Mitred Hips Slate Roofs

Interleave mitred tiles with metal soakers extending a minimum 100mm to each side of hip.

Mitred hips slate roofs.

Autocad 2000 dwg format for further information on slate roof details and d. You will need longer nails when installing ridge slates over vent material. Verrone roofing is an industry leading specialty slate roofing contractor based in fairfield county ct and westchester county ny. Quality slate roofs in sydney.

Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles. Timber shingle shake roofs. Download this free 2d cad block of a typical slate mitred hip detail including full annotations and dimensions. Lay courses of underlay over hip with overlaps of not less than 150mm.

The cut should be made with the slate face uppermost thus giving a straight edge to the hip cut on the slate face. If this detail is used on adjoining surfaces of different pitches the courses will not line up. A mitered hip is when the last field slate on either side is miter cut to form the hip. For this reason mitered hips are not recommended where two roofs surfaces of different pitches meet at the hip.

In this case 2 5 inch copper roofing nails were used. The mitred hip cut should be formed in the reverse way to normal dressing i e. 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 is a demonstration conducted at the 2015 srca conference near grove city pa by chris short and dave armstrong of short slate llc. Nail the vent material to the furring strips. We work both locally and nationally on specialty slate roofing. Install ridge slates and flashings in the same manner as installing slate hips except ridge joints should be caulked.