Mr Quyen - Santiago. Posted 03/11/2026
A Santiago PVC tile-effect roofing sheet (lámina de PVC tipo teja española) is 1.05 m wide, covers 0.96 m once lapped and is cut to the length of your roof in 219 mm tile steps. A gable house with a 9.5 m ridge and 4.3 m roof faces takes 20 sheets of 4.38 m and about 340 – 420 screw sets. Five colours are standard, and the ridge caps (caballete) come in the same colours.
Red ASA/PVC tile-sheet roof sloping down above a garden, Quang Nam, Vietnam
How big is a PVC tile-effect roofing sheet?
A Santiago tile sheet has a fixed width and a length made for your roof. Mexican buyers usually ask two things first: cuánto mide una lámina de PVC para techo, and whether it comes in stock lengths like a metal sheet. It does not. Every sheet is cut to the length on your order, in whole tile steps of 219 mm, so the rows of tiles line up across the roof and the last row ends cleanly at the eave.
| Measurement | Santiago tile sheet | What it means for your order |
|---|---|---|
| Full width | 1.05 m | The sheet as it leaves the factory |
| Cover width | 0.96 m | What each sheet adds across the roof after the side lap of one wave |
| Tile step | 219 mm | The distance from one row of tiles to the next |
| Length | Cut to order in 219 mm steps | 20 steps = 4.38 m; 25 steps = 5.475 m |
| Thickness | 2.5 or 3.0 mm | 2.5 mm is the minimum for a roof |
| Weight | About 5.4 kg per m² of roof at 2.5 mm | Use it to check the frame and to plan freight |
To find the length, measure each roof face from the ridge to the outer edge of the eave, divide by 0.219 and round up to a whole number. That number times 219 mm is the length you write on the order. Rounding up adds a few centimetres to the eave overhang, which is better than a sheet that stops short of the gutter line.
How many sheets does a roof need? A worked example
The sheet count for a tile-sheet roof comes from two divisions: the ridge length by the cover width, and the face length by the tile step. Take a single-storey house with a gable roof (techo a dos aguas): the ridge is 9.5 m long and each face measures 4.3 m from the ridge to the edge of the eave.
| Step | Working | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Sheets per face | 9.5 m ÷ 0.96 m = 9.9, round up | 10 sheets |
| Sheet length | 4.3 m ÷ 0.219 m = 19.6, round up to 20 steps; 20 × 219 mm | 4.38 m |
| Sheets for the roof | 10 sheets × 2 faces | 20 sheets, 87.6 running metres |
| Roof area covered | 10 × 0.96 m = 9.6 m wide; 9.6 × 4.38 × 2 | about 84 m² |
| Screw sets | 84 m² × 4 – 5 sets per m² | about 340 – 420 sets |
| Ridge | Length of the ridge, plus one terminal at each end | 9.6 m of ridge cap and 2 ridge terminals |
| Weight of the sheets | 84 m² × 5.4 kg | about 450 kg |
Ten sheets cover 9.6 m, so about 5 cm hangs past each gable wall. On a hip roof (techo a cuatro aguas) the count works the same way face by face, but the sheets along each hip are cut on a diagonal on site, and each hip line takes diagonal ridge pieces instead of a straight ridge cap. Draw every face, mark where the hips meet, and list the sheets one by one before you ask for a quotation. A list with lengths is quoted faster and leaves less room for a wrong cut.
Which colour suits a Mexican house?
The colour of a Santiago tile sheet sits in its ASA top layer, which in testing showed no colour change after 2,000 hours of artificial UV. The colour is rated for 30 years, and real roofs last 25 – 30 years. Under the Mexican sun, a roof that looks terracotta in the first year and pale pink by the fifth spoils the whole façade, so the top layer is the part to ask about before the price.
| House style | Colours that usually fit | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial or hacienda style, plaster walls, arches | Red or orange | Closest to fired clay teja |
| Rustic house or cabin with wood and stone | Chocolate | Looks like old, dark clay |
| Contemporary house with white or grey walls | Dark grey | Strong contrast with white walls |
| House with white or sand-coloured walls near the coast | Blue | A cool colour against light walls |
| A project with its own palette | Green, white or purple | Made to order |
Pick the colour from a real sample held against the wall in daylight, not from a phone screen. Santiago sends samples free; the buyer pays the courier.
Which ridge pieces finish a PVC colonial tile roof?
Santiago makes the ridge and edge pieces for its tile sheet in the same colours as the sheet, so a red roof gets a red caballete. A tile roof closed at the top with a flat metal strip loses the look the buyer paid for. Names change from country to country; the second column shows the names Mexican builders commonly use.
| Piece | Name used on Mexican sites | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Ridge cap | Caballete | Along the top, where two faces meet |
| Diagonal (hip) ridge | Limatesa or limatón | Along each hip of a four-sided roof |
| Ridge terminal | Remate de caballete | Closes each open end of the ridge |
| Three-way piece | Pieza de tres vías | Where a ridge meets two hips |
| Four-way piece | Pieza de cuatro vías | The top of a pyramid roof, where four hips meet |
| Eave sealing tile | Cierre de alero | Closes the open tile profile at the eave |
| Vertical wall flashing | Tapajunta de muro | Where the roof meets a higher wall |
| ASA screw cap | Capuchón ASA | Over every screw head |
Red tile-sheet roof finished with a matching red ridge cap, Da Nang, Vietnam
What does the roof frame need before the sheets go on?
A PVC tile sheet needs purlins (polines or largueros) closer together than a metal sheet does. Space them 440 or 660 mm apart, one under the foot of a tile step, and never 700 mm or more. The top purlin sits 15 – 18 cm below the ridge so the caballete has something to screw into. The roof slope should be between 20% and 45%.
The sheets are fixed through the top of the wave, directly over a purlin, with 70 mm screws in pre-drilled 6 mm holes and an ASA cap on each screw: 4 – 5 screw sets per m². Never screw in the valley, where the water runs. Each sheet laps the next by one wave. Santiago supplies the sheets and accessories and sends installation videos to your installer; it does not install. The full sequence is in our guide on how to install PVC roof tile sheets.
What does a red PVC tile-effect roof look like on a finished building?
Mr Quyen presents, in English, a restaurant in Da Nang, Vietnam, roofed with red Santiago ASA/PVC tile sheets and filmed from a drone. The video also shows red, blue and navy tile samples on a wooden shelf and a house with a blue tile roof.
A restaurant roof in Da Nang with Santiago ASA/PVC tile sheets (Santiago video on YouTube).
Short videos for buyers in Mexico
The clips below come from Santiago's own YouTube channel and were filmed at the factory in Vietnam or on Santiago roofs.
What does a red or blue tile sheet look like at the factory?
A Santiago worker stands on a white tile sheet on the factory floor and a gas torch is pointed at red and blue sheets beside it. The short ends with the team in front of an export container.
Santiago tile sheets at the factory (Santiago video on YouTube).
How do red tile sheets look going up onto a house?
Red ASA/PVC tile sheets are carried up to a house, a flame is put to a stack of sheets, and the short ends on a blue warehouse roof being fitted and grey sheets on the factory roller line.
Santiago PVC roofing tiles in real conditions (Santiago video on YouTube).
How is an ASA/PVC sheet made? 14 seconds on the line
A 14-second clip from the Santiago factory: a long white corrugated ASA/PVC sheet moves along the extrusion line.
A Santiago ASA/PVC sheet on the extrusion line (Santiago video on YouTube).
Santiago – a leading exporter of ASA/PVC roofing from Vietnam
Santiago roofing is produced and loaded into containers at our factory in Vietnam. It has been exported to India since 2023, Thailand since 2024 and the USA since 2025. Every export shipment comes with a commercial invoice, packing list, bill of lading and a certificate of origin (C/O) issued by Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade, which importers use to claim the duty preference of their trade agreement.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| HS code | 3925.90.00 (ASA/PVC roofing sheets) |
| Certificate of origin | Form D (ASEAN), Form AI (India), Form AK / VK (Korea), Form AJ / VJ (Japan), Form VC (Chile), CPTPP proof of origin |
| Shipped from | Vietnam, by container |
Certificate of origin Form AI (ASEAN–India) for Santiago ASA/PVC roofing sheets, HS 39259000, certified on 24 September 2026. Buyer details are hidden.
The Santiago team beside a loaded export container at the factory, November 2024
Loading Santiago roof tiles into an export container
Frequently asked questions
How big is a PVC roof tile sheet?
The Santiago tile sheet is 1.05 m wide with a 0.96 m cover width. The length is cut to order in 219 mm steps, and the thickness is 2.5 or 3.0 mm.
How do I work out how many PVC tile sheets I need?
Divide the ridge length by 0.96 m for the sheets per face, then divide each face (ridge to eave edge) by 0.219 m and round up for the length in tile steps. A gable roof with a 9.5 m ridge and 4.3 m faces takes 20 sheets of 4.38 m.
What colours does the PVC tile sheet come in?
Dark grey, red, blue, orange and chocolate are standard. Green, white and purple are made to order.
Is there a matching caballete for PVC colonial tile sheets?
Yes. Ridge caps, hip ridges, ridge terminals, three-way and four-way pieces, eave sealing tiles and wall flashing come in the same colours as the sheets.
How much does a PVC tile sheet cost in Mexico?
Santiago quotes per order in writing, based on colour, thickness, sheet lengths, accessories and quantity.
Read more
- Roof tile accessories checklist
- PVC roofing sheet colours
- Spanish-style PVC tile: sizes and accessories (Spanish)
- How to install PVC roof tile sheets
- ASA/PVC roof tile sheet
Versión en español
La lámina de PVC tipo teja española de Santiago mide 1.05 m de ancho y cubre 0.96 m ya traslapada; el largo se corta a la medida de su techo en pasos de teja de 219 mm. Una casa a dos aguas con caballete de 9.5 m y faldones de 4.3 m lleva 20 láminas de 4.38 m y unos 340 – 420 juegos de tornillo.
¿Cuánto mide una lámina de PVC para techo tipo teja?
La lámina de PVC tipo teja tiene un ancho fijo y un largo a la medida. Sale de fábrica con 1.05 m de ancho y, al traslapar una onda con la lámina vecina, cubre 0.96 m. El largo se pide en múltiplos de 219 mm, que es la distancia entre una hilera de tejas y la siguiente; así las hileras quedan alineadas en todo el techo. El espesor es de 2.5 o 3.0 mm (2.5 mm es el mínimo para techo) y la lámina de 2.5 mm pesa unos 5.4 kg por m² de techo.
Para sacar el largo, mida cada faldón desde el caballete hasta la orilla del alero, divídalo entre 0.219 y redondee hacia arriba. Ese número por 219 mm es el largo que va en el pedido.
Techos de lámina tipo teja roja sobre una fila de cuartos blancos a dos aguas, Tien Giang, Vietnam
¿Cuántas láminas lleva mi techo?
El número de láminas sale de dos divisiones. Ejemplo con una casa de una planta, techo a dos aguas, caballete de 9.5 m y faldones de 4.3 m:
| Cálculo | Operación | Resultado |
|---|---|---|
| Láminas por faldón | 9.5 ÷ 0.96 = 9.9, se redondea | 10 láminas |
| Largo de cada lámina | 4.3 ÷ 0.219 = 19.6, se redondea a 20 pasos × 219 mm | 4.38 m |
| Total de láminas | 10 × 2 faldones | 20 láminas |
| Área cubierta | 9.6 × 4.38 × 2 | unos 84 m² |
| Tornillos | 84 m² × 4 – 5 por m² | 340 – 420 juegos |
| Caballete | Largo del caballete | 9.6 m y 2 remates |
En un techo a cuatro aguas se calcula igual, faldón por faldón, pero las láminas junto a cada limatesa se cortan en diagonal en la obra.
¿Qué colores hay y cuál va con mi casa?
Los colores de línea son gris oscuro, rojo, azul, naranja y chocolate; verde, blanco y morado se fabrican sobre pedido. En una casa colonial o tipo hacienda, el rojo y el naranja son los que más se parecen al barro; el chocolate va bien con madera y piedra, y el gris oscuro contrasta con muros blancos en una casa moderna. La capa ASA no mostró cambio de color después de 2,000 horas de UV artificial y el color está calificado para 30 años. Pida una muestra (es gratis; usted paga la mensajería) y véala contra el muro, con luz de día.
Casa blanca de una planta con techo de lámina tipo teja naranja, Ba Ria – Vung Tau, Vietnam
Caballete y piezas de remate del mismo color
Santiago fabrica el caballete para teja colonial de PVC, la limatesa, el remate de caballete, las piezas de tres y cuatro vías, el cierre de alero, la tapajunta de muro y los capuchones ASA, todo en los mismos colores que la lámina. Los polines van a menos de 700 mm (440 o 660 mm, uno bajo el pie de cada paso de teja), la pendiente entre 20 y 45%, y el tornillo de 70 mm entra por la cresta de la onda, nunca por el valle. Santiago no instala: envía videos de instalación para su instalador.
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cuánto mide una lámina de PVC tipo teja?
1.05 m de ancho, 0.96 m útiles, largo a la medida en pasos de 219 mm y espesor de 2.5 o 3.0 mm.
¿Cuántas láminas necesito para un techo de 84 m² a dos aguas?
Con caballete de 9.5 m y faldones de 4.3 m: 20 láminas de 4.38 m, 10 por faldón, y unos 340 – 420 juegos de tornillo.
¿Cuánto cuesta la lámina de PVC tipo teja?
Santiago cotiza por escrito en cada pedido, según color, espesor, largos, accesorios y cantidad.
Sources for the figures in this article
- Profiles, 2.5–3.0 mm thickness and 10-year warranty: Santiago ASA/PVC product specification.
- HS code 3925.90.00: Harmonized System Chapter 39 (builders' ware of plastics), as applied in Vietnam's export tariff.
- Certificates of origin (Form D, AI, AK/VK, AJ/VJ, VC, CPTPP): issued by Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade under the country's free trade agreements.
- Minimum order of one 40 ft container (about 5,000 m) and about 5 days for production and loading: Santiago export desk, October 2026.
Updated 03/11/2026. Santiago Import Export Co., Ltd, Vietnam. WhatsApp +84 935 391 495 (Mr. Quyen), hotline +84 965 437 316 (Mrs. Ly), email salessantiagoroofing@gmail.com.
