How to cut fillet to support bottom row of slates
Robin
cannot easily lift the weight of a 5m length of bottom row of
(artificial) slates. So I want to fit the bits of wood which go over
the rafters to take the weight of the bottom row. Can I just rip these
"fillets" as from lengths of tile batten if I slap on plenty of
preservative? Any other advice please on mistakes a complete noob to
roofing could make?
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Robin
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Andrew Gabriel
"Robin" <s...@sig.sep> writes:
> I'm finally putting up new fascia boards but find 2 weak old blokes
> cannot easily lift the weight of a 5m length of bottom row of
> (artificial) slates. So I want to fit the bits of wood which go over
> the rafters to take the weight of the bottom row. Can I just rip these
> "fillets" as from lengths of tile batten if I slap on plenty of
> preservative? Any other advice please on mistakes a complete noob to
> roofing could make?
I have concrete interlocking tiles which are even heavier, but aren't
fixed. I slide the 2nd-bottom row up, such that I can lift the bottom
row off. If your slates are nailed on (like real slates have to be),
then I don't know how you would do this.
New roofing battens are supplied better preserved than anything you
can buy to apply to them, so buy real roofing battens from a builders
merchant or roofing supplier, not a piece of planed timber from B&Q.
However, on my house, the tiles rest on the top edge of the facia.
When I replaced the facia, I fitted felt support trays over the top
which support the bottom edge of the felt, and continue down into
the gutter, so there's no way water can end up running down the
facias (not to mention that the felt had long since rotted and been
cut through by the weight of tiles on the top front corner of the
old facias).
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Andrew Gabriel
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harry
The bottom row of roof tiles has to be lifted to maintain the slope of
the roof.
It should be done with a tilting fillet, ie an exrea thick batten
under the bottom row of tiles. Sometimes an ordinary batten was used
on edge.
However on cheapskate jobs, they just lifted the fascia up a bit and
the tiles rest on the fascia. Ideally would be to get a tilting fillet
in, even in shortish lengths.
The fascia could then be installed with nothing resting on it.
There are special products to achieve this and also replace the
roofing felt which may have deteriorated. It also allows addtional
ventilation.
See your builders merchant.
Robin
> can buy to apply to them, so buy real roofing battens from a builders
> merchant or roofing supplier, not a piece of planed timber from B&Q.
Yes thanks. I should have made clear I proposed to cut the fillets from
battens and then treat the cut surface.
Robin
> the tiles rest on the fascia.
The bottom row of slates rest on the fascia. The roof and fascia were
fitted that way by the builders in 1890 so I doubt I can get them back
now to do it right :)
> See your builders merchant.
Thanks. I may buy them in for the main roof but the roofing supplies
firms I called only do them with 45 degree cuts which I don't think will
work for the low-pitch (c.25 degree) roof.