Tiled Roof Verge Detail

Verges are highly exposed to rain which will drive between roof tiles and the wall.

Tiled roof verge detail.

Tiles on the verge are often mortared to prevent rain and wind from getting underneath the tiles. While replicating the high aesthetic of clay concrete or slate in a tile guaranteed to last. Fix standard tiles and tile and a half tiles in alternate courses. Bed an undercloak of plain tiles laid face down with bottom ends exposed projecting not more than 50mm beyond face of wall.

Carry underlay 50mm onto outer leaf of gable wall. A roofing solution built for the future aerodek is faster safer stronger and lighter than traditional roof coverings. Carry tiling battens over undercloak and finish 100mm from verge edge. Dry fix options for verges are also available from a number of manufacturers.

B13 roof wall ridge detail clerestorey 6 mt02 steep pitched ridge 6 mt03 butt jointed ridge 7 mt04 flexible pointing 7 barge details b05 barge tile detail 8 b06 bed point finish 8 b07 small panel metal detail 9 mt05 barge detail with secret gutter flat tile 9 mt06 verge secret gutter 10 mt07 verge no overhang scribed fillet 10. Unless a proprietary dry verge system or cloaked verge is used tiles should be bedded into a 100mm wide bed of mortar on an undercloak of cement based board plain tile or slate. Plain tiles should not be used as an undercloak below 30 pitch or on a bargeboard. Tiles here are normally fixed in some way to prevent wind and rain from getting underneath the tiles.

Dry fix options for verges are also available from a number of manufacturers. Carry tiling battens over undercloak and finish 100mm from verge edge. A verge is a junction of the roof and the gable end of walls and it is mostly at ninety degrees to the eaves and the ridge. The edge of a pitched roof as it meets the gable end is called a verge.

7685988 vat no. Drawing on its extensive experience in lightweight metal tiles bmi is setting new standards with the introduction of aerodek. Carry underlay 50mm onto outer leaf of gable wall. Often the end tile of each row is mortared into place as shown below.

Bed an undercloak of plain tiles laid face down with bottom ends exposed projecting not more than 50mm beyond face of wall. When the verge is not at ninety degrees it is called a raking verge which helps to make rainwater flow away instead of over the verge. Fix standard tiles and tile and a half tiles in alternate courses.