| Plain tiles | |
| Plain tile | Small roofing tile (265mm x 165mm) cambered and having no other feature except nibs/nail holes. |
| Hand made | A plain tile made by hand for additional aesthetic requirements. |
| Peg tile | A tile similar to a plain tile but without nibs and with holes for pegs. |
| Single-camber | A traditional plain tile, arched along its length from head to tail providing a neat, clean aspect with emphasis on the course line of each row of tiles. |
| Double-camber | A tile arched both horizontally and vertically to break up the dominance of the course line and give the roof an undulating look. |
| Creasing Tiles | A flat tile without nibs for decorative features on walls and window sills. |
| Large format and profiled tiles | |
| Pantile | A single lap tile moulded to an S-shape which gives the appearance of 'waves' and 'troughs' on the roof. |
| Interlocking tile | A single lap tile that connects with adjoining tiles by means of close fitting ribs. |
| Overs and Unders (ItalianTiles) | Half-round overs, flat tray unders. |
| Over and Unders (Spanish Tiles) | Half-round interlocking Southern European style tiles. |
| Different parts of the roof and related products | |
| Verge | The edge of the tiles projecting over the gable (the gable is the triangular upper part of the wall at the end of a ridged roof). |
| Abutment | The point of junction where the roof slope meets a vertical surface or intrusion (e.g. chimney or wall). |
| Tile and a half (Gable tile) | A tile one and a half times the width of a standard plain tile to maintain a broken bond at verges and abutments. Sometimes called a gable tile. |
| Cloaked or dry verge | Tile used at the verge (gable) which wraps over the edge of the roof and eliminates the need to mortar bed the verge tiles. |
| Eaves | The overhanging lower edge of the roof. |
| Eaves (or Top) Tiles | Short tiles used in a single course to give a double course of tiling at the eaves. A single course of short tiles is also used both sides of the ridge. |
| Ridge | The apex of two slopes on a pitched roof. |
| Ridge Tile | Tile covering the apex. |
| Decorative ridge | A ridge tile available in a variety of shaped crests. |
| Finial | The end ridge of the gable which has some form of decoration on it, e.g. a scroll, a ball top or a fleur-de-lys. |
| Hip | The junction of two inclined surfaces which meet at an external angle. |
| Arris hip tile | A purpose made tile, used with plain tiles, which 'wraps' around a hip. The pitch of the roof must be stated when ordering. |
| Bonnet hip | A rounded hip tile used with plain tiles which gives the appearance of a lady's bonnet (known as a 'granny's bonnet'). The void beneath hip tiles is filled with pointed mortar. |
| Mitred hip | An abutment of two tiles at the hip. |
| Decorative Hips | A hip tile available in a variety of shaped crests. |
| Valley | The junction of two inclined roof slopes which meet at an internal angle. |
| Valley Tile | A tile used at this junction. The pitch of the roof must be stated when ordering. |
| Vertical Tiling |
General term applied to plain tiles fixed to walls to form a wall cladding. |
| Mathematical Tiles | Hanging vertical tiles which gives the appearance of brick cladding. |
