Slate Roof Hip Detail

The 16 inch long hip slates are overlapped 8 inches halfway by both the overlying slates and the flashings.

Slate roof hip detail.

3 cover the timber roll with code 6 lead strips 450 to 500 mm wide and 1 5 to 1 8 m long. Most hip installations involve the weaving of copper flashing sheets between roofing shingles. Download this free 2d cad block of a typical slate mitred hip detail including full annotations and dimensions. There are many ways to construct copper ridge and hip flashings.

The 10 inch step flashings then overlap each other by 2 inches. This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings. Take a look at the slate tile roof installation guide to gather more detailed information regarding the repair installation of slate roofs. Autocad 2000 dwg format for further information on slate roof details and d.

2 finish slating as close to timber roll as possible. Continue up the hip in this manner flashing over the top of each pair of hip slates. The slate nearest the hip slate must remain a full slate. The ridge flashings form a cover over the roofing material.

The outside edge of the tile will be covered by a rake tile on a gable end or a hip and ridge tile on a hip so precise cutting is not necessary. In general the long dimension of a saddle hip slate should be approximately twice the exposure of the field slates. For installing bellaforté slate without a rake tile please see rake tile section. The anchoring methods vary.

The bellaforté slate field tiles must be laid from left to right. The size of the slates depends on the field slate size. They are the most common hip detail used for slate roofing. Install the slates in pairs not one side at a time.