| Author | Message | ||
     Bgisticturk (Bgisticturk) New member Username: Bgisticturk Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2013 |
Ya,, Man it really looks awesome !! But if there would be small opening for chimney then it would really look decent. Here | ||
| Lazeyjack (Lazeyjack) Senior Member Username: Lazeyjack Post Number: 81 Registered: 04-2012 |
yes does look good, has a SOLID look about it best rgds Stuart | ||
| Joe (Joe) Moderator Username: Joe Post Number: 807 Registered: 07-2006  |
Looks good Milo. | ||
| Andrew (Andrew) Junior Member Username: Andrew Post Number: 13 Registered: 02-2013 |
as long as the copper under the hip slate extends to the appropriate location, you can do pretty much whatever you want with that end. all just depends on what you want to see | ||
| Milo (Milo) Member Username: Milo Post Number: 21 Registered: 05-2009 |
I have a quick question about the the end of the hip detail at the eve on a roof such as the one I'm working on. Is there a perferred manner of doing this or is it subjective?... The first pic shows one example of doing it but I dont think it is pleasing to the eye. In the second pic I used red outline to try to show how I thought I might do it on my roof. Basically cut the end of the first hip (the one that ends in the middle of the field slate) so that it runs parallel to the field slate and then cut the end of the opposing hip slate (which ends at the gable edge)even with this edge. Hope this makes sense. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. MILO   (Message edited by milo on September 04, 2013) | ||
| Old_school (Old_school) Senior Member Username: Old_school Post Number: 1014 Registered: 01-2009 |
What fun!!That should outlast at least 2 "professional" shingle roofs and yu were able to do it yourself. Good show! | ||
| Milo (Milo) Junior Member Username: Milo Post Number: 20 Registered: 05-2009 |
I finally decided to tackle my 1 car garage roof that badly needed to replaced (all 4 layers of shingles were shot). This was my first slate job and I decided to use the "less than perfect" salvaged pieces of slate that I had picked up locally over the years. (The "good" slates are being saved for a future workshop garage). Because most of the slates were broken (although still sound)I believe just about everyone one of them had to be cut (leading me to use the pattern that I chose). The slating pattern took some time to layout to ensure that I achieved the required 3" headlap throughout. In doing so I found that much of the slate in the patterns has little exposure which added a lot of time to the project. Most of the slating tools and supplies (except my old slate hammer found at a garge sale) were picked up locally from Joes place. The girls he had working there were very friendly and helpful. Anyways, the roof still needs to be finshed by installing ridge slates but I wanted to thank the people who contribute to this site and Joe as I dont think I would have be able to even to start a project like this without all the info supplied here. Milo  |
