Mitred Hips Slate Roofs

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Mitred hips slate roofs.

Interleave mitred tiles with metal soakers extending a minimum 100mm to each side of hip. This is a demonstration conducted at the 2015 srca conference near grove city pa by chris short and dave armstrong of short slate llc. For this reason mitered hips are not recommended where two roofs surfaces of different pitches meet at the hip. Timber shingle shake roofs.

Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles. In this case 2 5 inch copper roofing nails were used. If this detail is used on adjoining surfaces of different pitches the courses will not line up. The cut should be made with the slate face uppermost thus giving a straight edge to the hip cut on the slate face.

You will need longer nails when installing ridge slates over vent material. A mitered hip is when the last field slate on either side is miter cut to form the hip. Nail the vent material to the furring strips. We work both locally and nationally on specialty slate roofing.

Download this free 2d cad block of a typical slate mitred hip detail including full annotations and dimensions. Cut tile and a half tiles and fix to form a straight weathertight close mitred junction. The miter cuts create a smooth transition with no pronounced hip cap. This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings.

Install ridge slates and flashings in the same manner as installing slate hips except ridge joints should be caulked. In exposed conditions and for roof pitches below 30º mitred hips are not recommended. Quality slate roofs in sydney. Autocad 2000 dwg format for further information on slate roof details and d.