How To Slate A Turret Roof

Conical slate roofing simplified.

How to slate a turret roof.

The turret slates are cupa heavy spanish slates with. The framing and sheathing have got to be good. Replacement on the other hand needs to take place at some point in the life of all slate roofs particularly those on older historical houses. Crookston upright inc kalamazoo mi.

As a third generation union carpenter and also a roofer with my father since i was barely old enough to walk i have been around roofing and building for about 52 of my 56 years. We ve all worked slate around a bump in a roof keeping the roof as functional and good looking as possible but a turret is a stringent task master. Turret roof difficulties absolute roof solutions vancouver duration. New slate roof installation at the srca conference by the durable slate company duration.

Note the robin perched on the roof apex stud this stud is used to attach a thin gauge wire for marking out slate courses and position. I have never done a turret may of read this somwhere or talked to someone at one time who told me this run the first row of slate then chalk lines from the spot where the slates butt together to the peak then chalk lines from the center of each slate to the peak seems this would give you a pattern for the layout and angles to trim the slate to fit the roof seems it would work but have not. First courses of slating on the main roof note the undereaves slates fitted upside down to form a drip with the first course slates. The round or turret style roof is basically a hip roof with an infinite number of sides.

The new slate roof in the above photo is located in stirling central scotland and installed by dave o hare. But to start at the beginning framing and sheathing is everything. How many roofing contractors are up to the task of repairing or replacing the slate on a round turret. A simple pitched roof has at least two sides and a hip roof has four.

Replacing a slate roof. The width of the first course slates was 12 a very heavy thick slate to. A natural slate roof truly is a unique piece of art as opposed to an engineered rubber fake slate that comes in a turret package box packaged in labeled bundles. When comparing natural slate vs composite rubber slate think of your roof s life expectancy.

The rule of thumb among slaters is to push for replacement once 20 30 of the slate has deteriorated beyond reasonable repair. The following is a graduated slate roof with slate on the same course having the same width.