Setting Out Plain Roof Tiles

Next place your two tiles one on top of the other loose onto the battens without anything being fixed.

Setting out plain roof tiles.

With the joints between them. Firstly get two of your roof tiles and either two full battens or two offcuts of batten and place them onto the roof one above the other. Consider the impact of weight. The first course of tiles should be set out to equalise all the gaps between the tiles start and finish at corner or abutments and hopefully line up with the sides of window openings.

In most instances 35 will be the minimum pitch for plain concrete tiles which is another reason why the material is the preferred choice for those who use them regularly. These tiling guides are in pdf format and provide clear and illustrated instructions on how to tile pitch roofs in plain clay tiles and how vertical tiling is best carried out and these are still the principal guides in the industry for roofers and builders. Roofing with plain tiles positioning the battens. Set the last batten at the ridge so that the ridge tiles will overlap the top course of tiles by at least 75mm.

How to tile a roof if you would prefer to read how to tile a roof and see more help please visit this link unless you found this video via my website. Plain tiles are laid on the battens in a brick bond pattern i e. The supplier of the tiles should recommend the spacing up the roof between the battens known. Just short of the centre of the gutter.

Clay single camber plain tiles can pitch down to 30 manufacturer dependant although the vast majority available have a limit of 35. Having set out and nailed all the battens the setting out of tiles on each batten should be considered. Make sure the tile lugs are seated snuggly onto the top edges of the battens. To put it in simplest terms a basic asphalt shingle perhaps the most common roofing material in america will typically place a weight of less than 3 pounds per square foot on a roof.

Each plain tile is 165mm wide and can have up to 3mm gap between them.