Mitred Hips Slate Roofs

For this reason mitered hips are not recommended where two roofs surfaces of different pitches meet at the hip.

Mitred hips slate roofs.

In this case 2 5 inch copper roofing nails were used. Cut tile and a half tiles and fix to form a straight weathertight close mitred junction. Install ridge slates and flashings in the same manner as installing slate hips except ridge joints should be caulked. Quality slate roofs in sydney.

This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings. Download this free 2d cad block of a typical slate mitred hip detail including full annotations and dimensions. The miter cuts create a smooth transition with no pronounced hip cap. If this detail is used on adjoining surfaces of different pitches the courses will not line up.

Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles. Verrone roofing is an industry leading specialty slate roofing contractor based in fairfield county ct and westchester county ny. The mitred hip cut should be formed in the reverse way to normal dressing i e. We work both locally and nationally on specialty slate roofing.

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. Mitred hips other services you might be interested in. The cut should be made with the slate face uppermost thus giving a straight edge to the hip cut on the slate face.

A mitered hip is when the last field slate on either side is miter cut to form the hip. Lay courses of underlay over hip with overlaps of not less than 150mm. Autocad 2000 dwg format for further information on slate roof details and d. Nail the vent material to the furring strips.