How To Set Out A Roof For Tiling

For example 25 x 50mm battens are required for single lap modern roof tiles laid on rafters with a 600mm span.

How to set out a roof for tiling. Next place your two tiles one on top of the other loose onto the battens without anything being fixed. Plain tiles are laid on the battens in a brick bond pattern i e. Just short of the centre of the gutter. 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.

Each plain tile is 165mm wide and can have up to 3mm gap between them. 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. 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.

Roofing battens are nailed into the rafters or roof joists or trusses and provide support for the roof tiles or slates. 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. With the joints between them.

Roofing with plain tiles positioning the battens. A minimum of a 3 inch overlap is required for the tiles. 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. The supplier of the tiles should recommend the spacing up the roof between the battens known.

Set the last batten at the ridge so that the ridge tiles will overlap the top course of tiles by at least 75mm. 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. 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.