The first course of tiles should be set out to equalise all the gaps between the tiles start and finish at corner or abutments and hopefully line up with the sides of.
Setting out slate roof tiles.
Each plain tile is 165mm wide and can have up to 3mm gap between them.
Having set out and nailed all the battens the setting out of tiles on each batten should be considered.
The slate or tile manufacturer or supplier will specify the spacing of the battens up the roof for the particular type of covering this spacing is referred to as the gauge the gauge may depend upon the pitch of the roof and the amount of exposure.
Another name for.
There is normally enough wiggle room here to close or open the gap from 3mm to space out slates in their horizontal axis when first laying out a slate roof for adjustment purposes.
Margin this is the visible or exposed area of a slate from the bottom or tail of one slate up to the point the slate above overlaps it.