How To Tile A Roof Deck

If you require less than a half tile at the perimeter of the deck shift the.

How to tile a roof deck. There should always be a gradient toward drainage areas. The thinset method applies the thinnest layer of mortar to the substrate in this case the top of your membrane and the tile is set directly into that. Interlocking ipe wood deck tiles. Typically laid directly over roof membranes on smaller areas as a do it yourself option these 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 modular tiles offer a quick and easy rooftop deck flooring solution by simply snapping together each tile automatically aligned and precisely spaced thanks to the connecting tabs on the integral plastic base.

Tiling the deck 1. Snap two chalk lines across the center of the deck one in a north south direction and the other in an east west. The tile is actually laid directly over that system using a thinset method. Additionally many manufacturers of setting materials also make roof deck drainage systems.

Often these proprietary systems are highly modified versions of the f103 system allowing precipitation to drain away from the tile. Where tiles needed to be cut to fit the edge of the elliptical shape of the deck we simply dry fit the tile scribed a line on the underside following the edge of the riser then cut the tile to the line with our wet saw.