How To Tile A Roof With Rosemary Tiles

The valleys for the plain tile and slate options are assumed to be lead while the valley for the interlocking tile option is grp.

How to tile a roof with rosemary tiles.

I will show you how to use the flat pry b. Lay a course of tiles along the eaves setting the tiles at the average linear coverage. Adjacent to hips and valleys use tile and a halves for raking cuts. At this stage some adjustment in shunt could be made if necessary to allow a 38 to 50mm overhang at verges.

At verges and abutments use standard plain tiles and tile and a halves in alternate courses. Secure the underlayment with nails that are at least 2 inches from the edge of the roof. The costs set out below relate to a modest l shaped bungalow with a roof area of around 180m2 and with one valley hip and ridge tiles and a universal dry hip and ridge system. Ensure verge overhang is equal at left and right ends.

Setting out across the roof. To simplify the comparison the same clay ridge and hip tiles are specified. Rosemary tiles are geneally good quality and last far longer than some of the other machine made tiles. 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.

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. Install the underlayment for the new roof tile next working with 10 foot sections at a time. 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. At eaves use double courses with purpose made eaves top tiles for the undercourse.

In this video we will look at how to replace these small plain tiles even in a situation where every row is nailed.