However the sheer choice of products available combined with slate s technical complexity can be challenging for specifiers.
Slate roof detail section.
Download this free 2d cad block of a slate roof mansard detail including annotations and dimensions.
While it s a more costly option due to the processes and materials that go into its manufacturing this versatile slate can be used on pitched roofs at 15.
Traditional slate ridge details are the saddle ridge strip saddle ride and comb ridge and for hips the saddle hip mitered hip boston hip and fantail hip.
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It is hardwearing aesthetically pleasing and said to possess the lowest embodied energy of any roofing material.
Natural slate roofing is a perennial favourite among architects and clients for good reason.
The total weight of slates on roof can be found from the formula.
The redland cambrian grey slate is a good example of man made slate as it is composed of 60 of natural slate the slate also comes with interlocking ability.
This autocad drawing can be used in your roof detail cad drawings.
North country natural slate roofing shingles.
This section is based on slate roofing shingles as furnished by north country slate which is located at.
Slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm.