ANORDNING VID SHINGELELEMENT FOR TAKTECKNING

A shingle element for roofing wherein adhesive areas (5, 6) are provided on the top side of the element for securing tongues (3) of overlying elements. The back side is provided with a continuous adhesive area (7) which covers the entire back side (the spine) of the element, apart from the tongues. This area (7) is covered with a foil to prevent elements from adhering to each other when stacked together. The foil covering the adhesive area (7) is split lengthwise into two strips (8, 9), of which the foil strip (9) lying closest to the tongues (3) is a tear-off strip. On the top side of the shingle element a continuous adhesive area (5) is provided at the back edge (4) of the element, as well as adhesive areas (6) for the tongues. To facilitate tearing off the foil strip (9), the strips (8, 9) are arranged so as to overlap each other at the coincident longitudinal edges (10) thereof.