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Had to rent the big-daddy Makita jackhammer for this one. Little separation between our front door and the public sidewalk. That’s just not a comfortable way to walk. We had to walk like ice-skating ninjas carrying trays of champagne.

The few times a year it actually rains in San Diego, the sloped portion of the path became like a slip and slide. It consisted of a very small landing by the door, a few concrete steps, and then a perilously sloped and slightly arched straight path. What we started with was likely the original concrete work on the 1936 home. Join us as we walk through the involved process of transforming a boring, ugly and slippery entry path into a architectural feature congruent with the home, all while melding form and function. Our yard transformation was under a tight deadline, and one portion we couldn’t finish was our front entry walkway makeover incorporating Spanish tiles. I’m not bitter, but I have my eye on you Ron Hazelton! (Shakes fist at sky). In this war against nature and fellow online media, despite heroic efforts, we came in second place. This was all featured in a “Yard Wars” competition on Family Handyman, and was sponsored by our friends at Husqvarna. This battle not only pitted me against tons of dirt, stone, boulders and sod, but also against two other online media types foolhardy enough to undertake such endeavors.

Riviera tiles are essentially a flattened form of double Roman tiles, in which the humps are flat ridges interrupting shallow, flat-bottomed troughs.A number of months ago, you might recall our epic battle to re-landscape our front yard.

French tiles look like an inverted form of the Roman roof, with much wider troughs for channeling away heavy rainfalls.

The tapering shape makes these a good choice on curved roofs.

Barrel tiles are also semi-cylindrical tiles like Spanish and Roman, but here the cylinders are slightly tapered so they are wider at one end.

Pantiles are considerably lighter than most other tiles.

Pantile roofs are made of clay tiles formed into a flattened "S" shape, creating a ripple appearance.

These tiles readily adapt to almost any architectural style. These roofs have relatively flat surfaces that easily shed frequent light rains, but may not be ideal where heavy "gully-washer" rainfalls are common. Slate roofs are also essentially flat shakes.

Flat shake tiles are usually made of concrete and are fabricated to resemble the texture of granulated asphalt shingles or wood shakes.

Often made of concrete, they are also available in clay and terra cotta. These tiles are often used in Mediterranean architecture. The water troughs are more frequent, though smaller.

Double Roman tiles resemble Spanish tiles, but the rows have distinct ribs that are quite visible.This style is common in architecture based on northern European styles. Visually, they give the appearance of sharp vertical ridges with wide scallop-shaped troughs. Scandia tiles resemble Spanish tiles inverted so they are upside down.Clay, terra cotta, and concrete tiles are all available in this style. They are best suited for regions where rains might be infrequent but very heavy when they do occur. Spanish tiles are the classic Southwest roof, resembling rows of lapping waves with troughs between the rows to carry water away.

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