Mitred Hips Slate Roofs

The miter cuts create a smooth transition with no pronounced hip cap.

Mitred hips slate roofs.

Download this free 2d cad block of a typical slate mitred hip detail including full annotations and dimensions. The cut should be made with the slate face uppermost thus giving a straight edge to the hip cut on the slate face. For this reason mitered hips are not recommended where two roofs surfaces of different pitches meet at the hip. This autocad detail can be used in your roof design cad drawings.

This is a demonstration conducted at the 2015 srca conference near grove city pa by chris short and dave armstrong of short slate llc. A mitered hip is when the last field slate on either side is miter cut to form the hip. Nail the vent material to the furring strips. If this detail is used on adjoining surfaces of different pitches the courses will not line up.

We work both locally and nationally on specialty slate roofing. Verrone roofing is an industry leading specialty slate roofing contractor based in fairfield county ct and westchester county ny. Timber shingle shake roofs. In exposed conditions and for roof pitches below 30º mitred hips are not recommended.

The mitred hip cut should be formed in the reverse way to normal dressing i e. Install ridge slates and flashings in the same manner as installing slate hips except ridge joints should be caulked. Autocad 2000 dwg format for further information on slate roof details and d. Fix soakers by turning down over heads of mitred tiles.

In this case 2 5 inch copper roofing nails were used. Interleave mitred tiles with metal soakers extending a minimum 100mm to each side of hip. Quality slate roofs in sydney. Cut tile and a half tiles and fix to form a straight weathertight close mitred junction.