ll still have to add a roof but you ll have saved a bundle in material costs by using used tires for most of your structure.