Slate Roof Eaves Detail

The above illustration shows basic installation details for a traditional standard thickness slate roof.

Slate roof eaves detail.

The length of the eaves slates should be gauge lap. The cant raises the butt end of the starter course and the first full course to the same plane or angle as the following courses above. 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. Details so that roofs meet modern performance standards has created confusion and resulted in the unnecessary. 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. Slate roofs national slate association 1926 reprinted 1977 by vermont structural slate co inc fair haven vt 05743 802 265 4933 34.

For further information on this or any other slate roof design visit. We are often asked by designers architects home and building owners what will a slate roof cost me. 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. Fix a plywood board or proprietary tray to provide continuous support to underlay to prevent water retaining troughs.

This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings. From left to right. Download this free 2d cad block of a typical eaves detail including full annotations and dimensions. Eaves courses of tiles should be at same pitch as general tiling.

Gable edge projection and drip edge projection can also vary somewhat. Fixing sequence at eaves 1 fix the underlay to extend over the tilting fillet and fascia board into the gutter. 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. 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.

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