How To Set Out A Roof For Tiling

A minimum of a 3 inch overlap is required for the tiles.

How to set out a roof for tiling.

Each plain tile is 165mm wide and can have up to 3mm gap between them. With the joints between them. Make sure the tile lugs are seated snuggly onto the top edges of the battens. Set the last batten at the ridge so that the ridge tiles will overlap the top course of tiles by at least 75mm.

Step 5 hold a final short strip of batten across the top of the roof just below the ridge and rest a tile on it. Plain tiles are laid on the battens in a brick bond pattern i e. Having set out and nailed all the battens the setting out of tiles on each batten should be considered. Use two tiles to determine the spacing required for the battens.

The supplier of the tiles should recommend the spacing up the roof between the battens known. Roofing with plain tiles positioning the battens. Setting out up the roof gauge set the first batten at eaves to allow the tails of the eaves course tiles to overhang the fascia by 40 to 45mm ie. Roofing battens are nailed into the rafters or roof joists or trusses and provide support for the roof tiles or slates.

The first course of tiles should be set out to equalise all the gaps between the tiles start and finish at corner or abutments and hopefully line up with the sides of window openings. Start by establishing the position for the lowest batten for the slates tiles on the roof allow for the overhang of the stales tiles in front of the fascia. After you have determined the distance between the first two battens measure the distance and set battens using that. Use a hammer and nails to attach a second short strip of batten further up the roof the distance between it and the first batten being the distance calculated in step 3.

Just short of the centre of the gutter. For example 25 x 50mm battens are required for single lap modern roof tiles laid on rafters with a 600mm span. How to space a tiled roof 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.