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. Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles. The miter cuts create a smooth transition with no pronounced hip cap. For this reason mitered hips are not recommended where two roofs surfaces of different pitches meet at the hip.

A mitered hip is when the last field slate on either side is miter cut to form the hip. If this detail is used on adjoining surfaces of different pitches the courses will not line up. 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.

You will need longer nails when installing ridge slates over vent material. Mitred hips other services you might be interested in. This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings. Verrone roofing is an industry leading specialty slate roofing contractor based in fairfield county ct and westchester county ny.

In exposed conditions and for roof pitches below 30º mitred hips are not recommended. Install ridge slates and flashings in the same manner as installing slate hips except ridge joints should be caulked. Nail the vent material to the furring strips. 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. We work both locally and nationally on specialty slate roofing. Quality slate roofs in sydney. Timber shingle shake roofs.