How To Tile A Roof With Rosemary Tiles

Install the underlayment for the new roof tile next working with 10 foot sections at a time.

How to tile a roof with rosemary tiles.

Setting out across the roof. To begin remove the old roof tile. At this stage some adjustment in shunt could be made if necessary to allow a 38 to 50mm overhang at verges. The valleys for the plain tile and slate options are assumed to be lead while the valley for the interlocking tile option is grp.

At eaves use double courses with purpose made eaves top tiles for the undercourse. 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. Adjacent tiles should be laid with a nominal gap of 1 5 mm maximum 3 mm. Secure the underlayment with nails that are at least 2 inches from the edge of the roof.

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. In this video we will look at how to replace these small plain tiles even in a situation where every row is nailed. Adjacent to hips and valleys use tile and a halves for raking cuts.

To simplify the comparison the same clay ridge and hip tiles are specified. Ensure verge overhang is equal at left and right ends. 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. I will show you how to use the flat pry b.

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