The above illustration shows basic installation details for a traditional standard thickness slate roof.
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Slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm.
Make a batten gauge block after you have worked out your desired batten gauge consider making a batten gauge block from an offcut of batten.
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How to lay a slate roof this video takes you through the process of laying slate onto the roof and includes details like abutting walls verges gables eaves slates starter course and top slates.
The standard sizes for roofing slate start at 12 in length and increase by 2 inch increments up to 24 in length.
The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2 23 9.
The cant strip is variable in thickness according to the thickness of the slates being installed thicker slates require a thicker cant strip.
Gable edge projection and drip edge projection can also vary somewhat.