How To Tile Roof Valley

This video shows the traditional and best way to repair a lead valley on a roof.

How to tile roof valley.

Installing a close cut grp valley with redland 49 tiles. This method of lead valley repair is proven to not only be fast and safe wit. A minimum of a 3 inch overlap is required for the tiles. Up next how to tile a roof with clay or concrete tiles new roof duration.

Interleave mitred tiles with metal soakers extending a minimum 150mm to each side of valley. Cut tile and a half tiles and fix to form a straight weathertight close mitred junction. Valley with metal lining. Installers develop a preference based on their experience with the local climate.

Use two tiles to determine the spacing required for the battens. The tile roof institute tri concrete and clay tile installation manual for moderate climate regions allows for open flashing exposed and closed tiles meet over flashing valley installations. After you have determined the distance between the first two battens measure the distance and set battens using that. Download dwg file.

A roof using the open valley style involves placing a v or w shaped piece of metal usually galvanized or sometimes copper in the seam of the valley and then covered with a base sheet such as 30lb. A scaffold tower has been used for access in this video. Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles. And either an organic or modified underlayment depending on whether tiles or shingles are being installed.

Cover valley with a strip of underlay not less than 600mm wide underlapping general underlay.