Slate Roof Detail Section

Slate size roof pitch and exposure 65 mm.

Slate roof detail section.

This autocad drawing can be used in your roof detail cad drawings. Weight of slates kg area of roof m 2 slate coverage 1000 therefore the total weight 1235 1000 150 23 9 4427 kg. Traditional slate ridge details are the saddle ridge strip saddle ride and comb ridge and for hips the saddle hip mitered hip boston hip and fantail hip. 880 milner avenue unit b toronto ontario canada m1b 5n7 tel.

Download this free 2d cad block of a slate roof mansard detail including annotations and dimensions. The slate coverage per m2 can be found from table 2 23 9. This section is based on slate roofing shingles as furnished by north country slate which is located at. However the sheer choice of products available combined with slate s technical complexity can be challenging for specifiers.

It is hardwearing aesthetically pleasing and said to possess the lowest embodied energy of any roofing material. The redland cambrian grey slate is a good example of man made slate as it is composed of 60 of natural slate the slate also comes with interlocking ability. Natural slate roofing is a perennial favourite among architects and clients for good reason. A more linear effect was achieved by covering the ridges and hips with flashing called cresting or ridge roll formed out of sheet metal terra cotta or even slate.