How To Install Torret Roofing Tiles

Drive a 10d nail at the base of the clay tile into the batten.

How to install torret roofing tiles.

If you have installed battens first you will nail the tiles into the battens. The consensus document process included meetings over a period of eighteen 18 years made up of roofing contractors. The number one rule of thumb is to make the structure water proof before the tile is installed. Recently the national tile roofing manufacturers association ntrma changed its name to tile roofing institute.

Then after the turret roof is assembled it can. The next most impor. Don t overdrive the nail. In this video from the fine homebuilding archives rick arnold and his crew assemble a turret roof in the middle of a house s second story floor deck which allows them to frame sheathe and shingle most of the structure without using ladders.

Position the first tile on the batten with the crown facing up and center the tile from side to side. Follow these simple steps to install your clay tiles. The mortar fills the troughs or low points of the roof tiles where these intersect. Imagine framing a turret roof on site two stories up as easily as building a common garden gazebo.

Trim the shingles away from the ridge vent hole. Adhere the joint where the cut edges of the shingles meet the dome with roofing tar. Tiling a roof. Consensus guidelines for the installation of concrete and clay roof tiles.

If you have not installed battens you can nail the tiles directly into the sheathing. Start with one side first and then move along the length of the roof. Attach he ridge cap shingles with two nails each. I created this video during a tile installation some useful tips about tile installation.

Continue to mix mortar as needed to install mortar along the lower edges of the ridge tiles at each side.