Albie Jordaan

21 Oct 2021

The Green, Light Roof Tile

The way we build in South Africa is in large part due to how a building copes with the burden of an extremely heavy roof. Traditional weighty roofing materials such as concrete, slate and clay tiles dictate considerable capacity in foundations, pillars, beams and roof structure simply to cope with the load of the roof....

10 Dec 2020

New roof tile uses 98% waste material

Harvey Roofing Products (a division of the Macsteel Group) famous for Harvey steel roof tiles, has developed a high-tech new roof tile innovation from 98% waste material. The  Harvey EcoTile® roof tile has the ability to eliminate 29 million, 2 liter used plastic milk bottles from landfill sites in South Africa. Each tile utilizes the...

31 Aug 2020

New roof tile made from recycled bottles

A proudly South African company, Harvey Roofing Products (a division of Macsteel), famous for Harvey steel roof tiles, is developing a high-tech new roof tile innovation from 98% waste material. The ‘EcoTile’ roof tile has the ability to eliminate 29 million two-litre used plastic milk bottles from landfill sites in South Africa. Each tile will...