Setting Out Slate Roof Tiles

The slate or tile manufacturer or supplier will specify the spacing of the battens up the roof for the particular type of covering this spacing is referred to as the gauge the gauge may depend upon the pitch of the roof and the amount of exposure.

Setting out slate roof tiles.

Another name for. The next thing to do is to work out the spacing for the battens up the roof. Margin this is the visible or exposed area of a slate from the bottom or tail of one slate up to the point the slate above overlaps it. The reason the starter course is laid face down is because the drip edge of the starter slate then merges flush with the drip edge of the first.

There is normally enough wiggle room here to close or open the gap from 3mm to space out slates in their horizontal axis when first laying out a slate roof for adjustment purposes. All other slates on the roof are installed with the face up in order to expose the beveled edges of the slate the face of the slate is the side that shows the beveled edge the back doesn t.