Carry tiling battens over undercloak and finish flush with verge edge.
Roof verge undercloak detail.
Verge detail on new slate roof hello i am having my roof slated at the verge ive noticed that the battens sit flush with the existing bargeboard meaning the slates cannot overghang the verge in the usual way ie with cement board under the battens instead the first slate will just sit flat on the barge board.
Bargeboards and in some cases gable end brickwork are prone to deviation in their length just like the fascia boards at the eaves and this can transfer itself to the verge detail when installing the undercloak.
This is due to roof slopes being described whilst looking at the roof slope not the gable end.
Close up of verge detail and undercloak above barge board on concrete plain tiled roof to gable end of new detached house apea47 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.
Roof undercloak installation overview.
Never use a plain tile undercloak with interlocking tiles.
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Left hand verge is illustrated.
The one on the right is a left hand verge and the one on the left is a right hand verge.
Showing a nice bit of work pointing a verge on the end of the roof on this home in sheffield.
A core component of any roofing project undercloak is a strong tile or fibre cement strip that is fixed at the roof verge beneath the battens.
Eaves and verges detail for a plain clay roof.
A mortar bedded verge that is done correctly should last as long as the roof tiles or slates.
Bed edge of verge tiles flush with undercloak on 75mm wide bed of mortar leaving the edges clean.
The under cloak should have a fall away from the wall to prevent water running back to the wall and leaving a stain or soaking in.
Carry underlay over full width of gable wall and turn down 50mm behind cloaks.
Fix cloaked verge tiles and cloaked verge half tiles in alternate courses.
Carry underlay over full width of gable wall and turn down 50mm behind cloaks.
For this reason it is advisable to lay undercloak to a line especially on longer rafters.
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