| Author | Message | ||
     Harry Falconer |
I am having my Tudor house and out-buildings reroofed in slate. They started with the pool cabana house which has a hip roof. The roof has four (4) ridges on each end converging at the top ridge. They put the hip slates on the side ridges first. As the 4 side ridges converged, the hip slates overlapped, creating a "bulge". Then they did the hips on the top ridge. The top ridge hips piled on top of the converging side ridge hips, have resulted in the top ridge ends slanting acutely upward. The building now looks like a Japanese Tea House! These roofers seem to know slate roofing well except for this. There must be a better way to address this situation. Harry | ||
| Walter Musson |
Harry, The hip slates should be cut as they near the ridge so that only the same overlap as the field shingles is used -doubled exposure plus the headlap.the small pieces at the top will then need to be drilled and face nailed.The junctures of hip and ridge should have flashing under the cap slates,as well as the hip and ridge runs.The slate alone can't keep all the water out due to the line where the cap slates meet.Over time water will penetrate and loosen the slates and they will begin to droop and exacerbate the leakage . | ||
| Harry Falconer |
Dear Walter, Thank you for the input. The superintendant agrees and will be redone. They DO have copper flashing on all hip and ridges. Harry | ||
| Tsomo |
I am looking for someone who knows how to work with Japanese J type roofing tile. A 25 year old roof done with this tile needs some work. |
