Slate Roof Eaves Detail

Ridges were often constructed using slates rather than ridge tiles or stone.

Slate roof eaves detail.

This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings. We are often asked by designers architects home and building owners what will a slate roof cost me. From left to right. Cad details document name pdf dwg download all cad construction details 37 1 mb 3 4 mb mc01 identification of roof areas 694 kb 167 kb mc01a single layer underlayment 678 kb 302 kb mc01b double layer underlayment 711 kb 322 kb mc02 vent pipe flashing 626 kb 349 kb mc03 valley.

Download this free 2d cad block of a typical eaves detail including full annotations and dimensions. Technical advice note. Slates were used at the eaves courses in combination with thatch or tiles for a variety of reasons. How to lay a slate roof this video takes you through the process of laying slate onto the roof and includes details like abutting walls verges gables eaves slates starter course and top slates.

Eaves slating has sound. Our photo illustrates several details of roof drip edge eaves flashing and gable end flashing at an asphalt shingle re roof job we documented in dutchess county new york. The cant strip is variable in thickness according to the thickness of the slates being installed thicker slates require a thicker cant strip. On average north american produced s 1 rated roofing slate will cost 400 600 usd per square 100 square feet or 4 00 to 6.

At all eaves a double course of slates is required comprising a course of short slates over which the first course of full length slates is fixed. Slate roofs national slate association 1926 reprinted 1977 by vermont structural slate co inc fair haven vt 05743 802 265 4933 34. If a sprocketted or bell cast detail is used then eaves courses should beno lower than the minimum recommended roof pitch. With heavy materials such as cotswold stone slates this has necessitated the cussome detail figure 7 in which the eaves slates are set under the first lath to prevent them tilting over.

Gable edge projection and drip edge projection can also vary somewhat. The above illustration shows basic installation details for a traditional standard thickness slate roof. Fixing sequence at eaves 1 fix the underlay to extend over the tilting fillet and fascia board into the gutter. Eaves courses of tiles should be at same pitch as general tiling.

Fix a plywood board or proprietary tray to provide continuous support to underlay to prevent water retaining troughs.