How To Tile A Roof With Rosemary Tiles

At this stage some adjustment in shunt could be made if necessary to allow a 38 to 50mm overhang at verges.

How to tile a roof with rosemary tiles.

Adjacent to hips and valleys use tile and a halves for raking cuts. Lay a course of tiles along the eaves setting the tiles at the average linear coverage. Rosemary tiles are geneally good quality and last far longer than some of the other machine made tiles. To begin remove the old roof tile.

To simplify the comparison the same clay ridge and hip tiles are specified. At verges and abutments use standard plain tiles and tile and a halves in alternate courses. At eaves use double courses with purpose made eaves top tiles for the undercourse. Adjacent tiles should be laid with a nominal gap of 1 5 mm maximum 3 mm.

I will show you how to use the flat pry b. The valleys for the plain tile and slate options are assumed to be lead while the valley for the interlocking tile option is grp. Start tiling by loose laying a row at the eaves in order to establish the spacing between tiles to get a whole number to minimise cutting to make any adjustment you can use a tile and a half at one end or adjust the side gaps between tiles to achieve a suitable fit for a whole number of tiles. Install the underlayment for the new roof tile next working with 10 foot sections at a time.

How to tile a roof if you would prefer to read how to tile a roof and see more help please visit this link unless you found this video via my website. Setting out across the roof. Probably your roofer doesn t want the hassle of stripping them cleaning and stacking them and covering your roof with battens at only 4 centres. Ensure verge overhang is equal at left and right ends.

Look at the advanced weather forecast before you begin and choose a few weeks with as many dry days as possible.