Not only for the purpose of roof material, Kawara tiles are also used as wall materials, such as 'Namakokabe' (a wall with square tiles jointed with raised plaster) and 'Neribei' (daub wall), on which tiles or stones are put and fixed with clay, and sometimes used as tiles on a stylobate of temples and as a part of drainage canals.
その本来の屋根建材としての用途のみに限らず、平瓦を、壁に用いて漆喰で継ぎ手を板かまぼこ状に盛り固めた「海鼠壁（なまこかべ）」や、瓦や石などを粘土で接着し固めて造る「練塀（ねりべい）」などの壁材、寺院の基壇のタイルのような役目や雨落ちや雨落溝の一部としても用いられる。