Traditional Slate Roof Verge Detail

Slate dry verge 46 tile dry verge 60 dry fix ridge hip 22 dry fix valley troughs 21 brand kytun 46 colour blue black slate grey 4 black 7 length size 2 4m lengths 8 3m lengths 3 composition aluminium 8 upvc 3 slate type fibre cement 18mm 5 natural slate 25mm 5.

Traditional slate roof verge detail.

Slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm. His article provides guidance on how to record them and gives an overview of typical vernacular details such as slate valley construction and lapping variations. Carry underlay 50mm onto outer leaf of gable wall. Anyone who has detailed a slate roof or any other type of traditional steep slope roof is likely to be familiar with slate roofs published by the national slate association in 1926.

The article concludes with a consideration of the future of vernacular roof conservation noting the importance of ensuring that contractors who are. Carry tiling battens over undercloak and finish 100mm from verge edge. Weight of slates kg area of roof m 2 slate coverage 1000 therefore the total weight 1235 1000 150 23 9 4427 kg. The total weight of slates on roof can be found from the formula.

The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2 23 9. Published more than 85 years ago slate roofs has long been the essential go to guide for determining material quantities roof layout specification data and. The minimum width of any one slate in an exposed position should be 115m.