Roof Tile Setting Out

Firstly get two of your roof tiles and either two full battens or two offcuts of batten and place them onto the roof one above the other.

Roof tile setting out.

With staggered broken or cross bond tiles in each alternate course overlap by half the tiles above and below them. Use two tiles to determine the spacing required for the battens. Make sure the tile lugs are seated snuggly onto the top edges of the battens. Next place your two tiles one on top of the other loose onto the battens without anything being fixed.

The supplier of the tiles should recommend the spacing up the roof between the battens known. At this stage some adjustment in shunt could be made if necessary to allow a 38 to 50mm overhang at verges. Setting nine rows at 14 inches will require us to cut 5 inches off of our top row. Ensure verge overhang is equal at left and right ends.

But what if the distance is only 135 inches. With straight bond the sides of tiles form straight lines from bottom to top course. Remove the ledger later and trim tiles to fill the gap below. Plain tiles are laid on the battens in a brick bond pattern i e.

With the joints between them. For installation as a quarter bond linea tiles in each alternate course overlap by a quarter of the tile width. These roofing tiles are perfect for tile roof repair and restoration. Set tiles on a ledger fasten a straight ledger to the wall to support the tiles.

Cutting the tile would remove the fastener holes and tile lugs and make the top course uniquely short taking away from a precision aesthetic. The obvious way to tile a wall is to start at the bottom and work your way up. Roofing with plain tiles positioning the battens. After you have determined the distance between the first two battens measure the distance and set battens using that.

Set out the first second and all the rest of slates on a pitched roof. Lay a course of tiles along the eaves setting the tiles at the average linear coverage. Set out the first second and all the rest of slates on a pitched roof. Setting out across the roof.

A minimum of a 3 inch overlap is required for the tiles. We custom manufacture roofing tiles to replace those obsolete roof tiles.