To provide a tile for melting snow and a roof structure which can efficiently melt snow deposited on a roof with a small heater and make equipment cost and power consumption low.
In a tile for melting snow, a plate-like snow melting panel 4 having high thermal conductivity is integrally mounted to the surface side of a tile body 1 and on the other hand, a smooth surface 3 closely contactable with a sheet heater set on a roof is formed on the back side of the tile body 1, and snow depositing to the snow melting panel 4 is melted by heating from the back side of the sheet heater. In a roof structure, a heat insulating material 7 is laid on the upper surface of a roof 20 through a waterproof sheet 6, a sheet heater 8 is installed on the heat insulating material 7, and the tile for melting snow is mounted on the sheet heater 8 so that the back surface of the tile for melting snow is brought into close contact with the sheet heater 8.
Tatsuo Watanuki
Yukine Sekine