How To Slate A Turret Roof

How many roofing contractors are up to the task of repairing or replacing the slate on a round turret.

How to slate a turret roof.

Back to project gallery. The turret slates are cupa heavy spanish slates with. Conical slate roofing simplified. The new slate roof in the above photo is located in stirling central scotland and installed by dave o hare.

When comparing natural slate vs composite rubber slate think of your roof s life expectancy. The round or turret style roof is basically a hip roof with an infinite number of sides. The width of the first course slates was 12 a very heavy thick slate to. Turret roof difficulties absolute roof solutions vancouver duration.

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. Cut stone castle with slate turret. Its slate turret resembles what you may find on a castle.

But to start at the beginning framing and sheathing is everything. 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. Vermont gray black slate roof on this regal cut stone residence. 325 upper road po box 134 poultney vermont 05764 802 287 4333 fax.

The framing and sheathing have got to be good. 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. 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. The following is a graduated slate roof with slate on the same course having the same width.

First courses of slating on the main roof note the undereaves slates fitted upside down to form a drip with the first course slates. A traditional roof containing a conical or turret tower can be a challenge for the roofer accustomed to working with straight angles and sides. A simple pitched roof has at least two sides and a hip roof has four. Rafters are chosen carefully no bows or warping cross blocking between rafters is cut with precise angles on the ends with the radius of the turret cut on the outer edge and sheathing is run.