Carry underlay over full width of gable wall and turn down 50mm behind cloaks.
Roof verge undercloak detail.
Undercloak needs to lap under the end of the tile batten by no more than 50mm leaving the outer 50 75mm for mortar and a 25 50mm gap between the end of.
The under cloak should have a fall away from the wall to prevent water running back to the wall and leaving a stain or soaking in.
Left hand verge is illustrated.
Carry tiling battens over undercloak and finish flush with verge edge.
Verge detail on new slate roof hello i am having my roof slated at the verge ive noticed that the battens sit flush with the existing bargeboard meaning the slates cannot overghang the verge in the usual way ie with cement board under the battens instead the first slate will just sit flat on the barge board.
Close up of verge detail and undercloak above barge board on concrete plain tiled roof to gable end of new detached house apea47 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.
Showing a nice bit of work pointing a verge on the end of the roof on this home in sheffield.
Never use a plain tile undercloak with interlocking tiles.
This will provide an effective underlayer to support a bed of mortar and allow for mortar adhesion whilst also offering a clean finish to the verge detail.
Bed edge of verge tiles flush with undercloak on 75mm wide bed of mortar leaving the edges clean.
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Eaves and verges detail for a plain clay roof.
Fix cloaked verge tiles and cloaked verge half tiles in alternate courses.
A mortar bedded verge that is done correctly should last as long as the roof tiles or slates.
The one on the right is a left hand verge and the one on the left is a right hand verge.
Bargeboards and in some cases gable end brickwork are prone to deviation in their length just like the fascia boards at the eaves and this can transfer itself to the verge detail when installing the undercloak.
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For this reason it is advisable to lay undercloak to a line especially on longer rafters.
Carry underlay over full width of gable wall and turn down 50mm behind cloaks.
Cloaked verge tiles are handed and should be specified when ordering.
This is due to roof slopes being described whilst looking at the roof slope not the gable end.
